The states bordering the Benue River have been advised to step up their alertness by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, or NIHSA. The call comes in response to the administration of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon’s continued plan to release the dam’s water. The states that are most likely to be impacted by the dam’s […]
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According to reports, university students used the structure as a popular residential area in Benin. Witnesses in Benin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that while several students were hurt, no deaths had yet been reported. According to one witness, the building had been a single-story structure for some time but had just undergone
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The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked civil servants to stay at home for a week due to difficulties being faced as a result of the flood disaster ravaging the state. Governor Diri announced this during a statewide broadcast on Tuesday morning, October 18. He stated that though the flood is a natural disaster
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A 3-year-old boy has died following a heavy downpour that wreaked havoc in Bajoga town in Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State. The rain that lasted for over five hours at the weekend resulted in heavy flooding that led to the collapse of one of the walls of the room where the child and his
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Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin on Sunday suffered a great wreck following a devastating loss of sensitive materials, card readers, and computers to flood. The flood which occurred on Saturday knocked down the fence of the office and ravaged the entire building. The Edo INEC Administrative Secretary, Mr Lebari Nduh,
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Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, known as TuFace has arrived at the internally displaced persons’ camp in Makurdi, Benue State. Tuface arrived with his wife, Annie, and they donated gifts to thousands of families, who are urgently taking shelter at the camp. It was gathered that 110,000 people were affected by the massive flood that destroyed homes
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