The problems of flood victims in Rivers State were yesterday compounded when unidentified persons raided their camp at one of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Akinima, in Ahoada-West Local Government Area and looted over 20 bags out of the 200 bags of rice donated to them by the
The sum of N10, 000 is to be given to each victim of flood disaster in Anambra state by the Federal Government. Also the Anambra state government has commenced plans to compensate farmers who were affected by the flood menace in the state with fertilizer and other seed crops for the next farming season. According […]
The flood disaster ravaging parts of Anambra has claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl, Benedict Uzo in Amiyi, Ogbaru council area of the state. Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Mr Arinze Awogu, told newsmen on Wednesday that the drowned while fetching water with a bucket. He said Benedict’s 11-year-old elder sister who tried […]
It was a baptism of fire as the newly appointed Permanent Secretary to Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Mr. Christian Ohaa, had a day after assumption of office was confronted with mass protest by residents of Lokogoma Estate on the recent menace of flood disaster that claimed several lives. The Abuja Times can recall that […]
Appeals to residents to move away from waterways Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has said that illegal structures and refuse dumps that obstruct the natural pathway of water in the FCT must be removed to prevent any future flood disaster in the territory. The FCT Minister made this statement when […]