Benedict Uzo, a nine-year-old girl, was swept away by a flood in Amiyi, Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state, on Wednesday.According to Arinze Awogu, chairman of Ogbaru LGA, the girl drowned while fetching water with a bucket.He said Benedict's sister, who tried rescuing her, almost lost her life in the process but was quickly saved by neighbours."The flood situation in [...]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned an erosion and flood control project in Akpene Eket, Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom state.The project is one of the 26 federal government ecological intervention projects for the second quarter of 2017.Represented by Okey Enelamah, minister of industry, trade and investment, the president said his administration is committed to ensuring fair treatment for [...]
Garba Salisu, director relief, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, says 14 persons have so far died due to flooding in different parts of the state.In an interview with NAN on Saturday, he said the agency had engaged the services of at least 200 local divers in affected communities for rescue operations.Salisu also appealed to residents of the state to desist [...]
Mustapha Maihaja, director general National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says the federal government is concerned about the plights of victims of the flooding in Benue state.Over 110,000 people in 24 communities were displaced by flooding in Benue state after a downpour.The state emergency management agency said over 2,769 households were also affected.While inspecting the flood affected areas in the state, [...]
The Lagos state government has unveiled its plan to maintain and rehabilitate roads across the state.In a statement on Sunday, Habib Aruna, chief press secretary to Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor, unveiled the "comprehensive" drainage maintenance and flood control programme between August and December 2017.He said the state had been divided into five zones to aid the tackling of flood, while [...]
The Lagos state government has ordered owners of buildings on drainage channels in Lekki and Ikoyi to immediately move or risk being removed.In a statement on Sunday, Babatunde Adejare, state commissioner for environment, said the lawless activities of some people constantly endangers the lives and property of residents.Adejare said the state government was concerned that man-made causes have greatly contributed [...]
Apart from not having a dam in Nigeria’s own end of the River Benue, another major cause of flooding in Nigeria is the accumulation of silts in Rivers Niger and Benue. Only a proper dredging of these rivers would solve Nigeria’s flooding problem.And if the kind of commitment given to oil exploration in Borno basin is given to the dredging [...]
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