Supporters of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in strategic locations within Abuja, on Sunday. Some of the areas include: highbrow Maitama District, Central…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM Muhammad Mohammed (rtd) on Wednesday, said over 900 houses were destroyed by flood in 13 out of the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State. Mohammed also disclosed that a 7-year-old boy died as a result of flooding in Gummi Local Government Area of…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A heavy downpour at the village of Gidan Kaura in Rijiya district of Gusau local government area of Zamfara State has resulted to the death of two (2)people, over 100 houses collapsed and millions of naira farm products were destroyed in the area. It was gathered that two people lost their lives…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 persons are feared missing after heavy downpours in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Several residents were also rendered homeless following the downpours, which started around 3am on Saturday. Many buildings and houses have been washed away while cars were trapped in various routes within the…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has lost three constables who drowned in a bridge washed away by flood on Balogun Street in Oyo town. The policemen, attached from Oyo Atiba Police Division, trailed some hoodlums to the area when the thugs started running towards the bridge. According to an eyewitness, one of…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishatu Saidi, an 18-year-old girl, has died after flood from one of the major canals in the Alapafuja area of Surulere, Lagos State, carried her away. The incident was said to have happened on Monday. According to Ganiyatu Saidi, mother of the deceased, her late daughter had joined her in cooking rice, which…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescue search is ongoing by men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA at 38 Fashola Str of Olabode street Papa Asafa Orile Agege to recover yet to be identified four-year-old child allegedly being swept away by the flood of early morning heavy rainfall in Lagos. According to an eyewitness, the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government Friday alerted residents on the rise of sea water level resulting in the inability of the lagoon to discharge water into the ocean causing backflow into the drainage channels. In a statement by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, the officials of the state…
