Tag: flood
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Corpse of footballer who drowned saving flood victims recovered
The corpse of a footballer identified as Earnest Peremobowei who drowned while saving flood victims has been recovered and deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa. According to information at hand, he sank into the water after saving five other occupants of an ill-fated boat in which they were travelling to Yenebelebiri, which capsized after…
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US pledges $1m for Nigeria’s flood-ravaged areas
The United States has pledged $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. The support which will come through the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and hygiene kits to promote safe and healthy practices amid the ongoing cholera outbreak, and…
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2 dead as Lagos floods increase
The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, has confirmed the death of two men at the Iyana –Ipaja and Command areas of Lagos State. The two male adults were said to have been swept away by flood in their various locations. One of the deceased, identified as Alfa, was swept away by…