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Nigeria:
Health Hazards Loom As Floods Recede
Vanguard, 14 July 2011
As the rains came down in torrents especially in Lagos and environs over the weekend, the risk of exposure to disease and ill health have obviously gone up. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Floods - House Asks President to Sign Climate Change Bill
This Day, 14 July 2011
Following the deadly floods that swept across Lagos in the last few days, the House of Representatives Wednesday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the National Climate… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Flood - Seven Additional Bodies Recovered
Vanguard, 13 July 2011
Following last Sunday's downpour in Lagos, seven additional bodies were yesterday recovered in a canal around Aboru in Iyana-Ipaja area of the state even as President Goodluck… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nine Killed in Lagos Floods
Daily Trust, 12 July 2011
At least nine persons were feared dead in the flood that took over the Lagos metropolis as a result of last Sunday's heavy downpour which resulted in the overflowing of the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NEMA Assesses Lagos Flood
Daily Trust, 12 July 2011
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has described flood situation in Lagos as incredibly phenomenal and the most devastating so far this year in Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Flood Kills 25
Vanguard, 12 July 2011
THE pain inflicted on Lagosians by the torrential downpour last Sunday bit harder, yesterday, when 25 corpses were recovered including those of 11 children. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos State and other Areas Flooded, Lives Lost
This Day, 11 July 2011
It was a "rain of terror" Sunday as an all-day torrential rainfall literally submerged Lagos State, halting human and vehicular activities and forcing the state government to close… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Flood - Fashola Declares Public Holiday for Lagos Schools
Vanguard, 11 July 2011
Sunday’s heavy rainfall, which crippled Lagos State, has forced Governor Babatunde Fashola to declare a public holiday for all public and private schools in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Heavy Rain Sacks Lagos
Independent (Lagos), 10 July 2011
The heavens poured torrential that soaked and sacked Lagos all through Sunday, drenched those who managed to go to church, and submerged homes and roads with flood water. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Again, Governors Ignore Flood Alert as Farmlands Are Swept Away
Leadership, 10 July 2011
Several weeks after LEADERSHIP SUNDAY's investigations revealed that governors in the North were doing nothing to avert the disaster floods may bring this rainy season, following… Read more »
