By Adebola Ajayi The Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, ORBDA, has urged people at downstream Ogun River to be at alert over the predicted flooding associated with heavy rain in the months of September and December. The Managing Director of ORBDA, Otunba Olufemi Odumosu in a Continue Reading
The Federal Government has advised state governments to prepare against floods following an increase in the volume of flow along River Benue. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Utsev, and the Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday. “The […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola/Funmi Adekoya Properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed as massive flood hit Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, on Saturday. It was gathered that a heavy downpour witnessed in the community led to the flooding. The rain according to report started around 8am on Saturday and […]Continue Reading
By Modupeola Sobukonla Ogun State Government has issued flood alerts to residents highlighting that more than 23 communities are at risk of experiencing flash floods in view of the heavy rainfall predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, who gave the warning at a news conference in Abeokuta […]Continue Reading
Ogun state government has solicited the assistance of the federal government in its flood mitigation programme especially in providing concrete lining on all its secondary erosion trunks. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the call when he received the Presidential Technical Committee on Flood who are on a fact finding mission to the state in Abeokuta. Governor […]Continue Reading
Nine yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall were rescued on Monday. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement. He said the agency’s officials were Continue Reading
Community leaders and farmers in Ogun State are being engaged by the National Orientation Agency, NOA as part of efforts to ensure a positive response to experts’ predictions on flood disasters in the country. Addressing the participants in Abeokuta, the State Director of NOA, Mr Kolawole Obadina said the Stakeholders Engagement was aimed at encouraging […]Continue Reading
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said on Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability. Relentless downpours over the past Continue Reading
The heavy rain recorded on Tuesday night till the early hours of Wednesday in some parts of Ibadan has sacked some residents of Odo Ona area of Ibadan from their homes. Radio Nigeria Ibadan who monitored the situation said that while some residents were able to flee their residences before the flood took over their […]Continue Reading
The heavy rain of Tuesday 14th June 2022 evening, has sent many residents of Fatimo Area of Odo -Ona in Ibadan out of their homes. According to our correspondent, many residents could not spend the night in their houses as the area was flooded due to the downpour which lasted till late Tuesday night. It […]Continue Reading
At least two people have died in Cuba’s capital, Havana, after the remnants of Hurricane Agatha brought heavy rain and floods to the Caribbean island. The Cuban weather service said the downpours would last until Saturday afternoon, bringing more than 20cm (8in) of rain to some places. Western and central areas of the country, including […]Continue Reading
Habitants of Oke-Padi, Ola road, Ejigbo in Osun State have made a ‘Save Our Soul’ cry to the State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola over their community which has been badly affected by heavy rain. The habitants, in a message to the Governor, said if urgent intervention was not made, their community would soon be swept away […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Government has advised residents in flood prone areas to temporarily relocate to avoid major flood disaster following the Federal government’s warning of impending flood in Ogun and other states. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun who stated this in Abeokuta, revealed that no fewer than forty communities in ten local government areas of Continue Reading
In an effort to avoid flood-related disasters in flash points areas in Oyo State, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has taken its sensitization campaign to four communities in Lagelu and Egbeda local governments. The campaign was borne out of the prediction of the Nigeria Meterological Agency, NIMET of heavy rainfalls in September and October […]Continue Reading
The ancient city of Kaura Namoda and it environs in Zamfara State is facing the threat of flooding. A community group in the area known as Kaura Namoda Empowerment and Development (KANEDEF) who stated this in a statement signed by its spokesman Abdulrazak Bello said, all the authorities concern need to do the needful to […]Continue Reading
The National Emergency Management Agency has expressed preparedness to mitigate impact of floods this year. The Director General of the Agency, Retired Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu Muhammad gave the indication at a news conference in Abuja. Rainfall predictions for this year according to relevant authorities including the Nigeria Meteorological and Hydrological Services Continue Reading
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has promised to complete several ongoing flood management projects across the state within the next eighteen months to reduce challenges of flooding. He gave the pledge during an on-the-spot assessment of communities affected by the heavy rainfall which caused flooding in some part of Ibadan, destroyed properties worth Continue Reading
As Nigerians continue to experience more rainfall, residents of Ibadan have been told to desist from dumping their waste into the drains and rivers that are around the ancient city. An Environmental and Water Resources Management expert, Professor Grace Oloukoi gave the warning while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the dangers associated with indiscriminate dumping […]Continue Reading
In a bid to prevent flooding, Oyo State government has taken a sensitization campaign to the Oke-Ogun area of the state as part of its efforts in stemming the effects of global warming in the area. About 75% of charcoal production in Oyo State is from Oke-Ogun area which were for export or domestic use but […]Continue Reading