Flood
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has extended support to approximately 1,000 individuals affected by the 2024
2 Dec
The Borno State Government has successfully distributed food and relief materials to 63,000 victims of recent floods in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA). The distribution targeted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and members of host communities severely affected by the disaster. The relief items, donated by the Federal Government, included essential food grains such as maize,…
15 Nov
The head of Spain's eastern Valencia region admitted Friday to "mistakes" in handling the country's deadliest flood in decades that killed 216 people there and apologised. The October 29 disaster claimed 224 lives nationwide. The floods wrecked infrastructure, gutted buildings and submerged fields. The final bill is expected to soar to tens of billions of…
8 Nov
Spanish navy diver Alvaro Carrillo donned his wetsuit and prepared a speedboat to scour a normally picturesque lagoon made murky by a sea of debris -- and potentially bodies. As rescuers painstakingly seek victims of Spain's deadliest floods in decades in inland towns and fields, Carrillo's team is shifting the hunt for the dozens of…
8 Nov
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited Joint Venture (SPDC JV), on Friday, announced the donation of $1M to provide relief to over 500,000 affected by floods in Borno. The announcement is contained in a statement by Mrs. Gladys Afam-Anadu, the Media Relations Manager at SPDC. Afam-Anadu quoted the Managing Director of SPDC and…
2 Nov
The Federal government, in a move to address flooding, erosion, drought, and desertification, has appointed the minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev, to the National Flood, Erosion, Drought, and Desertification Management Council (NFEDDMC). The appointment was approved by the National Economic Council (NEC) at its 142nd meeting at the State House in…
2 Nov
Spain will deploy 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed 211 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. Hopes of finding survivors more than three days after torrents of muddy water submerged towns and wrecked infrastructure were slim in the European country's deadliest…
29 Oct
Residents at the Iyana Ejigbo bus stop in Ejigbo Local Council were left stranded yesterday after an early morning downpour
28 Oct
The Bayelsa Government has confirmed it received N3 billion flood prevention fund disbursed in August by the Federal Government to flood prone states. Mr Timiore Seipolou, Technical Adviser to Bayelsa Governor on Treasury and Accounts, disclosed this on Monday in Yenegoa while giving a breakdown of revenue profile of the state for August and September.…
25 Oct
Benue State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Mr. Aondowase Kunde has said that close to 770 households have been displaced due to floods
23 Oct
More than five million Nigerians have been displaced by floods between 2012 and 2022. However, a vast majority of this large number of displaced persons are not accounted for in any form of Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp, as they simply move into other communities where their influx creates stress on social infrastructure and potentially…
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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has approved a slight adjustment in the portfolios of some members of the State Executive Council. Mr. Charles Ehiedu Aniagwu, formerly Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), is now designated as Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information. Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, formerly Commissioner for Information, is now…
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The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has established a special panel to probe a shortfall of over N4 trillion in revenue due to indiscriminate waivers by agencies of government. The lawmakers lamented that due to waivers, there is a serious shortfall between what is supposed to be collected as revenue and what is actually…
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Operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over the alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy-Six Naira, Fifty-Three Kobo) belonging to the Katsina…
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The Founder/Proprietor of Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, Professor Gregory Ibe, has set an agenda for Senator Azuta Mbata, the new President-General (PG) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization. Senator Mbata emerged as the first/pioneer PG of Rivers State extraction/origin on Friday (January 10, 2025) during a meeting at the Enugu national…