By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has accused member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Terseer Ugbor of diverting a full truck of palliatives meant for distribution to IDPs and the vulnerable community in his constituency. The governor was reacting to media...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Mohammed on Monday led a delegation to condole with Governor Babagana Zulum over the last Tuesday flood disaster that has so far displaced about two million people, with several people killed and property worth billion of naira...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has flagged off the distribution of relief materials to victims of the devastating Maiduguri flooding taking refuge in about 36 camps. The flood disaster struck Maiduguri due to overflowing water from Alau Dam, displacing nearly 2 million people within...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has called for the support of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other stakeholders to resettle victims of the flood disaster in their respective communities. Zulum made the call while receiving the Director- General of NEMA, who was in Maiduguri to monitor and...
Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said Wednesday. “The death toll is 30,” National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Ezekiel Manzo told AFP a day after water from an overflowing dam swept...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the military and other organisations have intensified rescue operations as many residents remained trapped or are missing, two days after the flood in Maiduguri. The North East Acting Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Sirajo Garba, made this known in an interview with the...
Thousands of families trapped in Maiduguri flooded areas are being evacuated to safer areas by the military, volunteers and other security agencies. Visiting the most affected areas in Maiduguri, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, toured through the Customs area where the broken prison is located. While on the...
The Yobe Government has issued a fresh flood alert to nine Local Government Areas of the state due to impending release of water from Dadinkowa and Lagdo dams. The LGAs are Nguru, Bade, Karasuwa, Jakusko, Yusufari, Geidam, Tarmuwa, Bursari, Machina, Gujba and Fune. Dr Mohammed Goje, Executive Secretary, State...
Residents of Maiduguri town displaced by water from the Alau Dam are beginning to return to their homes as flood water recedes gradually. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of the flood victims who slept outside said though the water had subsided, they want to assess...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajara Wanka, has disclosed that 24 people have lost their lives while 163 others severely injured in flooding that affected 16 Local Government Areas of the State in 2024. She revealed this while briefing journalists...
The Police Command in Jigawa has confirmed the death of three teenage boys of the same parent in a building collapse, which occurred in Birnikudu Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident in Dutse, said three others survived...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concern about the flooding in parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the worst flood in recent decades has displaced thousands of residents and affected facilities such as the Post office and the Maiduguri...
The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Barkindo Mohammed, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the government and people of Niger over the petrol tanker explosion in the state on Sunday, which claimed the lives of 48 people and livestock. According to the Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Road Safety...
Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has distributed 42,000 Metric Tonnes of food commodities to vulnerable Nigerians. The Spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Maiwada said this at the monthly news conference organised by the Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the death toll from the building collapse at Noman’s Land Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano, has risen to three with two injured persons. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuraddeen Abdullahi, confirmed the development to the News Agency of...
By ABIEMWENSE MORU, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Earlier this year as the rainy season approached the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in its weather forecast, as it has done in recent years, warned of impending flooding. As forewarned, the rain is here so is the flood. The consequences, though...
The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged 33 communities in the state. Mr Ibrahim Nalado, the Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News...
By MARY RONKE , Minna – No fewer than 7 persons have been declared missing in Magma and Mashegu Local Government Areas (LGAs), following Friday’s heavy flooding. The Director-General, The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna and made...