LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floods in much of central and southern Nigeria have killed 100 people across 10 states, the country’s emergency and disasters agency said on Monday. Such flooding tends to occur every year in the rainy season, exacerbated by poor infrastructure and lack of planning to protect against inundation, but this year the destruction…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NESWSRANGERS0-The Bayelsa State government on Sunday raised the alarm over increase in the number of coastal communities submerged by flooding. The government said the number of communities affected by the flood had been increasing on a daily basis, insisting that the state was in dire need of support from the Federal Government….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Government has confirmed that nine people have been killed and five others injured following recent flood disaster in nine Local Government Areas of the state. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency, Alhaji Ali Bashir, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Kano, on…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 45 persons have been reported killed after a downpour wreaks havoc in 10 communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. More than 1,000 houses were also destroyed with over 250 livestock confirmed killed in the heavy rain which started around 11:00 pm on Sunday and lasted till…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWRANGERS)-Some parts of Lagos State were hit with a flood, following the early morning downpour on Friday. Residents of the affected areas of the commercial city woke up to flooded streets especially in areas like Ketu, Bariga and Ojota after the early morning downpour which lasted for several hours. The flooding according…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The witnesses said the boys were found floating on water at Casso Bus Stop on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway by shop owners and people waiting to board vehicles to their destinations. Some commercial motorcycle riders carried them to a private hospital which confirmed them dead, News Agency Of Nigeria reports A witness said she…