Some residents of Abuja and its environs have expressed fear over the looming flood as a result of poor environmental and sanitation practices. The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that rainy seasons have been a difficult period for them as floods always submerge...
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The year 2022 witnessed flooding as never seen in recent years in different parts of the country. The damage caused was massive resulting in loss of lives, property and farmlands. The incident also caught the attention of the international media with BBC reporting that “Nigeria is suffering its worst...
Price of rice has gone up in Jos as a 50kg bag of smuggled rice now costs N45,000 up from N35,000 for which it was sold three weeks ago. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who conducted a market survey reports a 50kg bag of locally-parboiled...
Delta couple, Asiayei Enaibo and Emily Ekanpou, defied the flood currently ravaging Akparemogbene community and performed their traditional marriage rites. The traditional marriage ceremony was held on Thursday, in Ayakoromo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state. The couple and their guests took a boat to the platform constructed in the middle of...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness apparatus if given the opportunity. Atiku, according to his verified social media account (Twitter), said this when he visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa Capital, to have a personal experience...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George has asked political parties to halt campaigns following the floods affecting several parts of Nigeria. He said this on Sunday after calls from Nigerians, notably the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, that parties should suspend campaigns following the...
More cases of snakebites have been reported across the country as humans and the reptiles clash in dry lands while scurrying away from devastating floods. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited areas prone to snakebites and the treatment centres, found a sharp rise in the...
The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commuters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt, Rivers and Yenagoa in Bayelsa. Sub-Lieutenant Tochukwu Okeke, the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, a unit of Central Naval Command, said in an interview with the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate the spending of Ecological Fund by governments at...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – With the increasing vulnerability of the people to widespread hazards and disasters, particularly flooding, the Network of Civil Society in Environment (NCSE), Kaduna Capital Territory Authority (KCTA) and leading members of civil society organizations have called citizens to be part of on going campaign to...
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has cautioned Nigerians against panic buying of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), cooking gas, as a result of the force majeure declared by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. (NLNG). Its president, Mr Oladapo Olatunbosun, made the appeal in a statement on...
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that 23 persons lost their lives to flooding and windstorm in 25 LGAs of the state. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Saleh Jili disclosed this at an event to mark the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)...
More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria need humanitarian assistance, 60 per cent of which include children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, UNICEF has announced. A statement by the UNICEF on Friday in Abuja, said the floods, which affected 34 out of the 36 states in the country,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said aside from the extractive industry, agriculture and food processing especially, the export of manufactured and processed food, is really where the potential and wealth of Nigeria lie. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Friday in Abuja at the...
Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters. Some residents of the...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in the country to check flooding. Okowa, who made the call while addressing newsmen after visiting flood victims at some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, said five persons lost their...
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has declared force majeure on products supplied from its production facilities on Bonny Island in Rivers. Mr Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development said this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Liquified Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR) says the shutting down of the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas (NLNG) processing plant may lead to increase in cooking gas price. Mr Umudu Michael, National Chairman, LPGAR, branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), told the News Agency...
Mr Vincent Ehiwario, Director of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), Delta State has urged motorists and other road users to be extremely careful in flooded areas not to fall victim of unpleasant consequences. Ehiwario said this in a statement on Tuesday while showing concern over reports of deaths and loss...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – As the impact of climate change is increasingly felt across the world including in Nigeria, a leading environmental justice and sustainable development organization, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has called upon Nigerians and Africans to take action now to help the most...