Tag: Benue floods

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Water in a Basket V: Tam knows best

Salaries haven’t been paid to civil servants in the last 9 months. Sometime during the penniless lull, *Tam decided her ...

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Water in a Basket IV: Relief is here, more to come

  I am glad I experienced one of the few times reliefs were brought to the community, that faithful day ...

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Water in a Basket III: Sewese’s fish business is sinking

Sewese, 37, is a civil servant at the Ministry of Information with a fish farming business on the side. Having ...

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Water in a Basket II: Susan is too distressed to be stressed

Since the floods, Susan, 31, and her mother-in-law, 55, have lived in the IDP camp at the Ultramodern International market. ...

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Water in a Basket I: No one is even talking about rebuilding our homes yet

  “Thank God no life was lost!”   There are six structures in Moses’ compound – about 5km into Welfare ...

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RoqeebahOctober 5, 2017

Editor’s note: YNaija presents conversations with survivors of the Benue flooding to inspire you

We would have loved to say that it is with excitement that we bring you another one of YNaija’s citizenship stories ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 18, 2017

Opinion: Is Nigeria paying any attention to nature’s own red lines?

by Funmilola Ajala At least for now, the gale of political implosions within Donald Trump’s White House and trading of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 6, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s floods -A call to action on climate change

by Amusa Temitope Victor   The rains can no longer be predicted, the simple agrarian African setting is groaning. It ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 4, 2017

What does this video say about NEMA and professionalism?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Mustapha Maihaja, the DG of NEMA was on NTA this morning to discuss the agency’s response ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 4, 2017

Must-I-offer? Who is the penny-pinching NEMA boss?

by Alexander O. Onukwue There appears to be some reason to believe the apparent inefficiency of the relief efforts of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 4, 2017

The Implication of NEMA’s position in the league of strikes

by Alexander O. Onukwue The National Emergency Management Agency threatened to embark on strike last week if some conditions of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 1, 2017

Should President Buhari not have visited Benue state already?

by Alexander Onukwue The senior special assistant to President Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, released a statement on the thoughts of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 1, 2017

Benue floods: Beyond human control or human caused?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Mr Terver Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, was not ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 1, 2017

Can Benue use this floods to re-plan its urbanisation?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Reports from the Benue floods say that about 3,000 homes have so far been affected across ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiSeptember 1, 2017

NEMA sends team to Benue to help tackle flood

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has sent a team to provide humanitarian services to victims of the Benue floods. ...

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EzinneAugust 31, 2017

“You just heard? WTF is wrong with you people! | Nigerians lash out at President Buhari over Benue floods

Four days ago, Makurdi, Benue became the latest casualty of flooding around the globe, as heavy rains lasting over four ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 31, 2017

#BenueFlood: Figures of people displaced, houses lost increases

The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi were displaced by flood. The ...

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