No fewer than 250 homes have been destroyed at Natsinta community in Jibia Local Council of Katsina State, following three days of torrential rainfall and the attendant flooding.
Though no life was lost, several people were said to have sustained injuries, with some of them currently receiving treatment in hospitals.
Yusuf assured victims that the House would sit this week on the matter, to enable the state government to come to their aid. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Timothy Ojomah and AFAN Chairman, Salihu Adobayi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja. The National Association of Nigerian Students has described as barbaric, heinous and unacceptable, the kidnapping of more than 20 medical students at the Universities of Jos and Maiduguri.
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