Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday commiserated with the government of Libya over the flood that has ravaged the eastern part of the North African country. The Informant247 gathered that significant parts of the city of Derna — home to approximately 100,000 people, were on Sunday swept away after Storm Daniel, a highly…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has sent relief materials to flood victims in Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Imo States. This is contained in a statement by Director, Corporate Affairs, Dr. Toye Abosede, saying the materials were delivered to the three States on different dates to ameliorate the suffering of the victims. The NDDC Acting…
The Minister of Environment , Mohammed Abdullahi says the ravaging flooding in Nigeria and its devastating effects has received the attention of global leaders who are willing to assist the country. The Minister made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the eight edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard series (2015-2023) organised…
The Kwara State Fire Service says it has recovered eight corpses in the flood disasters that occurred in Ilorin, the state capital, from January to date. According to the figure disclosed by the State Fire Service headquarters in Ilorin, it indicated that no life was saved from the flood disasters. The spokesman of the fire…
The organiser of the Spanish top flight football league, Laliga Santander has commiserated with flood victims in Nigeria. This was contained in a post on its official Facebook on Wednesday. “🇳🇬 🖤#LaLiga sends its thoughts and prayers to those impacted by the floods in Nigeria” the post reads. https://www.facebook.com/187991754570725/posts/pfbid0UiqJQgGZuJdq4xzzdpd3tphBtmX1xTk4fygAHBhgZXt7LXjrCYfhxrNTAwocY3fql/ The 2023 flood has been described…
A traditional ruler has been sacked from his palace as flood occupies his palace. The traditional ruler of Tungbo town in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, His Highness, Amos Poubinafa, is now sleeping in his car as floods have chased him out of his palace. “I have been sleeping in my Toyota Sienna for…
The wife of the head of the village of Magama in Langtang South Local Government of Plateau, has died of snake bites. The growing rates of floods in some parts of the country has increased cases of snakebites in the affected areas. The incident was revealed to newsmen by Dr Nandul Durfa, Managing Director of…
Flood has occupied the residence of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, at Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the State. While the former President paid a visit to his hometown to examine the situation of flood, on Friday, Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri lamented the level of damaged triggered by what he referred to…
The United Nations (UN) has raised alarm over the flooding in Nigeria in 2022. The spokesperson Stephane Dujarric made this revelation at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York, saying that the world organization was following the events. “We are gravely concerned that the flooding will worsen the already alarming food insecurity and…
Floods have killed at least 50 people in 11 communities in Adamawa and 71 other persons sustained injuries. Malam Suleiman Mohammed, who’s the Executive Secretary of Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), made this revelation, Friday in Yola when addressing newsmen. He blamed the cause of the flooding on the release of water from Lagdo Dam…
The Rural Electrification Fund has said that it has made a donation of food and other relief items to victims in the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in Kogi. Reports have it that the relief items were handed directly to victims in the IDP camps. The beneficiaries of the food and other relief items were…
A family of six persons have become victims of flood in at Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident occurred in Nzam community on Tuesday. Report has it that the family drowned after their house was submerged. In a video which is making round on social media, the…
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that 24 persons have died, while 245 others were seriously victimized by flood and windstorm which have caused severe damages in the State. The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, made this revelation while addressing newsmen in Katsina on Friday. He revealed that all the…
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Yakubu Ajaka, has made N70 million donation on Saturday, to assist the flood victims in Kogi. Ajaka in Lokoja, the capital of the state, via a statement said the donation has come as a way to address the devastating effects of the flooding…
The lawmaker representing the Constituency, Atule Egbunu has confirmed on Wednesday that over 50,000 people have been displaced by Flood in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State. He disclosed about three persons were also killed in the disaster as the entire local government has been submerged by water. According to Egbunu, thousands of Houses…
About seven individuals have been killed by flood disasters in different areas of Kwara State in 2022. Abubakar Yelwa, the Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, HYPPADEC, made this revelation on Sunday in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state. The Managing Director declared the riverine areas in Patigi as the worst…
Muhammad Usman, the North East Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says about 15 corpses have been recovered from the flooded River Ngadabul in Maiduguri, Borno State. He explained that the flood affected many communities along the river banks in Maiduguri. Speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday, he advised parents and guardians to warn…
Residents of Ringim town in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State have cried out that the persistent flooding that wreaked havoc in the community is threatening to occupy the emir’s palace. A resident told newsmen that the incident happened due to torrential rain that lasted for days. He said the rain resulted in the…
No fewer than ten people have been confirmed dead and scores displaced by flood in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Girei lies next to Yola North, and together with Yola South, the three LGAs make up the Yola capital city. Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr. Suleiman Muhammad, confirmed…
The Informant247 reports that flood has destroyed food items and 350 houses at three communities in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Abubakar Ghani, the spokesperson for the state emergency management agency, has confirmed the development. He confessed that several people have been rendered homeless in the area. He said the incident happened over…
