Flooding

Loss and damage arising from the recent flooding in Nigeria, Pakistan and other developing African countries will form part of the agenda at the COP 27. Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd, Special Advisor to the COP President-Designate, disclosed…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of flash floods and “destructive winds” as it predicted sunshine and haze from Monday to Wednesday. The coastal parts of the country are still at risk of flash floods and emergency…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says that if elected, he will make plans to avert flooding catastrophes like the ones that recently claimed at least 600 lives in Nigeria. He said he would retool…

Femi Falana has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the spending of ecological funds amid the devastating flooding in parts of the country. Speaking on Monday at the convocation lecture of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on digital communication, Bashir Ahmad, has mocked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for donating relief items to victims of severe flooding that has ravaged states…

The UN has expressed concern over the flooding in Nigeria, which has impacted the lives of more than 2.8 million men, women and children. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said this at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York.…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says more than 100 communities across the country are ravaged by floods daily. NEMA’s director-general, Mustapha Ahmed, disclosed this at a one-day strategic workshop with disaster risk…

Douglas Oloton, the former chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE), Abuja chapter, has blamed Nigerians for the flooding ravaging parts of the country. “On flooding, if citizens do the right thing, we will help the…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he receives regular updates on flooding, which has affected more than 500,000 Nigerians since January. In a statement issued by his media aide Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja, the president extended…