The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) brought back 1,003 Nigerians stranded in Niger Republic and Libya into Kano in 2022. Coordinator of its Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that the exercise had the backing of the International...
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The year 2022 witnessed flooding as never seen in recent years in different parts of the country. The damage caused was massive resulting in loss of lives, property and farmlands. The incident also caught the attention of the international media with BBC reporting that “Nigeria is suffering its worst...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government, arrived in an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 4:40 p.m. They were received by a...
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) have received 105 Nigerians stranded from Chad at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, made this known while receiving the returnees in Kano. He said that the stranded Nigerians arrived at the International Wing...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 159 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home. NEMA in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, said the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Cargo Wing,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials to victims of flood in Borno state. The relief items which are in two batches were donated by President Muhammadu Buhari as federal government’s support released from the National Strategic Reserve Stock, and the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that about 1,200 artisans who specialise in assorted fabric making have been rendered jobless by the inferno that engulfed the Tejuosho Market on Tuesday. The Director-General, NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said this in a post-disaster loss and needs assessment report on Wednesday...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 612 people have been killed while approximately 2,776 others have been injured in various flood incidents across the country in 2022, the federal government has said. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George has asked political parties to halt campaigns following the floods affecting several parts of Nigeria. He said this on Sunday after calls from Nigerians, notably the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, that parties should suspend campaigns following the...
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that 23 persons lost their lives to flooding and windstorm in 25 LGAs of the state. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Saleh Jili disclosed this at an event to mark the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)...
Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters. Some residents of the...
Recent floods killed at least 50 persons in in 11 communities in Adamawa and injured 71 others. Executive Secretary of Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Malam Suleiman Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday in Yola when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He blamed the flooding on...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Tuesday said that so far, one million residents have been displaced by the ravaging floods, indicating that the worrisome phenomenon has created a humanitarian crisis beyond the capacity of the state. He also announced a one-week break for civil servants except those on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the devastation caused by flood in Bayelsa, urging all emergency bodies to provide all necessary assistance to the state. About 700,000 persons have been displaced by floods in 300 communities and villages in 5 LGAs of the...
The Federal Government has released relief materials mainly food and non food items to flood victims in Anambra. Mr Walson Ibarakumo, an Assistant Director in charge of Response and Rehabilitation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this after a closed-door meeting with officials of Anambra Government in Awka on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the boat mishap in Anambra State which has led to the death of dozen of people. President Buhari in his condolence message issued on Sunday by his spokesman Malam Garba Shehu, condole with the families of the...
The Chairman, Ogbaru Flood Committee in Anambra, Mr Ogochukwu Nwasike, has cried out for help as over 20 person were still in a boat mishap that occured at Umunankwo in Ogbaru Council Area of the state State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that about 85 passengers were...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services (NIHSA) has blamed sub-nationals including state and local governments for disregarding “adequate and timely warnings” and weather advisories issued by the various Federal Government agencies such as NIHSA and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to avert flood disaster in 2022. “If our predictions were heeded...
Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina State, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday....
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday in Kano received another batch of 180 stranded Nigerians from Agadez region of Niger Republic. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, made this known while receiving the returnees in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...