As Nigeria grapples with the problem of food security, the recent flooding of Shonga Rice Farm in Edu Local Government of ...
Sulieman Mohammed, who has started witnessing his breakthrough in dry season rice production was devastated when a flood last week, washed away his entire investment. The incident left him in agony ...
But this sudden flooding has caught everyone off guard," Alhaji Abdullahi said. When SaharaReporters visited the rice farms affected by the flood, some farmers recounted their losses, while two ...
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has allocated “$5m from its Central Emergency Fund”, to support flood preparedness efforts in Nigeria. This was made known in a ...
We have farmers from Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano, and Niger State, and they have lost millions of naira worth of rice farms to this flooding,” he said Abdulkadir called for a permanent ... What you should ...
LEADERSHIP gathered that the devastating flooding happened in the early hours of Sunday. A source told LEADERSHIP that the damage to rice farmlands in Bida and its environs is colossal.
In a startling twist to an already catastrophic flood in northeast Nigeria, several animals have escaped from the Sanda Kyarimi Zoo in Borno state. Videos circulating widely on social media capture ...
Aside from insecurity disrupting farming in rural settlements ... hit farmers the hardest. In 2024, Nigeria's disaster management agency, NEMA, said floods killed over 303 people and affected ...
In the coming months, farmers, especially in the South will embark on wet season farming, while their counterparts ... Before now, we used to have flooding in 10-year intervals. “We also need to ...
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has released $5 million from the Central Emergency Fund (CERF) for anticipatory action for floods in Nigeria. This was made known in ...
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has revealed that flooding in 2024 displaced approximately 2.2 million pupils across Nigeria, significantly disrupting academic activities ...