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However, the price tag for the tricycle seems to be an astronomical figure for Ayotodi, who just lost everything he had in the floods.

“The tricycle costs about 1.4 million Nigerian Naira [about $3,200]. But I have not met anyone who could help me raise the money,” he said.

TritNG:
Desperately trying to find a new job to support his family, Ayotodi hopes to raise enough money to buy a tricycle to work in the transportation business again.

“I want to buy a tricycle to work in the transport service. We use tricycles to carry people to work or transport them from one place to the next,” he said.

TritNG:
"I used my motorcycle to work. But everything is lost now. My house, my farm and all my properties, everything was lost. I have to start from the beginning once again. It’s very difficult to get back what you lost,” he said.

TritNG:
“I was a professional operator. I was working with a company from India before. Because of COVID-19, I had to stop. I tried to start my own business before the floods came. I raised small capital to buy a motorcycle. I used it to do transportation work in my village,” he said.
Unfortunately, after losing everything in the floods, it’s impossible for Ayotodi and his family to return to their village to try to rebuild their life.

TritNG:
“We all ran to western Nigeria. I found a room for my wife and two children at a friend’s home. It was too much for one friend to house all of us. That’s why I am staying at another friend’s home,” he said.
Before the recent floods swept away all of his family’s belongings, Ayotodi had already faced financial difficulties because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TritNG:
No Money for Tricycle

After fleeing from their village, Ayotodi, his wife and two children relocated to the city of Lagos in western Nigeria.

As Ayotodi lost everything he had in the heavy floods, he didn’t have money to keep his wife and children with him.

TritNG:
During an emergency technical meeting on the flooding in Nigeria last month, Mustapha Ahmed, director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), stressed the impact of the water released by Cameroon, local media The Cable reported at the time.
“Based on our communication with the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, the Lagdo Dam operators in the Republic of Cameroon commenced the release of excess water from the reservoir by September 13. We are aware that the released water cascades down to Nigeria through River Benue and its tributaries, thereby inundating communities that have already been impacted by heavy precipitation,” Ahmed was quoted as saying.

TritNG:
Dam in Cameroon

According to official figures, over 600 people have been killed and more than 1.3 million have been displaced in Nigeria as the country battled one of the worst floods in over a decade.

In addition to excessive rainfall in some regions in Nigeria, the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in neighboring Cameroon also made the flooding much more difficult to handle.

TritNG:
As the water level was rising so fast in his village, Ayotodi and his family had to take a boat to evacuate to a safe area.

“The water kept rising and rising. That’s why we had to take a boat. The boat was provided by the fishermen. We didn’t have to pay them. They just came to help us escape,” he said.

TritNG:
“I only had time to take my phone with me. We didn’t even have time to pack our clothes. The floods came in the middle of the night. We couldn’t take anything else with us, because we didn’t have enough time. We just tried to save our lives. We lost everything,” he said.

TritNG:
“The floods took everything. If you saw the level of the flooding, it was almost over the house. We’ve lost everything we had,” he said.

Ayotodi, his wife and their two children had to run out of their home in the middle of the night when his village became flooded last month.

TritNG:
“I started building the new house before COVID-19 came to Nigeria. But when COVID-19 came in 2020, there was nothing to be done. So I stopped. That’s why my new house was still not completed,” Ayotodi told Sputnik.
Unfortunately, when the heavy floods swept through Nigeria in recent months, Ayotodi’s plan to build a new dream home for his family was completely crushed.

TritNG:
John Ayotodi grew up in a house built by his father in a village in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. After his father passed away, he continued to live in the same house even after he got married and had two children. As his family got bigger, he had been trying to save money and build a new house.

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Tommy Yang - After the recent devastating floods in Nigeria wiped out almost everything in his village, a survivor shared with Sputnik how his family narrowly escaped from the disaster and the challenges he faced in rebuilding their life.

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There are devastating developments unfolding in Southern Nigeria.
It's saddening.

Losing Everything in Catastrophic Floods in Nigeria, Survivor Struggles to Rebuild Life

leobergy:
no mind the werey

BentizilL:
I'm beginning to like Putin diplomatic ways...
Baba dealing with the whole West and it allies without fighting them

Russia just dey grow while some people dey go back trenches

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A top Russian military blogger and veteran of several armed conflicts, Igor Strelkov, has reportedly gone to the frontline to fight against Kiev. A $50,000 bounty was issued for his capture in Ukraine.

Strelkov’s wife, Miroslava Reginskaya, posted a photo of her husband in fatigues on social media on Saturday, several days after Strelkov, whose real name is Igor Girkin, had stopped posting new messages on his accounts

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Top Russian military blogger volunteers for frontline

Igor Strelkov is believed to have joined one of the units in the Ukraine conflict

Uprightness100:
Documenting the transfer of military equipment with new tactical markings in the shape of an omega delta near the Minsk region.

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The energy crisis in the region was dramatically exacerbated in early July after the first disruptions of Russian gas supplies to a number of EU countries. The reductions followed problems with the maintenance of turbines for the Nord Stream pipeline due to the sanctions imposed against Russia.

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Tabarelli also said that Italians should be ready for rationing during the coldest winter months. He also urged households to make use of alternative ways of heating, such as firewood and pellets, although he added that prices for those were also up. 

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Europe being hit by energy shock ‘it has never seen’ – analyst

The head of an Italian energy think tank calls on households to use firewood, pellets, and heat pumps as gas prices skyrocket


Italy and the rest of Europe are experiencing an energy shock of unprecedented magnitude as electricity prices have almost doubled, according to Davide Tabarelli, president of the Italian energy researcher Nomisma Energia.

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Protesters Rally in Kishinev Against Government Policies.
Rallies against the government in Moldova have been going on for more than a month, with protesters demanding the resignation of President Maia Sandu and calling for early elections.
Protesters are outraged by the unprecedented rise in prices for food gas and other energy resources - as well as by high inflation and a plunge in living standards - and they accuse the authorities of being unable to cope with current issues.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu noted that citizens have the right to protest, but she called the organizers of the action "criminals who are trying to destabilize the situation in the country". Sandu also reproached the judges for delaying the case against former chairman of the Moldovan Savings Bank, Ilan Sor.

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