There is a disaster currently unfolding in Kano with rising death rates particularly among the elderly that is not getting the National attention it deserves. 2. While some may explain this increasing death rates to the lack of medical care for the chronically ill due to the lockdown (which in any case is poorly observed […]
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Mr Emmanuel Shior, the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), said on Wednesday that the rampaging flood has submerged five communities in Agatu and other parts of Makurdi, the state capital. Shior disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Makurdi on the current flood situation in the state, adding that Rice Mill and other […]
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Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, on Monday said over 44 people had lost their lives while 20 others were still missing following the Sunday flood disaster in Jibia local government area of the state. Masari, who said this after inspecting the affected areas in the local government, said more than 500 houses were destroyed […]
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Not less than five persons were killed and many wounded Thursday by Storm ‘Friederike’, Germany’s heaviest, in 11 years, the German Press Agency (DPA) reported in an update. The storm swept across Germany from the west. German Weather Service said it is the heaviest storm since 2007. It brought powerful winds, heavy rain and snowfall […]
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