Flood in Nigeria

November 05, (THEWILL) - The United Nations has described the flood disaster in Bayelsa State as a crisis of major proportions that deserves attention. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria and Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr Matthias Schmale,...

November 04, (THEWILL) - The United Nations (UN) has asked the international community to support Nigeria as it faces unprecedented floods. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), no fewer than 300 people have been killed, 500 injured and...

November 03, (THEWILL) - A group, under the aegis of Benue Coalition for Democracy (BCD), has accused the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, of maintaining sealed lips in the wake of flooding that...

November 03, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a presidential committee for the development of a comprehensive plan of action, for the prevention of the recurrence of flood disasters in Nigeria. The Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu,...

October 31, (THEWILL) – Over eleven children have been delivered at the Ox-bow Lake Internally Displaced Person camp within the last two weeks of camping, amid the ravaging flood that submerged virtually the entire Bayelsa state. Among them were three...

The National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) was established via Act 12, as amended by Act 50 of 1999, to manage disasters in Nigeria. Yet, it is easy to assume that either the level of disaster management required...

The latest dimension to the suffering and hardship experienced across the 32 states devastated by flood is the recent warning by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) that floating corpses found in the affected states pose a serious risk to...

October 30, (THEWILL) – A South African based Company, AquaMatters (Pty) Ltd, her partners, Sensatec of Germany and TCarta Marine LLC of the United States, have commended President Muhammadu Buhari, on his directive to the Minister of Water Resources,...

October 29, (THEWILL) - On September 29, the National Peace committee led by General Abdusalami Abubakar and the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, organized an event in Abuja where Presidential candidates of the political parties for the...

October 28, (THEWILL) - The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Foundation, has donated an unspecified amount to charities working in Nigeria for devastated victims affected by the flood. According to Sky News, in a press release, a...