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....
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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...
Emergency responders on Tuesday rescued two persons from the helicopter which crashed into a building at Oba Akran Road, Ikeja Area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lagos. Farinloye said that the occupants of...
Goods and property, worth millions of naira, have been destroyed by fire at Afor-Opi Market in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness, Mr Linus Eze, Chairman of Opi Traders Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the incident on Friday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Economic Council (NEC) has thrown its weight behind the planned distribution of grains and fertilizer to Nigerians by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria to mitigate the impact of the removal of petrol subsidy on citizens. The decision was...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received 146 stranded Nigerians from Niamey, Niger republic. Dr Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA Co-coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, stated this while receiving the returnees at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sought the collaboration of state governors to strengthen disaster management, especially flooding in the country. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA, said this while briefing newsmen after meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said it was important to...
Following warning on impending floods across the country, three states in the North West have taken new measures, including relocation of people living in flood plains, to avert flood disasters. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) predicted severe flooding in 2023 based on the annual flood outlook released by the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that 14 states and 31 communities may witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding from July 4 – 8 across the country. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office. Farinloye urged...
The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8.a.m. Mr Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the disaster, that all...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday received no fewer than 102 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The returnees were officially received by Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government. According to a statement from the agency, the 102 returnees comprised...
No fewer than 108 Nigerians who have been stranded in Tripoli, Libya, have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This is contained in a statement by the agency on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA who officially received the returnees on behalf of the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday, received another batch of 143 repatriated Nigerians from Niamey, Niger Republic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the agency had earlier on May 9, received 148 Nigerians repatriated from Niamey. NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, made...