Flooding
29 Nov
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has secured $3.4 million (N5.44 billion) from Switzerland to address the humanitarian crisis and displacement of persons caused by recent floods and conflicts in the state. According to him, the humanitarian support funding will also sustain economic development and growth for the 2025-2026 period. Buni unveiled the securing…
23 Nov
Valencia scored an entertaining 4-2 La Liga win over Real Betis on Saturday in their first match after devastating floods hit the region. The win took the east-coast club provisionally 18th after their previous two games had been postponed following the disaster at the end of October which killed 227 people. Los Che coach Ruben…
16 Nov
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has delivered relief materials approved by the Federal Government to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by flooding in Anambra State. The relief items delivered included bags of rice, garri, cartons of vegetable oil, seasoning cubes, tomato paste, mats, clothing for men, women, and children, toilet soap, detergents, and…
13 Nov
International Rescue Committee (IRC) has urged global leaders to use the opportunity of the 29th Conference of Parties (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan to fund anticipatory climate action as floods and displacement worsen across Africa
1 Nov
National Economic Council (NEC), yesterday, directed the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to commence a comprehensive integrity review of Nigeria’s waterways and dams towards mitigating the devastating impact of flooding in the country.
23 Oct
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has marked down Nigeria’s growth outlook for the second time in a row due to “weaker-than-expected activity in the first half”.
18 Oct
There is no belabouring the matter that sorrow not only stalks the land, it is ravaging it. So thick is it you can almost touch its emanations that fill the atmosphere.
17 Oct
Data from the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), showed that Nigeria lost an estimated 855,629 metric tonnes of food to flooding during this year’s wet season farming.
15 Oct
Around 10 million children across four countries in west and central Africa are being kept out of school due to massive regional flooding, international charity Save the Children said Tuesday. The charity said floods in Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo had driven nearly one million people from their homes. "The unprecedented…
12 Oct
Media veteran Martins Oloja’s piece titled, ”Five Tactical Errors Tinubu Must Clear” is scintillating as usual.
12 Oct
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has commiserated with students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, over the recent flooding incident, which destroyed their belongings in some hostels.
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