Oyan Dam to release ‘highest’ water volume October, Lagos warns (Punch) The Lagos State Government has warned residents, especially those close to the banks of the Ogun River, that more water will be released from Oyan Dam this month (October).…
News of impending flood sends jitters across Ogun, Lagos communities
For residents of flood-prone areas in Lagos and Ogun states, they are used to seasonal flooding and only pray for it to be for a while. Indeed, they have devised means of overcoming the yearly challenge. But prediction that there…
Six killed as flood submerges Lagos communities (Punch)
The recent release of water from the Oyan Dam in Abeokuta has plunged residents of some communities in Lagos into untold hardship as their houses, shops and places of worship have been submerged. Residents of the God First, Ajegunle and…
