By Stephen Adeleye Kogi residents and stakeholders have called on international creditors to suspend debt repayments for developing countries affected by pandemics, natural disasters and other emergencies. They made the call on Tuesday during a Freedom from Debt campaign organised by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria at Sarkin NomaContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen collaboration with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, to enhance disaster risk management, research, capacity building and institutional resilience in the country. Director-General of the agency, Mrs Zubaida Umar, gave the assurance on Monday, whileContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Antswen Makurdi residents on Saturday called on international creditors to automatically suspend debt repayments for developing countries affected by pandemics and natural disasters. The residents, who are mostly from the Adaka Community of Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue, made the call during a community advocacy programme organisedContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced developing a National Policy on Relief and Rehabilitation Interventions for Nigeria. The initiative followed a national stakeholders’ consultative workshop held in Abuja on Monday, to harmonise and standardise relief and rehabilitation efforts nationwide. NEMA Director-General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, whoContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Mrs Florence Wenegieme, a Fellow of Disaster Risk Leadership has called on the federal, state and local governments to increase public investment on disaster prevention. Wenegieme, who is also a Fellow of Risk Managers Society of Nigeria, made the call in a statement in Abuja on MondayContinue Reading
Flood By EricJames Ochigbo The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to improve flood and other disaster control infrastructure to avert a reoccurrence of flooding in the country. The house made the call after a unanimous adoption of a motion making case for victims of flood in NigerContinue Reading
