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Floods sack over 70 communities in Kogi, displace over 50,000 persons

Flash floods from River Niger have submerged over 70 communities and displaced over 50,000 people displaced from their houses in different parts of Kogi...

Michael Simire - September 17, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Coastal erosion, flood threaten Fed. Poly, Ekowe, says Rector

The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe in Bayelsa State, says the institution is under serious threat by coastal erosion and perennial flooding. Rector of...

Michael Simire - September 17, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Flood displaces 1,000 persons, submerges farmlands in Anambra community

A major flooding has rendered no fewer than 1,000 persons homeless in four communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Transition Committee...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Sokoto to construct three new dams to curb flooding

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says his administration is set to construct three new dams in the areas worst hit by the flood,...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Flood kills 16, destroys 3,042 houses in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood killed 16 persons, and destroyed 3,042 houses and several farmlands in the state. Alhaji Shehu Ningi,...

Michael Simire - September 11, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Greek wildfire rages near Athens, residential areas evacuated

A wildfire fanned by strong winds forced the evacuation of a boarding school and six residential areas southeast of Athens on Wednesday, September 9,...

Michael Simire - September 9, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Flood destroys over 100 houses in Zamfara LGA

The Emir of Gumi, in Zamfara State, Justice Lawal Hassan, has said that over 100 houses have been been destroyed by flood on Sunday,...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Bill to address flooding, ecological problems in Anambra passes second reading

A bill seeking to establish the Riverine Areas Development Commission (RADC) to tackle gross underdevelopment, flooding and ecological problems in communities in Anambra State...

Michael Simire - September 4, 2020

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