Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed the need for creative funding solutions for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Gbajabiamila emphasised the importance of thinking outside the box, during his visit to NEMA’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, He proposed that state governments could contribute...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concerns over the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country. A statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said that the president was particularly worried about the plight of bereaved...
At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said on Monday. Three states in the northeast, Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba, have been hit hard by floods, with 41,344...
Four persons have died in a boat mishap at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, Head, Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Sokoto....
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Government has that it is not resting on it oars in ensuring that the 2024 flood prediction that placed the State on red alert is drastically mitigated in the event that it occurs. The Executive Secretary, Kogi State Emergency Management...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the death toll in the building collapse at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland area of the state had risen to five person. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Sunday said that a family escaped death when their house in the outskirts of the city collapsed. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a statement in Lagos, that the incident occurred around Adealu Bus-stop in Ipaja area...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it would support the victims, the families and community affected by the collapsed school building in Jos, Plateau, on Friday. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on...
No fewer than 22 people have been confirmed dead and 132 injured in the Friday school building collapse in Jos, Plateau. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Musa Ashoms, confirmed the figures in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. Ashoms...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the tragic collapse of a school building in Jos, Plateau State, which has resulted in the loss of multiple lives and left numerous survivors with injuries. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, ...
Flood has taken over residential areas and major roads in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State following heavy rainfall in the past few days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain which lasted for many hours on Wednesday resulted in flooding in residential areas in Ibeju-Lekki...
A total of 103 Nigerians deported from the Republic of Turkiye back to Nigeria were received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other Stakeholders. The deportees who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday at 7pm through the pilgrims wing of the airport...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, assured the general public, on Monday, of the judicious distribution of 37,000 bags of assorted food items donated by the federal government to the most deserving and vulnerable members of society. Zulum made this statement during the official...
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), has said that no life was lost in a building collapse at Sabon-Gari area of Minna metropolis in Niger. The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed this in a statement in Minna on Saturday. Baba-Arah said the agency received...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than one hundred and fifty (150) distressed Nigerians have been repatriated back to Nigeria from the Republic of Chad. A post on Wednesday via NEMA X handle, said the Nigerians were assisted back in a voluntary repatriation exercise programme by the...
Official says three persons were injured and over 200 houses were damaged following a rainstorm in Miango District of Bassa Local Government of Plateau. Mr Nuhu Nga, Publicity Secretary, Miango Youth Development Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the sad incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Nga...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident and casualty figures to the News Agency of...
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 31 states are among the highly probable flood risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) on Monday...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the recovery of the body of a male passenger that drowned having fallen into the Lagoon from the bus that crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge on Wednesday. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the confirmation in a...
The impact of an accident on Wednesday in Lagos threw two adults off an 18-seater bus into the Lagos lagoon. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement in Lagos. He said that personnel of the Marine Police were in...