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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Doctors Demand a Reversion of Petrol Price Hike

September 6, 2024

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Doctors Demand a Reversion of Petrol Price Hike

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. Doctors demand a reversion of the petrol price hike The Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prioritize the well-being of Nigerians by promptly reversing the recent... Read More

Doctors, economy, flooding, fuel hike, information, natural disaster, News, nigeria, Politics, Tinubu, Top 5 stories of the day, WAEC

Lagos Floods and its effects: The Tragedy saga continues

The hazard level of flooding in Lagos is particularly high, indicating its potential to be damaging and life-threatening. However, to date, flooding in Lagos has been characterized by severe consequences, which raise concerns about a lack of early warning and a proper drainage system. This year is no different as the heavy rainfall has caused... Read More

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Flooding

August 29, 2019

Flooding: Nigeria is on the verge of yet another nationwide disaster

As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, its hard not to feel like we all suffer from collective amnesia. A collective amnesia that allows our elected politicians to continue to adjudicate their duties, focusing instead of frivolous projects that only serve to pad their resumes. One issue in particular that the Nigerian government and populace completely... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

climate change, flooding, NEMA, nigerian government

September 14, 2017

NEMA warns of more flooding in Bayelsa, Imo, Anambra, others

The National Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Metrological Agency on Wednesday warned states to prepare for more flooding. NEMA said this became necessary after recent signals from the Niger Basin Authority. Director-General, NEMA, Yunusa Maihaja, and the DG of NiMet, Prof Dani Mashi, gave the warning in Abuja during a flood coordination meeting with... Read More

anambra, Bayelsa, flooding, Imo, NEMA, warn

September 8, 2017

FG warns state govts, LGAs to brace up for more flood

The Federal Government yesterday warned that the millions of Nigerians across the 314 local government areas may be affected by varying degrees of flooding. The government through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had warned in an Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) to brace for flood-related challenges, The Nation reports. The Water Resources Minister, Suleiman Adamu,... Read More

erosion sites, flooding, NIHSA, Rainy Season, UNICEF

September 5, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Who will save Ago-Egun from impending destruction?

“All I do these days is hang around the neighbourhood and hope that the tide increases so I can go out to fish. But, in the last two months, I have not caught a single fish. I’m a fisherman, how am I supposed to survive,” Francis Ajagun, a 35-year-old fisherman in Ago-Egun narrating his harrowing... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Ago-Egun, flooding, lagos

September 2, 2017

N136.5m spent on Hajj; 110,000 displaced in Benue | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

12.1 million – The numbers of viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of the seventh season of HBO series, Game of Thrones. An additional 4 million caught the episode on streaming channels. 110,000 – According to the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, this number of people were left homeless in 24 communities... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

APC, benue, flooding, Game of Thrones, hajj, inflation, NBS, numbers that mattered, PDP

September 2, 2017

Buhari directs NEMA to provide aid to Benue flooding victims

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to begin rescue attempt of victims of the flooding in Benue State. The flood has displaced over 100,000 persons in 12 local government areas of the state. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement. [Read Also: NEMA... Read More

aid, benue, flooding, NEMA, President Muhammadu Buhari, victims

August 31, 2017

Our worn out global village of landslides, floods and hurricanes

by Alexander O. Onukwue The landslides that ravaged Sierra Leone a week ago took north of 1000 lives. About the same of number of casualties have been reported from South East Asia floods that have cut through India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Fatality from Hurricane Harvey is under 50, but it is not any less of... Read More

Story of the day

: Natural Disasters, America, climate change, flooding, global warming, Hurricane Harvey, Mudslides, Sierre Leone, Story of the day

August 31, 2017

The Thread: Twitter shuts down this man who turned Hurricane Harvey into a gender war

The “500-year” hurricane, Harvey devastated Houston Texas from Friday to Wednesday before moving on to Louisiana and Port Arthur. Americans have banded together in amazing ways throughout this time to help others less unfortunate. Until Uncle Matt decided to jump on this picture to propagate the gospel according to sexism. See below: Woman cradles and... Read More

America, flooding, Gender wars, Hurricane Harvey, Texas, The Thread, twitter.

August 29, 2017

Houston Pastor, Joel Osteen faces heavy criticism for closing his church to Hurricane Harvey victims

by Wareez Odunayo In the wake of the disaster that has rendered thousands homeless in Houston Texas, dozens of churches, schools and community centers have opened their doors to offer temporary shelter to the victims of devastating Hurricane Harvey. Famous televangelist and pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Joel Osteen has become the subject of... Read More

Church, criticisms, flooding, Hurricane Harvey, Joel Osteen, pastor, social media, victims

August 28, 2017

Understanding the catastrophic extent of Hurricane Harvey and why even experts are scared

“Catastrophic”, “life-threatening”, “devastating”, “uninhabitable”, “unprecedented” and “record-setting” are only some of the menacing words that have been used to describe the tropical storm that hit the United States’ Texan Gulf Coast on Friday, already claiming at least five lives and displacing so many more. Hurricane Harvey, as its already been named, is a category 4... Read More

Thinking Through

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rainy season, rains, NIMET

August 15, 2017

Opinion: Climate Change- A call to responsible living.

by Amusa Temitope Victor The Clouds are heavy, the sound of rumblings just as if the heavens are arranging the barrels of water about to be released into the planet earth in the form of rains took the sound waves. Some People hurry to catch a cab to their workplace, others drive through the crowded... Read More

climate change, flooding, opinion, Protecting the environment

[The Alausa Blog] LASG says it has cleared over 12,600 tonnes of waste from streets, drains in 10 days

The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, in collaboration with Visionscape, has cleared over 12,600 metric tonnes of waste from over 80 locations across Lagos State within the last 10 days in an exercise tagged ‘Operation Deep Clean’. Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare in a statement issued by the Ministry, affirmed the government’s... Read More

The Alausa Blog

Drains, environment, flooding, Ministry of Environment, Waste removal

Move away from flood-prone areas, Gov Obaseki orders citizens

The Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki Monday, ordered people living around river banks and flood-prone areas of the state to relocate to higher grounds. The Governor, who spoke through the Commissioner for Youth and Special Duties, Mika Amanokha, said this when he visited the flooded communities of Udaba, Ofukpo and Osomhegbe, in the Etsako-Central Local... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: Lagos gives quit notice to owners of properties blocking drainage channels

The Lagos State Government on Sunday has ordered owners of properties erected on drainage channels and impeding the free-flow of water to immediately vacate or risk being removed The Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, expressed dismay in a statement that the lawless activities of some people were constantly putting the lives and property... Read More

The Alausa Blog

Channel, environment, flooding, lagos

Today’s Noisemakers: Donald Trump, Femi Adesina and the artist that says his colleagues should be jailed

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: LASG is building a retention pond to contain flooding in the State

The Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Samuel Adejare disclosed this during the sensitization program for the 2017 Water Technology and Environmental Control Exhibition and Conference (WATEC) held at Renaissance Hotel, on Monday. Adejare said that a retention pond was currently being built at Sangotedo area of Lagos State as a form of rainfall harvesting... Read More

The Alausa Blog

Flash floods, flooding, lagos state, retention ponds

Opinion: Our ‘siddon look’ attitude will result in more disasters | 3 things the Lekki flood says about Nigeria

by Abayomi G. Omotayo My good thoughts are with all the victims of flooding in Nigeria over the weekend. Sadly, lives were lost in Suleja. I pray for comfort and succour for the families of those whose lives were cut short by that flood. In Lagos, Nigeria’s own mega city and poster boy for urbanisation,... Read More

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The Thread: “I almost died in that flood” | Lagosians tell horror stories of floods from years gone past

Today, residents of the ‘island’ were reminded that all it takes is a little body of water to revert to the status quo nature designed. The brilliant ones devised new methods of getting from one place to the other by swimming and kayaking. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWTE5OXBiRD/?taken-by=ynaija https://www.instagram.com/p/BWSUU-WBrye/?taken-by=ynaija This isn’t the worst of Lagos floods, though. History buffs... Read More

Drainage problems, Fashola, flooding, history, lagos state, The Thread

rainy season, rains, NIMET

The Thread: “Mega calamity” “Think about Venice” | Twitter NG reacts to Lagos flooding

Lagosians have been grumbling on social media about today’s rains and the mega flooding that resulted. Affected areas were VI and most of Lekki. The thread below shows that both residents and the government are culpable in this matter. If town planning was actually practiced by the government, residents will not build houses on waterways.... Read More

ambode, flooding, lagos state, nigeria, The Thread, waste disposal

Flooding: There is a lesson for every Nigerian

by Alexander O. Onukwue It’s difficult to imagine how residents of flooded areas coped with the terrible event. Some pictures and videos from witnesses show the inconvenience involved in mitigating the dangers theses waters are causing and the damage limitation being done by home-owners. Though it is common knowledge that floods happen every time in... Read More

Story of the day

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Flooding: Is the Mega-sea-ty ready to handle an epidemic?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Residents of flooded parts of Lagos who wish to defy their ‘islands’ will have to roll up their trousers to well above knee length. Better still, knickers or outdoor boxers (hope that’s a thing). Those who had gone flood shopping before now would have the proper kit: rain coats and agricultural... Read More

Story of the day

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The Thread: “Aquatic splendour” “Rich man’s ghetto” | See our Top 10 photos of Lekki, VI floods

We do not know whether to laugh or cry at the pictures flooding the Nigerian internet today, clearly depicting Lagos state’s number 1 problem: bad or unexistent drainages. Oh well, so long as the rains continue, it will be our number 1 problem. Then Dry Season/Harmattan will come calling and whisk it away from our... Read More

Andrew Alli, Bad drainages, Banana Island, flooding, lagos state, Lekki-Epe Expressway, social media, The Thread, Trending stories

Flooding: What does your event planner know about Meteorology and Geography?

by Alexander O. Onukwue It’s a Saturday, and it is flooding in Lagos. Spare a thought for all who have weddings on the Island, especially when the first and second events require a drive through Ozumba Mbadiwe drive. Citizen reports available on social media show that area and many other parts of the Island are... Read More

Story of the day

event planner, flood, flooding, geography, Island, lekki, Meteorology, weather

Flooding: Why do you wait for government to fix bad roads?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The people of Lagos Island are not going to allow the Saturday floods dull their day. Pictures of the flood feature lots of stuck cars and sad faces, but inventions and innovations are popping up. There’s a man somewhere kayaking easily on same road that a bus is struggling to pass.... Read More

Story of the day

bad road, fix roads, flooding, government, lagos

Flooding: This Lagos State still does not have a human face

by Alexander O. Onukwue Every year in the city of Lagos, there is always a flood. Always. A new Lagos resident is very likely to receive a call around this period from a friend or colleague who used to stay within the city, particularly on the Island, and the enquiry will not be about encounters... Read More

Story of the day

flooding, human face, lagos, Resilient City, Story of the day

Millions threatened by flood in Virginia and Tennessee

by Itunuoluwa Adebo The Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic states are bracing for a round of strong thunderstorms and the threat of flash flooding.A system of storms carrying heavy rain that left hundreds of roads flooded in eastern Tennessee over the weekend is slowing moving northeast. National Weather Service said, almost 6 million people are under flash... Read More

flash flood watches, flooding, floods, tennessee, viriginia

November 15, 2016

Adeboro Odunlami: Heavenly waters, hellish disasters [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami I looked for the waste bin in the store until my eyes hurt. There was none. Alhaja Muinat was watching me closely with an amused smile playing on her lips as though she felt some sort of admiration for my folly. My eyes met hers and I finally asked, ‘Abeg, where’s the... Read More

Adebotro Odunlami, flooding, lagos, LAWMA, New Voices, nigeria, rains, sticky, waste culture

September 18, 2016

Has the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola seen this yet?

Has anyone else wondered if there are supernatural forces dealing with us in Nigeria? Not just in terms of politics but also as regards infrastructure. It’s like one day you are jumping for joy that a particularly bad patch of road that causes traffic from the pit of hell has been fixed and the next... Read More

bad roads, Fashola, flooding, road construction, tarmac, Topmix

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