The massive flood that hits several parts of the country in the last two weeks are receeding and displaced victims are returning to their hitherto affected communities. According to the National Emergency Management Agency, over 1.4 million persons were displaced, with about 500 persons reported dead as at October. More than 790,000 persons were also dislocated, while 1,546 persons were …

A week after disbursing over N60 million relief items to about 2,000 displaced flood victims in Akinima, Ahoada West Local Government of Rivers State, the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation on Thursday gave a young man in the community a brand-new wheelchair. Twenty-nine-year-old Onyebuchi Udoka had been spotted on 9th November crawling through the crowd in the mud to receive his …

The Federal Government has distributed inputs to rural farmers in Kogi State affected by flood disaster in the 2022/2023 dry season farming. The distribution is on the platform of the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The National Programme Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP, Dr Fatima Aliyu flagged off the distribution on Wednesday at the …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured flood victims in the region that relief materials would get to them soon. A statement on Thursday by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Abosede Ibitoye referred to the recent visit to the NDDC headquarters by some affected victims of communities in Bayelsa and Delta States, and stated that action was already …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced repair works on the East-West road to restore vehicular movement on sections cut off by the flood on the stretrch from Bayelsa to Delta States. Inspecting the restoration works at the failed stretch at Ihuike, Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State, NDDC Acting Managing Director, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua noted on Tuesday that …

Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has commiserated with victims of the devastating flood in Bayelsa State, which ravaged many parts of the state and some other parts of the country. He lamented that the havoc and destruction caused by the rampaging flood cannot be handled alone by the state government and therefore called on the …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed solidarity with floods across the country and charged humanitarian agencies and citizens to help the victims of the disaster find their feet again. Jonathan, who visited many affected communities in Bayelsa State, including his hometown, Otuoke, issued a statement on his verified Facebook page late Thursday. He wrote: “I sympathise with the victims of …

Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment which used to come at the end of the news bulletin on Nigeria’s national broadcaster, NTA, was the butt of cruel jokes amongst folks. Often when the forecasters said it would rain, we said they meant the opposite. Seven out of 10 times, …