Flood Management

January 09, (THEWILL) - No fewer than 15,000 most vulnerable households affected by 2022/23 flood are to benefit from Federal Government Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention, SNELEI across the 27 local government areas of Borno state. Speaking at...

September 27,(THEWILL) - The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has alerted at least twenty-five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to potential flash floods from expected heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday, September 28 and 29, 2023. According to...

September 03, (THEWILL) - The August break is over and the rains are gradually coming back. On Friday, many cities and communities across the country, including Lagos and Kano, experienced downpours. Nigerians living in coastal and flood-prone areas are...

August 29, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has constituted a high-level committee to proffer solutions to flooding and its consequences in Nigeria. Head of the Committee, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, who made this known...

August 28, (THEWILL) - The federal government has alerted states and relevant government agencies, over plans by the Cameroonian government, to open the flood gate of Lagdo Dam, on the Benue River. The Cameroonian authorities said they will open the...

May 11, (THEWILL) - Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has inaugurated the State’s Directorate of Erosion and Flood Control in response to the perennial flood devastation and the impact of coastal erosion in the state. The Directorate, which is...

October 27, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State Government has called on its federal counterpart to work closely with flood-prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to check the menace of flooding in the country. The Deputy Governor, Senator...