Flooding

October 03, (THEWILL) — The residents of Artebor Briggs/Dominion Assembly road in Akenpai Community of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have contributed money and mobilised manpower to prepare higher ground in preparation for the impending flood. The self-help...

September 10, (THEWILL) – The Borno State Governor ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state to avoid loss of lives due to the current flooding in Maiduguri, the state capital. Engr Lawal Wakilbe, the State Commissioner...

September 05, (THEWILL) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has reconstituted its committee on flood and directed state governments to send an inventory of destruction caused by floods on or before Monday, September 9, 2024. Addressing State House correspondents...

October 11, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate action plan to prevent an imminent flood crisis across Nigeria. The directive was conveyed by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of...

With some dams yet to be opened and the rains still falling, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder storms across the country, there is no telling which of the 36 states that will soon join others that are...

October 20, (THEWILL) - Bayelsa-born business mogul and the State Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), Hon. Bello Bina, has called for the immediate reversal of the arbitrary hike in the pump price of fuel, warning...

October 19, (THEWILL) - Piqued by the rising devastation of the States of the Niger Delta region by flood, the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Hon. Umana Okon Umana, disclosed plans on how he is collaborating with the National Emergency...

October 17, (THEWILL) - Nigeria has recorded over 603 deaths, while 2.5 million people have been affected, as flood spreads more havoc and sorrow across the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed...

October 14, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has released relief materials to flood victims in Anambra State. Assistant Director in charge of Response and Rehabilitation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Walson Ibarakumo, disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 16, (THEWILL) – Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Charles Udo, has disclosed that the inability of successive governments to follow the drainage master plan was the source of the perennial flooding always experienced in...