Tag: Flood
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Prayers for Bayelsa, boos for FG – By Zogbobia Selomo
To what level has this country to sink to warrant a stirring from the leadership of this much vaunted most populous black nation on earth into action? It is not about the economy going burst, that is a given. It is not about infrastructure decay or electricity in acute short supply, that is a fait…
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Floods: Ijaw slams Humanitarian Affairs Minister’s comment, demands apology
The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, on Friday, slammed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Farouq that “Bayelsa State is not among 10 worst hit states affected by flood disaster, describing the remark as reckless and provocative. Recall that the Minister had said Bayelsa State, which is reeling under…
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Isoko Reps candidate, others sue FG, demand N100bn compensation over flooding
The House of Representatives candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, Esanerovo Agbodo in the 2023 general election, in association with other flood victims in Isoko North and Isoko South local government areas have sued the Federal government of Nigeria for negligence and for a N100billion compensation for Isoko people affected by the 2022…
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Flood impact ranking: Bayelsa Govt tackles Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs
The Bayelsa government on Friday faulted the ranking of flood impacted states as presented by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
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UN seeks support for floods victims in Nigeria
The United Nations (UN) on Thursday called on the international community to support Nigeria as it faces unprecedented floods, which have impacted more than three million people.
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Flood aftermath: FG assures of prompt repair of East-West Road
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government has taken steps to repair the section of the East-West Road washed away by floods.
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Delta flood: Dafinone shares relief materials to IDP Camps at Otu-Jeremi, Okwagbe
…says I share in your grief The Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Chief Ede Dafinone, on Wednesday continued the distribution of relief materials to other Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps as his team visited Otu-Jeremi and Okwagbe Camps in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Speaking at…
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Flood aftermath: Repair of East-West road to gulp N260 billion
In the aftermath of the recent flood that ravaged most parts of the country, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N260 billion for repairing the East-West road dilapidated by the recent flood.
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We sympathise with flood victims, but people must be alive to vote – Shettima
The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima said in Abuja on Saturday that people must be alive to vote. He was reacting to questions from newsmen who wanted to know what would happen to potential voters whose Permanent Voter Cards were lost to recent floods across the country.
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PHOTOS: Ex-President Jonathan laments after visiting flood-ravaged Bayelsa home
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday visited his country home of Otuoke in Bayelsa State and other communities in the State ravaged by flood.