Sangana community in Bayelsa State is under serious ecological threat induced by rising sea level. Residents of the community, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have now called on the state and the federal governments, especially the Niger…
Some of the residents who spoke with SaharaReporters on the phone said that the surge started on Friday and has overrun every natural barrier that was holding back the flood. Residents of Sangana community in the Brass Local Government Area…
The House of Representatives has called for the canalisation of the Epie Creek in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to prevent flood. The lower chamber urged the Ministry of Niger-Delta Affairs and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to award the…
Delta State Executive Council (SEC), has approved N15.7bn for the construction of Phase 3 of flood control measures in Warri/Effurun and environs in Warri south and Uvwie local government areas of the state. Briefing journalists on the outcome of the…
THE GUARDIAN A non-governmental organisation, the Core Advocate For Genuine Change and Peace Initiative (CAGCPI), has urged the Bayelsa State Government to urgently intervene and save communities impacted by flooding in the state. Its Director General, Jacob Brave Obekuma, in…
THE PUNCH The Bayelsa State Government has commissioned a study group of experts as a major initiative to mitigate perennial flooding and reduce the suffering of residents during annual flood in the state. To this end, the government has divided…
VANGUARD Flood has submerged Okpokunou Urban, over five other communities and satellite villages at Seimbiri Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State. The traditional ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom, HM Charles Ayemi-Botu, who raised the alarm, told Vanguard: “It is a…
THE NATION Floods are wiping out communities, submerging homes, eating up farms and villages in the hinterland, hapless citizens are fleeing their areas and moving into neighbouring towns, which also soon feel the wrath of nature. Those fleeing are leaving…
THE GUARDIAN The lifeless body of a seven-year-old boy, Fejiro Emoavworhe, who was declared missing few days ago, has been found at the bank of Ohovwe River in Ekiugbo, Ughelli North Council of Delta State. Also, the body of a…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to correct the misconception that only three local government areas suffer from flooding in the state. Diri, who spoke in Yenagoa when officials of the…
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