Tag: Flood
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Flood: Ambode warns Obalende shanty owners to quit in 48 hours
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday served a 48-hour “Abatement Notice from July 25 to July 27 to all owners of illegal structures and shanties, including containerised shops around Obalende. The Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement that the illegal structures were blocking the drainage and…
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Flood: Photos, video of rain-soaked Asaba
As rain continues to relentlessly fall in its season, parts of Asaba, the Delta State capital, were submerged in flood yesterday following a heavy down pour which lasted for hours and caused gridlock on major roads, especially on Okpanam Road. Among the major roads that suffered from the torrential rain are, Okpanam Road, DBS Road,…
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Flood: Eko Disco restores electricity to Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has restored electricity supply to areas where its injection substations and equipment were submerged by flood on July 8. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications Unit of the company, made this known in an interview newsmen in Lagos. NAN reports that EKEDC had on July…
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Prepare for more heavy downpour, floods, FG warns States, Nigerians
The Federal Government has alerted State Governments to sensitize residents in their territory of imminent heavy downpour and the consequential flood that is likely to come with it. According to officials, last week’s flooding is as a result of the delay in rainfall which caused a long duration of torrential downpour in major cities. The…
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Flood: Osinbajo approves release of N1.6bn bailout to Lagos, Niger, Enugu, 12 other states
Sequel to the devastating effects of the heavy downpour last week on most states in the country, the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to immediately release N1.6 billion for the 15 states ravaged by floods. The states include; Ekiti, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Ebonyi, Enugu,…
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Flood: Lagos Assembly summons Commissioner for environment
Sequel to the massive flood that affected the entire Lagos metropolis on Saturday, the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) on Monday summoned the Commissioner for Environment in state, Mr Babatunde Adejare, to appear before it on Tuesday to explain what the government is during to prevent a recurrence especially now that the raining season…
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Trending: Photos of newly wedded couple stranded after flooding in Lagos
Lagos Flood – As more photos, videos trickle in on the internet, it becomes apparent that yesterday’s flood which ravaged some parts of Lagos left more jokes on Lagosians [Especially those on the lowland and others who stay close to water bodies] than we all imagined. A photo of a newly wedded couple has joined…
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Flood: Eko Disco announces power outage in Ikoyi, Victoria Island
Following the incessant rainfall that left some areas in Lagos state flooded yesterday, the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday announced that there would be a power outage in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and its environs as the company’s injection substations and equipment submerged in the flood. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate…
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Update: Federal Palace Hotel and other flooded highbrow areas of Lagos
More photos and videos have emerged of more highbrow areas of Lagos that were ravaged by flood. TheNewsGuru.com had earlier published photos and videos of several areas of Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki and Victoria Garden City, VGC, areas of Lagos state submerged by the flood, due to the heavy rainfall experienced in the state. RESIDENTS…
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Prisoners to flood: Residents helplessly stranded at Lekki, Oniru, VGC area of Lagos [videos]
Residents helplessly stranded at Lekki, Oniru area of Lagos The rich, the cliche goes, also cry! The incessant rain that has held Lagos captive for almost a week now has proved that, indeed, the rich truly also face all the vagaries that bedevil even the wretched of the earth. It is no respecter of the…