Nigeria’s Senate has urged the federal government to launch a thorough investigation into the recent catastrophic flood in Mokwa, Niger State, and to take broader action against recurring flood disasters nationwide. The resolution came during plenary on Tuesday, following a motion introduced by Senator Peter Jiya and co-sponsored by more than 20 senators. The lawmakers…
The government of Nigeria’s Niger State has revealed that more than 700 people are missing, with 207 confirmed dead, after severe flooding wreaked havoc in the Mokwa area, displacing thousands. The figures were announced by Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, who represented Governor Umaru Bago during a condolence visit by Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former high-ranking…
The Jigawa State Government has launched an aggressive campaign to reinforce flood defences as climate experts warn that 21 local government areas, including Guri, are at risk of serious flooding in 2025. Governor Umar Namadi made the announcement on Monday, explaining that the state is not taking a wait-and-see approach but is instead implementing a…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of N2 billion for immediate reconstruction of homes of people affected by the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger. Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this when he visited the victims in Mokwa town, Mokwa Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. He assured that the Federal government…
Risk Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON) has stressed the urgent need for intensive orientation in disaster prevention, readiness and mitigation at national and local level. The society’s President and Chairman of Governing Board, Dr Abbas Idriss, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. RIMSON’s call followed May 27 downpour in Mokwa, that…
As five new dead bodies were recovered yesterday by the search and rescue operation team of the Niger state Emergency Management Agency NSEMA, the agency has disclosed that 105 communities cutting across 17 local government areas will witness ” very serious flood” this year . The NSEMA Director General Abdullahi Baba Arah in the update…
The devastating floods in Mokwa, Niger State, have resulted in a rising death toll of 200, with over 1,000 individuals reported missing, according to Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba on Friday. In light of the tragedy, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, visited Governor Muhammad Bago to offer his condolences….
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday paid a sympathy visit to Niger over the flood that recently claimed many lives in Mokwa. A statement issued by Peter Obi Media Reports Spokesman, Ibrahim Umar, on Monday in Abuja, said that Obi was accompanied on the visit by the acting National Chairman of…
Niger State Deputy Governor Comrade Yakubu Garba has disclosed that close to 1000 people were still missing and 200 bodies were buried as at last count following the flood in Mokwa Local government area of the state. He disclosed this yesterday while receiving the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election Peter Obi who…
Former President, Muhammadu Buhari has sent messages of condolence following the death of more than one hundred persons in floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents earlier last week in Niger state, and that of Kano 22 young athletes, coaches, and officials, who died in a ghastly auto crash. In his messages to…
