Tag:flooding

Disaster Risk Management

28 states at risk of flood, says Hydrological Agency

No fewer than 102 local government areas in 28 states are at risk of flooding, according to the 2020 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), released...

Michael Simire - May 28, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Lagos enumerates Badagry windstorm, flood victims

The Lagos State Government has embarked on enumeration of victims of a strong windstorm which ravaged Iragon Community in Badagry Local Local Government Area...

Michael Simire - May 26, 2020

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Flooding: Lagos orders owners of properties blocking drainage channels to quit

In a bid to mitigate the incidence of flooding, the Lagos State Government on Sunday, July 23, 2017 ordered owners of properties erected on...

admin - July 23, 2017

Sustainable Devpt

Ogun steps up measures to stem flooding

In the wake of the recent predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA) that enlisted Ogun among the...

admin - July 16, 2017

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Lagos promises ‘holistic solutions’ to tackle flooding

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday, July 10, 2017 has said that the flooding caused by torrential rainfalls in the state within...

Michael Simire - July 10, 2017

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Lagos coastline projects to blame for flooding, says group

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has blamed the recourse of the Lagos State Government to environmentally-unfriendly projects along the entire...

Michael Simire - July 10, 2017

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Flood wrecks havoc in Suleja, kills eight family members

A flood, which followed many hours of downpour, displaced numerous homes and caused deaths in Suleja, Niger State on Sunday, July 9, 2017 witnesses...

admin - July 9, 2017

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Government counsels Lagosians over anti-flood measures as rains intensify

As this year's rainy season gathers momentum, the Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the...

admin - April 20, 2017

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