Tag:Local Government Areas (LGAs)

Disaster Risk Management

Flooding: Lagos gov urged to address menace as LG bosses caution residents

The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos has called on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to deploy the state resources to address flooding in the state. Publicity Secretary of...

Michael Simire - July 4, 2024

Disaster Risk Management

Expect more river flooding, govt warns states, LGAs

The Federal Government has warned states and local government areas to brace up for increased river flooding as the country enters the peak of...

Michael Simire - July 4, 2024

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31 states, 148 LGAs risk severe floods, govt warns

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 31 states are among the...

Michael Simire - April 17, 2024

Disaster Risk Management

FCT, 32 states risk high floods, severe consequences, govt warns

Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has warned that 178 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...

Michael Simire - February 19, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Flood: Delta opens 10 camps, as 19 LGAs submerged – Official

The Delta State Government has opened 10 camps to accommodate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) impacted by the flood in 19 out of 25 Local...

Michael Simire - October 14, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

NEMA urges LGAs to relocate residents in flood affected areas

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)has appealed to local government authorities of flood affected communities in South-South to relocate the residents to safe higher...

Michael Simire - October 3, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

233 LGAs in 32 states prone to flooding – NEMA

Director-General, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed, says it has identified 233 local government areas in 32 states and the Federal...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

SEMA issues flood alerts to nine LGAs in Yobe

The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has alerted some communities in nine Local Government Areas in Yobe on flash floods in the state. Dr Mohammed...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2022