By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Government on Monday said flood, resulting from days of torrential rains have cut off Gulani Local Government Area from other parts of the state. Governor Mai Mala Buni disclosed this in a statement issued in Damaturu by his Director-General, Press and Media...
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The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says no fewer than 100 houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by devastating floods in the Darazo Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Bala Lame, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
The Jigawa State Government said 1,300 houses had been damaged by windstorm in Kafinhausa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which occurred on Tuesday night, wrecked havoc. The Special Assistant to Gov. Muhammad Badaru on Community Development and Social...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the flooding that occurred in Lagos last weekend claimed seven lives. Zonal Coordinator, South West, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. “The post-emergency phase assessment after the unprecedented rainfall of Friday,...
Rainstorm has destroyed 73 houses in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Spokesman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in Katsina State, Malam Umar Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Katsina that it also killed three persons. He said that the natural...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised South-East residents in low lands, river banks and flood plains to relocate before the peak of the rainy season to escape the menace of flooding. The South-East Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Tickman Tanimo, gave the advice on Tuesday in Enugu while...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the gas explosion which occurred on Friday at a Kano factory, describing it as a “extremely horrific“. The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in...
Two hundred and one residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano, were on Friday reportedly hospitalised after inhaling chemicals from a cylinder dismantled by metal scrappers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Sharada Industrial Hospital and Ja’en Hospital, for urgent...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that the total number of dead bodies recovered from the building which collapsed in the Onike area of Lagos on Saturday has risen to four. The NEMA Zonal Coordinator Southwest, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the development...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed nine persons died and 10 others injured in a gas explosion that occurred early morning at Aba Road, Sabon Gari, Kano State. The NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the development to newsmen while...
The death toll at the collapsed Ebute-Meta three-storey building had risen to eight. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that the eight dead persons include five males and three females. An...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has deployed its personnel nationwide to ensure smooth flow of traffic and emergency response during the Eid-el Fitr. NEMA spokesman, Mr. Manzo Ezekiel said in a statement that the exercise was as part of collaboration with...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which was founded by Late TB Joshua has confirmed a fire outbreak that occurred at its old site in Agodo area of Egbe, in Ikotun-Egbe axis of Lagos State, on Wednesday. The SCOAN also urged members and friends...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 158 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Habib said that the returnees were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in an early morning fire outbreak on Wednesday which razed some shops at the popular Apongbon Under Bridge Market in Lagos. The cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown but the National Emergency Management Agency...
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed three deaths in Saturday’s fire at the Muna El-Badawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. Its Director-General, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, confirmed the death toll during an impact assessment visit to the scene. She said at least 3,000 shelters were destroyed...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while two others were rescued from a three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, Southwest, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 250 shanties, 200 makeshift buildings and 40 sawmill machines have been destroyed by fire outbreak at Oko-Oba area of Lago State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 11:40 AM. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has...
The Federal Government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry Supermarket on Sunday...
Next Cash and Carry, one of the popular shopping malls in Abuja has been gutted by fire. It was gathered that the mall which is situated in the Jahi Area of the Federal Capital Territory went up in flames around 10:00 am Sunday morning. Thick smoke can be seen...