A three-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja. According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. The building, which was under construction, collapsed at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado Nasco Road. While some persons have been rescued...
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Lagos State Fire Service said one person was injured when an explosion was recorded at an independent marketing filling station in Badagry, Lagos state on Monday night. Mr Abel Husu, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, Lagos state, who confirmed the inciden to the News Agency of Nigeria (...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says floods destroyed 1,750 hectares of farmland and displaced 183 households in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa. Mr Ladan Ayuba, Head of Operations, NEMA, Adamawa and Taraba made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola...
Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire outbreak that razed part of the shopping complex on Ligali Ayorinde Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received another batch of 174 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency...
Fifty people have died with many displaced as flood ravages parts of Jigawa State, authorities said on Saturday. Addressing journalists in Dutse, the Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sani Yusuf, said the flood destroyed thousands of homes in the state. He stated that the situation forced Jigawa...
Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the agency received 13 Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan. Abdullahi disclosed this while receiving the returnees in Kano on Tuesday. The returnees arrived at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 3:00 p.m. on...
One person has drowned and another injured in a boat mishap at Nansa village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. Alhaji Ahmed Inga, Director General of the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Saturday....
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...
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...