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Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed, has said that the recent release of water from the Cameroon Lagdo dam will cause more flood disasters downstream Nigerian states. The states to be affected are Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa, with Adamawa already affected. Speaking on Saturday in Abuja…

The ongoing release of water from Lagdo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon has so far resulted in the deaths of at least 28

Flood has displaced people said to be over 500 in number from their houses in Unguwan Tana, a community in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of

The rains are here and even the blind can see that they are falling in torrents. Mustapha Habib, The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) acknowledged as much in his weekly run down on social media on September 17, 2023 where he noted that “the rains are falling in torrents and testing

NEMA’s proactive measures are paying dividends this rainy season, by Toni Kan. Rains are here and even the blind can see that they are

FLOOD alerts have been flowing in torrents from federal, state, and multilateral agencies and apprehension has gripped many communities nationwide.

Every year, Cameroonian authorities release excess water from the Lagdo Dam, water which flows into Nigeria through the River Benue, which coupled with rainfall around the same period, leads to flooding in the country. Yesterday, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) issued a warning to all those living around river banks to relocate, due to…

Experts on flood control and hydro/dam management have suggested that building of bigger dams and irrigation projects would save farmers struggling to repay over N700 billion Anchor Borrowers’ Programme loan of the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN).New Telegraph gathered that flooding hit some states and destroyed their livelihood following the opening of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.The opening of the dam is expected to affect 13 states in Nigeria, according to the National Emergency Management Agen...

“The concern generated by the planned opening of the dam therefore is not surprising, going by what has transpired over the years, with cases of flood increasing with each year.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday advised residents of Makurdi, Benue State capital to relocate to higher grounds over the rising level of River Benue.   The image of the river water level on a marker which was shared with journalists by NEMA indicated that the water had risen to an “emergency level,” meaning there is a high tendency of flooding incidents in the area.