A university lecturer, Philip Azubuike, has been confirmed dead after he was swept away by the flood that occurred at Trademore Estate in Lugbe area of Abuja on Friday June 23. Azubuike, until his death, was a lecturer with the Physics Department in Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State. It was gathered that he was swept away in his Peugeot 406 car with registration No. YLA 681 FS. His corpse was recovered from the canal …
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Funke Akindele has gifted an apartment to veteran actor Kayode Olasehinde Ajirebi, aka Pa James, after his house in Oke Isagun community of Oke Odo, Lagos, was affected by the recent flood. Pa James cried out for help after dirty water got into his house on July 7, 2020, and soaked his belongings. This comes one year after Pa James’ son, Samuel Ajirebi cried out on Instagram and shared photos and videos of his father’s flooded house. Funke Akindele came to …
Students of Bethesda Home for the Blind seek donations after a heavy downpour flooded their vicinity and damaged their food items and property. Bethesda Home for the Blind is a non-profit sponsor-supported full boarding home/school for visually impaired persons. On Sunday, June 28, a heavy downpour in Lagos caused their premises to be flooded. The floodwater entered their hostels, displacing 20 of the students. The floodwater also entered their kitchen and storeroom, damaging their food items. Since the incident happened, …
The body of a 17-year-old girl, simply identified as Ayisat, who was swept away by strong flood at Alapafuja axis of the Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate on Monday June 22, has been found. On Monday, Lagos witnessed a heavy downpour causing most areas in the state to become flooded. The canal along Alapafuja close linking Bank Olemoh was submerged as a result of flooding. After an intense search, men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, found the dead body of the …
A 17-year-old girl, simply identified as Ayisat, has gone missing after she was allegedly swept away by a flood in Lagos. The flood, resulting from the heavy downpour in Lagos on Monday, June 22, swept the teenager away in Surulere. A statement by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the unfortunate incident occurred at the Alapafuja axis of the Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate, Lagos. Head, Public Affairs, LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor in the statement, said the agency …
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA are carrying out a search to recover a 4-year-old child who was swept away by flood in Lagos. The rescue team began their search at 38 Fashola street, Papa Asafa, Orile, Agege, Vanguard reports. The incident reportedly happened around 10 am during the torrential rainfall with attendant heavy flooding. Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident to the publication, saying that the agency received a distress …