The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says 19 states and 56 communities across the country are likely to witness heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding within the month.
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Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, says his administration plans to demolish all structures on waterways to tackle the menace of flooding in the state.
Some farmers in Gombe State, whose farmlands were washed away by flood last year, have appealed for government’s assistance to enable them to cultivate their farmlands this season.
Dr Yabubu Mohammed, Registrar of the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) says the council has developed a software to address indiscriminate waste disposal.
Mr Danladi Abubakar, the Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, on Wednesday said that the government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with flood experts from the Netherlands, to mitigate flood disaster in the state.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has called on Nigerians living in flood-prone areas to move to higher grounds.
The provincial governor of the east Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said the death toll from floods that devastated two villages has reached 401.
The Federal Government says it has supported no fewer than 13,000 Nigerians through its various flood relief interventions across the affected States in the country.
The Bayelsa state government has faulted the federal government’s claim that the state is not one of the top ten…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum over the reported cases of flood…