Flood

Sam Ego, the State Commandant of the corps, said this at a news conference on Saturday in Asaba.

Otuoke-Onuebum road in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa has been taken over by flood, as vehicles now pass through Elebele road, a longer distance, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

No fewer than 250 victims of flood and other natural disasters in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State have received relief materials from the state government.

Adamu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

The state commissioner for Information, Malam Mohammed Garba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Thursday.

The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency  said it had registered 731 victims of flood in Baure Local Government Area of the state.

Mustapha Maihaja, NEMA Director-General, made the declaration during an assessment visit to River Niger on Monday in Lokoja.

Alhaji Ali Bashir, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Monday.

Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State, who confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, said the State Government was still assessing the damage caused by the disaster.

No fewer than 35 communities in Etsako East and Etsako Central Local Government Areas of Edo have been sacked by flood, occasioned by unending rains and overflow of the River Niger.

The Kirikasamma Local Government Council in Jigawa has commenced erection of a sandbag embankment at Marawaji Bridge to save it from imminent collapse.

Mustapha Maihaja, Director General, NEMA, made this known on Saturday in Abuja during a meeting of NEMA with stakeholders to assess the reports from the fact finding committees after visiting the flood prone states.

The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja, has placed all Disaster Response Units across the country on red alert due to rise in water level.

Lamis Benjamin, Deputy Director, Rescue and Rehabilitation, Gombe State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this to newsmen in Gombe on Thursday.

Dr Muhammed Suleiman, the Executive Secretary of the agency, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Yola.

A survey conducted by NAN also revealed that apart from the increase in prices of food items, meat was also not available in markets such as Uselu, Ekiosa, Oba and Egor.

Some of the residents, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Benin, said the recurring flood was giving the people nightmares during rainy seasons.

The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday called on states and local governments to put in place emergency response mechanisms to prevent flooding in their respective domains.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that hectares of farmland with cash crops and property worth millions of naira were also destroyed.

Mallam Abdullahi Rigasa, the General Manager, Kaduna Environmental Protection Authority, made this appeal in Kaduna on Tuesday at an interaction with newsmen.