National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that no fewer than 231 Nigerians were killed while 114 others were declared missing following the ravaging flood which affected 86 Local Government Areas across 25 States of the Federation this year. The statistics on the affected States as captured in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…
At least six people have died, and three others are missing after a boat capsized in the Garin Faji area of Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state. The accident happened in the early hours of Thursday as residents fled an attack by suspected bandits. It was the second such tragedy in less than…
A 16-year-old student, Miss Praise Malachi, has drowned in Zaria, Kaduna State, while hurrying to check her Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) result. Praise, a final-year student of Government Day Secondary School, Samaru, was reportedly excited after hearing from her friends that she had passed with excellent grades. Her father, Emmanuel Malachi, narrated the heartbreaking…
Eight (8) persons have been confirmed dead while over 800 farm lands were destroyed in a flood disaster that ravaged a plantain plantation in Enohia Itim, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Afikpo LGA, Hon. Timothy Nwachi consoled the families of the diseased and assured that the local…
The Federal Government has warned about a five-day period of flooding due to heavy rainfall across 19 states and 76 locations. The National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment made the forecast on Tuesday. They have now advised stakeholders and residents to take urgent precautionary measures. The affected areas are…
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water. Among the dead were at least 27 girls and counselors who were staying at a youth summer camp on a river when disaster struck over the…
A devastating flood in Bida Local Government Area of Niger has claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy, Mohammed Mohammed. The flood occurred on Thursday, June 26, 2025, after a heavy downpour that lasted two hours, from 5:00 am to 7:00 am, in the Emiliman Nasarafu Ward, Niger. According to eyewitnesses, the flood was caused…
Rescue teams on Saturday recovered more victims of heavy flooding that struck South Africa’s Eastern Cape province earlier in the week, with the death toll rising to at least 86. President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the poverty-stricken province on Friday and said the “catastrophic disaster” was due to climate change. Police minister Senzo Mchunu said on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N2 billion for the immediate reconstruction of homes of people affected by the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger. Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this when he visited the victims in Mokwa town, Mokwa Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. He assured that the federal government would address…
Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has directed that the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations across all Emirates in the state be observed in a low-key manner. This directive, announced by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Usman, includes the suspension of traditional Sallah festivities such as Hawan Bariki, Durbar, and other elaborate gatherings….