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Nigeria: 31,000 families affected by flood in Yobe – SEMA
Nigeria: 31,000 families affected by flood in Yobe – SEMA
By: Our Reporter
The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), on Wednesday said about 31, 000 families were affected by flood, while 6,592 residents were displaced in various communities across the 17 local government in the state.
Yobe, a state in the northeast region which have been battling with Boko Haram insurgency’ have also this year recorded high number of displaced persons as a result of flood.
Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Mohammed Goje, in a press briefing in Damaturu, said the 255 communities affected are sited along Rivers Komadugu-Gana and Yobe banks and flood plains in the state.
He stressed that heavy downpours of rain between May and September resulted in flooding of 255 communities across the state.
According to him, the two-month rainfall led to the deaths of five children in Gashua, displacement of people and destruction of houses, food items and 645 livestock worth millions of naira.
According to him, some of the affected communities to include Gashua, Jakusko, Geidam, Jumbam, Girgir, Dapchi, Mutai, Katarko and Bara in Gulani Council.
Goje said that the magnitude of the flood disaster is high and needs multi-sectorial and inter-agency intervention with robust resource mobilisation at state and council levels, because the magnitude of the flood is the worst in recent times in Yobe State.
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“These are to cushion hardships the flood victims are undergoing. The responses are to ensure that in times of such flooding, appropriate institutional processes and procedures, coordination and resources are in place.
“The mitigations against flooding are put in place to support the affected households and communities. The worst hit communities are Jakusko, Gashua, Jumbam and Mutai,” he noted.
On source of the flood, he said: “The state has unfortunately become the last destination of heavy floods from various dams and rivers in Nigeria, including the Lagdo dam in Cameroon.
“The water that flows from dams in Kano State through Hadejia settles in the Nguru wetlands, Bade and Jakusko communities, while the water that flows from the Jos Plateau to Bauchi to Kafin Zaki, Birnin Kudu and Kiyawa, Jama’are, Gamawa, Nangere, finally settles in Jakusko community in Yobe State.
Nigeria: 31,000 families affected by flood in Yobe – SEMA
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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