Tag: flood

The motorcyclist was swept away by water Monday night.

The governor said the state government had spent about N100 million to provide relief materials to disaster victims.

Tuesday's flooding affected 300 homes.

"Sango is always in complete mess anytime it rains and this needs to be addressed.”

Most banks have cleared backlog of demands for foreign currencies for basic travel allowance, school fees and medicals.

More young Nigerians are turning to begging in the nation’s capital with make-believe narratives.

One million people were displaced in 2016 compared to 2.4 million in 2012 flood.

“Rivers flooding is expected in Lokoja and its environs due to likely overflow of banks of Rivers Niger and Benue."

No live was lost in the disaster.

Most of the occupants of the affected houses were farmers and local government workers.

The persons died in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim local government areas.

The matron attributed the flood to a nearby uncompleted road.

There was a heavy downpour on Friday.

"As a government, we have sensitised the public on the forthcoming flooding."

Four children were among the dead.

The houses, located at Old Polytechnic Quarters, Lokoja, comprise two-bedroom and one-bedroom flats.

Five villages were displaced by the disaster.

The organisation says with the current rainfall there are prospects of flooding in August and October

The Executive Secretary says the situation had raised humanitarian issues which needed quick attention to avoid crisis.

Authorities want NEMA to help displaced victims

The areas were flooded following five hours of heavy downpour.

The looting of of the disaster funds ended in mass food poisoning in Delta

An average of between 15 and 25 snake bites are reported everyday in Plateau.

Mr. Tambuwal says his administration will build adequate tube-wells for farmers.

45,000 farmers had recently lost crops worth about three billion naira to flooding in the state.