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Govt urged to address devastating effect of flooding

The Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Social Vices (YOSPIS), an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to address the...

Michael Simire - September 23, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flooding hits riverine areas in Benue

There are reports of flooding across all the riverine local government areas of Benue, the state Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment, Godwin Oyiwona,...

Michael Simire - September 23, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood submerges 17 communities in Nasarawa council – LGA boss

Executive Chairman, Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Mr Abdullahi Aliyu, has said that no fewer than 17 communities in the area have ...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Farmers count losses, as flood ravages 150,000ha farmlands in North-East Nigeria

Some farmers in the North-East have called for urgent intervention to avert hunger as flood ravages over 150,000 hectares (ha) of farmlands. The farmers, who...

Michael Simire - September 19, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Floods devastate 200 households in Makurdi

Floods have devastated more than 200 households in Makurdi. Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Emmanuel Shior, made the declaration in Makurdi...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood: Minister calls for closure of bridge at Tiga dam

The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, has called for the closure of the Gadar Sarkin Kogi at Tiga in Bebeji Local Government...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

1,400 die, 12,000 injure from monsoon rains in Pakistan

The total death toll in Pakistan from this season’s monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to around 1,427. Also, 12,742 people were injured,...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood: Residents of Ekiti communities displaced, Kano Assembly seeks govt’s intervention

Many residents of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, were displaced as flood wreaked havoc in the city following a heavy downpour that lasted...

Michael Simire - September 12, 2022

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