More than 270,000 persons were displaced by banditry, communal clashes, herder-farmer conflicts, floods and desertification in Katsina State. This was disclosed in Katsina on Tuesday by Mr Abubakar Imam, the Academic Liaison for the Solid Solution for Internally Displaced People, a project by the UNDP. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Imam disclosed…
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, says state and local governments should take responsibility as first responders during disasters. Umar said this during her opening remarks at the Emergency Coordination Forum (ECF) in Abuja on Tuesday. The forum aims to strengthen disaster preparedness and address the challenges posed by…
More than 255,000 people have been affected by natural disasters so far this year, in which 32 people were injured, 12 people killed and one person is still missing. This is according to Laos’ Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. The tropical depression, Prapiroon storm, Typhoon Yagi and tropical storm Soulik have brought heavy rainfall…
