HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSES BUILDING COLLAPSE, POWER POLE DAMAGE IN AWKA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Heavy Rainfall Causes Building Collapse, Power Pole Damage in Awka By Ernest Igboanugo The prolonged rainfall of September 22, has caused significant damage in parts of Awka, leaving families displaced and raising fresh concerns over erosion and public infrastructure. Two buildings reportedly collapsed at Umudioka by Agu Oye in Awka following the failure of a nearby gully erosion site during the heavy downpour. Household belongings were scattered around the affected buildings, as residents assessed the extent of the damage. No death was recorded, although one affected family was rendered homeless. One of the affected family members, Okwy Nweke, said the incident occurred suddenly after floodwater became improperly channelled and gradually created a gully that weakened the surrounding area. Nweke appealed to the Anambra State Government for urgent assistance, explaining that the family lost several belongings to the incident and currently requires support to secure accommodation. T...

NORTHERN NIGERIA HUNGER REACHES WORST LEVELS IN NEARLY A DECADE, WFP SAYS. (PHOTO).


 Northern Nigeria hunger reaches worst levels in nearly a decade, WFP says


More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the U.N. food ​agency said on Thursday, warning that violence and funding ‌cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level in nearly a decade.


The latest food security analysis showed the number of people facing crisis, ​emergency or catastrophic hunger had risen by almost two ​million from previous projections, the World Food Programme (WFP) said ⁠in a statement, Reuters reported.


The findings underline the deepening humanitarian cost of insecurity in Africa’s most populous country, where Islamist insurgents in the northeast and armed gangs in parts of the north have displaced communities, kept farmers from their fields and restricted aid access.


Borno state, the epicentre of a long-running Islamist insurgency, ‌has ⁠more than 3 million people who are acutely food insecure, including more than 750,000 facing severe hunger conditions, WFP said.


WFP said it ​can only ⁠support fewer than half of the 1.3 million people it was able to assist last year in three northeast states, where ⁠6.2 ​million are food insecure.


The agency said it ​needs $89 million over the next six months to maintain food, nutrition and logistics ​support across northern Nigeria.

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