Tag: Heavy Downpour
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WAFU B: Heavy downpour stops Nigeria vs Togo clash, new date revealed
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will now face off with their Togolese counterparts on Thursday Morning after their game was shifted due to a heavy downpour at University Stadium.
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Video: Heavy downpour submerge major highways in Lagos, commuters stranded
Residents of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre are not having the best of time at this moment. For close to three days now, the entire state has been experiencing torrential rainfalls that takes significant toll on its productivity and status as mega city. Videos shared widely on social media showed residents struggling to reach…
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Heavy downpour pulls down Osun Government House fence, washes away bridge, destroys goods worth millions
Heavy rain, which started on Tuesday evening and lasted till Wednesday afternoon, has wrecked havoc in Osogbo, the Osun capital. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the rain, which started at 7 pm. on Tuesday, destroyed a section of the perimeter fence of Osun Government House in Oke-fia. Buildings as well as property worth millions…
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BIZARRE! Corpses litter ground in Yobe community after heavy downpour submerges graveyard
A heavy downpour on Sunday night submerged a graveyard in Yobe State, throwing up buried corpses at the cemetery. According to reports, the cemetery is located near a low-cost Housing Estate in Gashua town of Bade local government area. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that hundreds of graves have been ripped open with the flooding throwing dead…
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Heavy downpour, ‘water from Cameroon dam’ submerge over 300 buildings in Taraba
Over 300 buildings have been submerged in a flood that ravaged several communities in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. According to residents, the flooding commenced on Saturday morning, in the wake of a heavy downpour. They also pointed fingers pointed at the release of water from Labdo dam in Cameroon. No life has been reported…
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PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 30 feared missing in Gwagwalada flood after heavy downpour
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com TNG has it that the heavy downpours in Gwagwalada, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has led to rendered several homeless with over 30 persons missing. According to eyewitness account on and offline, the rain which started around 2am on Saturday washed away many buildings and houses while cars…
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Photos/Videos: Flood takes over Lagos as heavy downpour wreaks havoc
Lagosians on Thursday are already counting their losses in what seems like an introductory session into the rainy sessions. As usual, the roads are flooded and traffic built up in no time. People struggled to get to work in the morning and are more likely to face a much difficult time returning home. Properties have…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Days after heavy downpour, residents of Ibeju-Lekki still trapped in their homes [photos/videos]
By Olaotan Falade While many residents are beginning to heave a sigh of relief of the heavy rain which fell continuously for the better part of last week, the case is opposite for residents of Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. A visit by TheNewsGuru.com team to the area shows a firsthand devastating effect of the…
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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…