Tag: NEMA
Communal clashes leave 2 dead in Abuja
Ayorinde Oluokun Two persons have died in the Nigerian capital of Abuja as the Gwari people and nomadic Fulani in…
Lagos demolishes burnt houses
Following the fire incident caused by fireworks in Jankara area of Lagos Island yesterday, Nigeria’s Lagos State Emergency Management Agency,…
Boxing Day Tragedy In Lagos
At about 9.30 am on 26 December 2012, a loud explosion reverberated at No. 45, Ojo Giwa Street, Jankara area…
Fuel Theft: Pipeline Explodes In Lagos
An explosion occurred at the site of a vandalised NNPC oil pipeline yesterday in Lagos. Some oil thieves were feared…
Nigeria’s copter crash: Yakowa, Azazi’s bodies taken to morgue
The National Emergency Management Agency said they have recovered the bodies of the victims of Nigeria’s military helicopter crash in…
Dana Air Returns To The Skies This Week
Dana Air would begin flying again this week, five months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Lagos to demolish 20 houses at Jakande Estate
The Lagos State Government has marked more than 20 houses for demolition at Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, near Isolo, Lagos following…
Relief materials for Nigeria’s flood victims diverted
Eromosele Ebhomele Two civil society groups, UK-based Tearfund and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have expressed “concerns that…
NEMA can’t cope with Kogi flood disaster, says senator
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly has described the flood that has…
Nigeria’s Plateau state splits as bridge collapses
The Shendam bridge in Jos on Tuesday collapsed, cutting off most parts of Plateau South from the rest of the…
Jos flood kills at least 16, many missing
Officials of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), religious leaders and community elders, have confirmed that no fewer than 16…
Nigeria assists Congo blast victims
Nigeria said Thursday it has donated relief materials to victims of munitions blasts in Congo in March which killed at…
Yuletide: FRSC Deploys 30,000 Officers On Highways
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has deployed 30,000 personnel to 29 designated routes on the nation’s highways to manage…
KWSG Appeals To NEMA
The Kwara State Government has appealed to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to urgently assist victims of last week’s…
Expect Heavy Rain This Year —LASG
The Lagos State Government has alerted residents of Lagos State, South West Nigeria to expect heavy rainfall this year and…
Jihadist Group Claims Nigerian Bombings
A new radical muslim group that styles itself Jama’Atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad, has claimed responsibility for the several bombs…