ABUJA — The Federal Government of Nigeria is collaborating with the World Bank to conduct a post disaster rapid impact assessment of flooding across the country. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development announced this at a Ministerial briefing on Thursday in Abuja. She said that the most rapid impact assessment will use the Global Rapid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) and called on all stakeholders to work towards...

Three corpses washed up by flood from the Azikoro government cemetery in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have been recovered and reburied. This was disclosed by Iselema Gbaranbiri, the state’s commissioner for environment and the chairman of the Bayelsa flood committee, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The commissioner explained that the ministry got a report that one corpse was washed up, but officials dispatched to the scene found three. He said the recovered corpses were immediately reburied, and...

ONITSHA — Anambra riverine communities since the past few days have been faced with a devastating flood experience which has left many communities in the riverine completely overrun by the flood. So far, some of the worst-hit local governments are Ogbaru, Anambra East, Anambra West, and Anyamelum. Communities across these local governments share some proximity to the River Niger from different angles.  Remarkably, all riverine communities in Anambra State are reputed for their farm produce...

MAKURDI — Heavy downpour which resulted in flooding in Benue State has killed at least 23 people and displaced 116,084 others. Emmanuel Shior, Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this on Tuesday at a press conference in Makurdi to flag off the distribution of relief items to victims. He said that the 116,084 displaced persons cut across 12,856 households in 11 local government areas with 104 communities affected and 14 persons...

The new Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Habib Ahmed has disclosed that about 300 lives have been lost to flooding this year and more than 100,000 others displaced since the start of the rainy season in February. He disclosed during the agency’s emergency technical meeting on flood held at NEMA headquarters in Abuja on Monday, adding that over 500 persons were seriously injured due to the disaster while more than 500,000 people were...

KANO — The Executive Secretary, Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Saleh Jili said the heavy downpour has displaced 495 persons, at Ajingi Local Government Area of Kano State. He stated that the incident which occurred after heavy rainfall on Aug.3 said three children including a four-year-old girl were killed, and one injured in the disaster. The Executive Secretary said the affected areas include Toranke, Kara Malama, Chuna, and Balare in Ajingi Local Government...