Tag: NEMA
Ombatse: The Lethal Cult
How a previously little known group, which calls itself a spiritual organisation, rose to prominence through astounding brutality Until 7…
Another person dies in fresh collapsed buildings
Kazeem Ugbodaga Another person has been reported dead as two more buildings collapsed in Bariga and Ikorodu areas of Lagos…
Baga: ACN demands independent probe
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the preliminary reports on the Baga tragedy, submitted by the military high…
Jonathan backs fresh Baga massacre probe
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed an independent investigation into the alleged massacre of 287 civilians in the fishing town…
Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage
Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…
INEC registry office gutted by fire
Nigeria’s National Emergency Agency, NEMA has confirmed that only one office was gutted by fire in the Abuja national headquarters…
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…