Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has called on the people of the state to remain calm over the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening in Ibadan. Makinde, while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that his government would do everything possible to provide succour to everyone affected...
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Barely two days to the new year, a hit-and-run driver ended the life of a pedestrian on Saturday, just after the Mobil filling station toward Otedola Bridge outward Lagos. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known in a statement issued...
Death toll on Friday’s building collapse at Ebute Meta, Lagos State, has increased to three with the recovery of the body of a 12-year-old boy. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the figure to newsmen in Lagos. The News Agency of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 2022 floods have impacted no fewer than 16,000 families, while 6,000 farmers lost various seedlings and farm produce in Lagos State, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) The Lagos Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in...
An 80-year old woman has been killed and seven other families displaced following the collapse of a two-storey building at No 34, Oloto Street, off Borno way, Ebute Metta, Lagos Mainland LGA of Lagos State on Thursday. The Territorial Coordinator, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed an immediate plan of action to stem the tide of impending flooding across the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this known...
The Senate has urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to provide relief materials to ginger farmers in Southern Kaduna, following out break of disease affecting ginger production. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Tuesday by Sen.Sunday Katung (PDP- Kaduna) on urgent need to...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted Nigerians to expect flood in nine states as Cameroon began the release of water from its Lagdo Dam. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the states are: Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa. Mr...
The Federal Government with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has repatriated more than 160 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’Affaires En Titre in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said the...
No fewer than five riverine communities in Delta have been sacked by water in the Warri North Local Government Area, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Mr Kenren Pere, Councillor representing Ogbinbiri ward 18, in Asigborodo Community disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri. Pere...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday confirmed that there was no casualty in the three-Storey building that collapsed at Ikpoh Street, Surulere, Lagos. Territorial Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incidence to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The building...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 13 states and 50 communities, mainly up North, are likely to witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding between Sept. 13 and 17, according to The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Mr....
Seemingly good news came recently the way of Nigerians living in the flood prone areas of the country. The message which was from the new Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Utsev, among other remarks stated that ‘there is no immediate threat of flooding in the country....
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received a batch of 298 Nigerians who were stranded in Libyan prisons. The agency said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. The statement said the returnees spent varying periods at various detention camps in the northern African country. They were repatriated back...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Nigerians not to entertain fear over the release of the excess water from Lagdo Dam from Cameroon. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Manzo Ezekiel, Head of the agency’s press unit, on Monday in Abuja. He...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, three still trapped and thirty-seven persons were rescued when a building collapsed at Lagos Street in the Garki Village area of Abuja. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spokesperson Nkechi Isa confirmed the incident early Thursday. “Rescue efforts are ongoing as the...
The Federal Government on Monday repatriated 161 Nigerians whose release was secured from detention facilities in Libya over various Immigration offences by the Embassy of Nigeria. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya disclosed this in a statement made available to the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials to 23,000 farmers and vulnerable persons affected by the 2022 flood in Niger. The Director General of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said this during the inauguration of the distribution of the support materials in Minna on Saturday....
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says 19 states and 56 communities across the country are likely to witness heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding within the month. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Farinloye...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says no fewer than 33,983 persons are already affected by the 2023 flooding in different parts of the country. NEMA Director, Planning, Research and Forecasting, Hajiya Fatima Kasim, stated this at the Emergency Coordination Forum Meeting, on Thursday in Abuja. She...