Category: Environment

22 States, 96 towns, communities across Nigeria at risk, in new flood alert

Aminu Imam
New flood alert

The National Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Centre, domiciled at the Federal Ministry of Environment has released a list of locations likely to witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flood before the 20th of July, 2024. The list, titled: ‘Flood prediction 16th – 20th July 2024’, and sent to newsmen, tasked relevant stakeholders and government representatives to note of the warning. The States and communities listed as at risk include: Adamawa State: Gbajili, Ganye; Abia State: Eziama, Arochukwu; Anambra State : Onitsha; Akwa Ibom: Uyo, Upenekang, Oron, Edor, Eket,…

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Kaduna: Gov. Sani approves downward review of land processing fees state-wide

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Gov. Sani approves

…Extends re-certification deadline Kaduna State Government is currently undergoing pro-active land reforms in a bid to sanitise the system and ensure due process. In line with these objectives, Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, in accordance with the Land Use Act 1978, has approved the downward review of processing fees for the Recertification Programme by the Kaduna State Geographic Information Service, (KADGIS), among other notable interventions. The current reviewed fee is now set at N20,000.00 for those without assignment and N40,000.00 for those with assignment. Similarly, in a public service…

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FCT: 4 rescued, as another Abuja building collapses; many trapped

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FCT building collapse

Barely less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 and injuring 132, four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja yesterday morning. It is also 11 days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja. Unconfirmed number of other people are trapped in the rubble. As of press time yesterday,  one person was reportedly still trapped in the rubble of the residential building, located in the Kubwa area of the…

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“Stop Lagos-Calabar coastal road, improve Inland Waterways”- Chidoka cautions Tinubu

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Chidoka

Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, says it is not late for President Bola Tinubu to stop the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal road project and subject it to further public conversations. The former minister, who was a guest on a television programme on Thursday, was asked what he would do about the project if he was the President considering the controversy it has generated, to which he replied that he would stop it. “Stop it now and subject it to public conversation; because the financiers cannot raise finance for this project…

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Lagos: “80 percent of buildings in Lekki have no approval’ – Govt.

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Lagos Lekki

Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, has said that 80 percent of buildings in the Ibeju Lekki-Epe have no government approval. In an interview with newsmen, Olumide disclosed that despite the rigorous processes involved in securing government approval, developers and property owners are still circumventing due process. He said: “Just last week Thursday and Friday, my team and I were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates…

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FCT JUAC honors FCTA ‘Best 2023 Director’

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Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, Ag. Director, FCT Reform Coordination and Service Improvement Department, has been honoured with the 2023 Best Director of the Year award by the FCT Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) . Com. Rifkatu Ioytyer, JUAC President, during the award presentation at the weekend, said Dr. Jumai Ahmadu was given the award due to her honesty, integrity and diligence of service to the FCT Administration (FCTA). While accepting the award, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu said she was truly honoured to be recognized as the ‘Best Director 2023‘ by the FCT…

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Severe floods threaten 31 States, 148 LGAs – Minister

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Flood alert

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 local government areas (LGAs) across 31 States are among the highly probable flood-risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) on Monday, in Abuja. The theme of this year’s AFO is: “Promoting the Use of Data Analytics and Modeling for Flood Risk Assessments and Food Security”. The identified states are Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,…

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Abuja, Kano residents, others face ‘extreme danger’ of heat stroke – NiMet

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned residents of most northern States, including Abuja, Kano, Sokoto and Kogi that they face ‘extreme danger’ of heat stroke on Saturday if precautions are not taken. NiMet, in a “Weather Warning for Heat Stress” alert, released yesterday, categorised Nigeria’s 36 states and Abuja into five based on the potential for heat stress. The categories are: Normal, Caution, Extreme Caution, Danger and Extreme Danger. Most of the States fall into the extreme danger category for Saturday, with NiMet saying “heat stroke or sunstroke highly…

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Tinubu appoints first female as new NEMA DG

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA). According to a statement by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Mrs. Umar’s appointment further underlines the President’s avowed commitment to gender inclusion. The new NEMA Director-General has over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including human resources, finance and administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Credit administration. Ngelale said the President expects that…

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‘Why Nigeria went to COP28 with 1,411 delegates’ – Presidency

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The Federal Government has cleared the air on the huge number of delegates that the country has at the ongoing Climate Summit, (COP28), in Dubai. Nigeria has the third-highest number of delegates at COP28. The delegates’ number has been greeted by uproar and reproach as Nigerians, especially on social media, lambasted the government over the number of entourage and representatives amid widespread hardship and galloping inflation in the country. Reacting to the controversies surrounding the 1,411 Nigerian delegates, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi,…

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