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Nigeria: Jonathan Urged to Declare State of Emergency Over Flood Disaster
Vanguard, 11 October 2012
Former national president of the Ijaw Youth Council, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has called on the National Assembly to declare a national emergency on flood. Read more »
Calls for a State of Emergency for Flood Stricken Nigeria
As more donations and aid continue to pour in for flood victims President Goodluck Jonathan, who visited the Delta state to asses the damages, has called for more dams to be constructed to prevent flood disasters in the future. The disaster has caused severe food shortages in Bayelsa state.
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Nigeria: Succour for Flood Victims - We Are Targeting N100 Billion - Dangote
Leadership, 12 October 2012
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, co-chairman of the National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, yesterday stated that the committee plans to generate N100 billion for flood-ravaged… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dangote Committee to Raise N100 Billion for Flood Victims
This Day, 12 October 2012
The presidential fund raising committee for flood victims and states, jointly chaired by President, Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and former President, Nigerian… Read more »
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Nigeria: FG Plans to Construct More Dams On River Niger, Benue - Jonathan
Leadership, 11 October 2012
The Federal Government plans to construct more dams on Rivers Niger and Benue to check the menace of flooding in communities along the river banks, President Goodluck Jonathan said… Read more »
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Nigeria: We Hope to Raise N100 Billion for Flood Relief, Says Dangote
This Day, 11 October 2012
At least the Dangote-Agbakoba-Adenuga Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation is targeting to raise N100 billion in their one year assignment to assist the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood - Bayelsa People Suffer Severe Hunger, Jonathan Laments
Leadership, 11 October 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan has lamented the heavy impact of flood on his home state, Bayelsa, saying people in the state currently suffer from severe hunger. Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood Has Not Disrupted Oil Production, Says Alison-Madueke
This Day, 12 October 2012
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Thursday said the current wave of water flood ravaging socio-economic activities in most states of the country… Read more »
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Nigeria: Floods - Delta Considers Indefinite Closure of Schools
Leadership, 11 October 2012
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Wednesday said that public schools in the state might be closed indefinitely following the continuous rise of flood levels most parts of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dickson Donates N15m to Church Flood Committee
Leadership, 11 October 2012
The Bayelsa Government on Thursday donated N15 million to the Flood Outreach Committee set up by churches in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria: Mother, 16-Year-Old Daughter Drown as Flood Submerges Farms in Anambra
Vanguard, 11 October 2012
It was black Tuesday for the people of Umudara village in Ihite community of Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State, when a 16 years old girl, Edith Afugwuobi and her mother,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood - Jonathan Visits Delta On Friday
Leadership, 11 October 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit Delta State to assess the impact of flood, which sacked many communities, killed more than 15 persons and rendered thousands of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood Relief Fund
Vanguard, 12 October 2012
THE interim funds the Federal Government released for flood victims throughout the country should be used judiciously, to ameliorate the sufferings unprecedented flooding unleashed… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fresh Flood Alert - Kogi Assures Citizens of Safety
Daily Trust, 12 October 2012
Following the recent alert that more water may be released from some dams, the Kogi State government yesterday said that it has put measures in place to ensure the safety of its… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood - FG to Build More Dams
Daily Trust, 12 October 2012
The Federal Government has said that it will build more dams to avoid further flooding in the country. President Goodluck Jonathan stated this yesterday in Adakolo camp in Lokoja,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood - Adamawa Dept Gov Warns Against Diverting Relief Materials
This Day, 12 October 2012
"It would amount to a curse for any functionary to divert any relief materials meant for the victims of the flood disaster currently ravaging Adamawa and other parts of the… Read more »
InFocus
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Just a day after president Goodluck Jonathan announced that N17.6 Billion would be allocated for flood relief, members of the Delta State House of Assembly say the N500 million ... Read more »
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Many Nigerian businesses and foundations are donating relief materials to flood victims in different communities ravaged by devastating floods. Read more »
