Disaster Risk Management

Disaster Risk Management

Benue prepares for flooding, creates IDP camps

The Benue State Government says it has prepared camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) across the 18 local government areas in the state in...
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Disaster Risk Management

Maiduguri flood: UN team arrives Borno on assessment visit

A team comprising various organisations under the United Nations arrived in Maiduguri on an assessment visit over the Alau Dam flood disaster. The team, which...
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NEMA warns of imminent flood in Rivers

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned residents of Rivers of an impending flood within the next four weeks. The South-South Zonal Coordinator of...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood wreaks havoc in Ebonyi community, destroys houses, farmlands

Heavy flooding has wreaked havoc in Azuoto, Okpuitumo Community in Abakaliki Local Governmemt Area of Ebonyi State, destroying many farmlands and people’s property, worth...
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Floods: Govt alerts states, says Alau Dam didn’t collapse

The Federal Government has assured the public that the Alau Dam in Borno State did not collapse during recent flooding, attributing the overflow to...
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Maiduguri floods: Group calls for better emergency response

Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has faulted the Borno State Government, the Federal Government and the state’s emergency response team for their failure to protect...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood: Arewa Forum commiserates with victims, seeks strict planning laws

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has extended its condolences to communities in Northern Nigeria and other affected regions, following the devastating floods caused by...
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Disaster Risk Management

Maiduguri dam collapse represents failure in governance – RDI

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has linked the collapse of the Alau Dam in Borno State and inundation of farmlands and hundreds of homes...
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