Tag: Natural Disaster
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Natural Disaster: Turkey suffers another earthquake
Weeks after Turkey-Syria was hit by a massive earthquake leading to the death of more than 46,000 people, another 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and was also felt in neighbouring Syria. According to a government source, a disaster and emergency agency, Afad said, the tremor struck the region around 20:00 local time.
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Declare state of national disaster on Kogi – Bello tells Buhari
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare Kogi a State of National Disaster, following the ravaging effect of flood in the state and environs. Bello made the appeal to President Buhari in his Independence Day address on Saturday in Lokoja, stressing that a lasting solution must be proffered to…