Food Production: World Bank, Yobe Govt Disburses $2.5m To Communities, Farmer Groups

No fewer than 101 communities and farmer groups in Yobe state have received$2,525,000 as an interest-free community revolving fund loan under the World Bank-assisted project Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, ACReSAL in the State. While launching the second phase of the project, Governor Mai Mala Buni, stated that the interest-free loan was aimed at driving economic growth, providing employment opportunities, and creating wealth in farming communities. The Governor directed the allocation of 4,825 slots out...

Flood: FG, World Bank To Conduct Post Disaster Rapid Impact Assessment

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...

Flood: Soludo Seeks ‘Forceful’ Response from Nigerian Govt

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has asked the Nigerian government to be more “forceful” in their response to the raging flood across the country. Many states in Nigeria have been battling flood disasters in recent times. Some communities in several states have been submerged. Mr. Soludo said the country must hold a national conversation about flooding to prevent a recurrence. “We can no longer deal with perennial flooding as...

2,000 Anambra Flood Victims Take Refuge in Bushes, Blame Govt

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporters)   No fewer than 2000 displaced flood victims in Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area have taken refuge in bushes, blaming the government for not recognising the area as a flood-prone community. The West African Pilot reporters who visited the area on Tuesday said the victims had lived in self-made shelters in the bushes for weeks unnoticed by government and other disaster-mitigating agencies. An indigene of the...

Bayelsa Govt Reburies Three Corpses Washed Up by Flood from Cemetery

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...

Ogbaru, Other Anambra Riverine Communities Experience Worst Flood Disaster

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...

Flood Kills 23 People, Displaces 116,084 Others In Benue

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...

Flood Displaces Over 100,000 Persons, Kills 300 Others In 2022-NEMA

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...

Flood: President Buhari Expresses Concern Over the Usage of Funds

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern about ravaging floods in some parts of Nigeria, said the situation is under close watch and noted that monitoring of communities prone to flooding will continue with a view to rendering all necessary assistance. A statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, however, said the President is asking governors to explain their efforts and usage of funds. President Buhari...

Heavy Downpour Displace 495 Persons, Kill 3, Injured 1 In Kano

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...

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