Tag: Flood
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Flood sweeps away two siblings in Delta
Two siblings from Alibioba Community, Agbor, in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Testimony Okwuokenye (15) and Godwin Okwuokenye (11), were swept away last Thursday by flood. According to reports, the heavy downpour which started at about 3:45 pm swept away Testimony, a JSS 1 student of Agbor Technical College and his brother,…
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Abuja: How 17-yr-old housemaid died in Lokogoma flood
A 17-yr-old housemaid died in a flood that submerged part of EFAB Estate, Lokogoma, Abuja. The house assistant, TheNewsGuru gathered was unable to leave the house when it was inundated by flooding caused by over five hours of rainfall – from 8am to 1pm on Thursday. One of the executives of the estate’s landlords’ forum,…
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Flooding: NEMA distributes relief materials to affected communities in Rivers
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of relief materials to flood affected communities in Rivers. The ongoing intervention distribution in Onelga Local Government Area of the state was witnessed by all the Community Development Chairmen (CDC) in the area. Mr Yakubu Suleiman, ead of Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of NEMA in…
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Amnesty Office distributes noodles, other items worth N90m to flood victims
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has begun distribution of relief materials worth N90 million to some communities ravaged by flood recently in the Niger Delta. Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant (Media) to PAP Coordinator, Prof. Charles Dokubo, said in a press release on Monday in Abuja that the distribution would last for a week. He…
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Operation Crocodile Smile 3: Army donates food items to flood victims in Delta
The Nigerian Army has donated food items to over 2000 flood victims in Delta in order to alleviate their plight. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, presented the items on Saturday. The donation was made to the victims at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Ogbe-Ijoh,…
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Flood: 4,000 victims benefit from NAF medical outreach in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has begun a five-day medical outreach for nearly 4,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bayelsa. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Daramola said the medical intervention holding at Igbogene Community in Yenagoa Local…
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Flood destroys 280 hectares of rice farms
Flood has destroyed 280 hectares of rice farm in Iguoriakhi and Iguomo in Ovia North-East and Ovia South-West local government areas of Edo. The state Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Mr Dirisu Abdulsalam, told newsmen on Thursday in Benin that farmers close to the riverine areas in the state were worst hit…
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Nigeria loses over N2.6 trillion to perennial flood
Perennial flood disasters have resulted in colossal loss of property and livelihood in Nigeria, with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) estimating the loss at over N2.6 trillion. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Senator Kabiru Gaya while presenting a motion he sponsored alongside with Senator Stella Oduah and 102 other Senators, made this known at Senate sitting…
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Nigeria may experience shortage of rice in 2019 – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says if appropriate measures were not taken to replant after the recent flood, the country may be in serious trouble with rice production. Ogbeh disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) Molecular Facility and the 2018 seed…
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Flood: Okowa appeals for more relief materials
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government, the organised private sector and individuals to deploy more relief materials to assuage the suffering of flood victims in the state. The governor made the appeal when he visited the Holding Camps in Patani Local Government Area of the state, to ascertain how…