Tag: NEMA
410 births, 187 marriages recorded at IDP camps
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Over 410 births were recorded between August and September and 187 marriages were conducted at Internally Displaced Persons…
NEMA delivers drugs to treat bomb blast victims in Adamawa
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday delivered drugs and other medical requirements to hospitals for treatment of victims…
Yola market blast kills 32, injures 80 – NEMA
A blast that hit a market in Yola, Adamawa state on Tuesday evening, killed 32 people and injured 80 others,…
Maiduguri Blasts: Rescuers deposit six bodies in mortuary
Rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies of the victims of an early morning…
Flood wreaks havoc in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 200,000 residents of Akinima town, headquarters of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, have…
No explosion in Karu – NEMA, police
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said there was no bomb explosion on Saturday night in Karu, a…
NEMA receives 197 Nigerian from Central African Republic
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central…
Floods kill 53, displace 100,420 people in 11 states
At least 53 people have died in eleven states following flood disasters that displaced more than 100,420 persons this year.…
325,000 IDPs in Plateau camps
At least 325,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are taking refuge in various camps in Plateau, according to the National Emergency…
7 dead, 13 injured in Yola IDPs camp explosion – Adamawa Govt
The Adamawa Government confirmed that seven people died and 13 were injured in an explosion that occurred at the Malkohi…
Flood victims in Abuja seek NEMA’s assistance
Flood Victims at Sheda in Kwali Area Council of the FCT have called on the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) to…
Flood alert: NEMA asks states, LGs to relocate communities in flood prone areas
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has again advised states and local governments to immediately relocate residents of communities along…
NEMA distributes relief materials to 272 deportees from Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday in Ibi, Taraba, distributed relief materials to 272 Nigerians deported from Niger…
Insurgency: NEMA evacuates 5,000 people from Dikwa LGA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had evacuated 5,000 starved persons from liberated hinterland communities in…
NEMA distributes relief materials to over 2,000 flood victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, distributed relief materials to at least 2,000 flood-disaster…
NEMA alert on flood as Cameroon releases water from Lagdo Dam
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted the state governments and communities along River Benue of possible flood following…
NEMA donates drugs to victims of Gombe multiple blasts
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday donated drugs to victims of multiple blasts at Dukku and Dadin/Kowa motor…
Jos Blast: Death toll rises from 44 to 51, says NEMA
Mohammed Abdulsalam, the North-Central Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, said death toll from Sunday’s bomb blast…
Victims of Akwa Ibom communal crises get NEMA relief materials
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has provided relief materials to support the rehabilitation of victims of communal clashes in…
NEMA to collaborate with Borno on IDPs’ welfare
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Saturday that it planned to collaborate with the Borno Government to enhance…
Boko Haram: NEMA deploys additional staff to Borno
The Natioonal Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had deployed more field workers to Borno to cater…
Only 6 of 275 rescued females are pregnant, says NEMA
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Muhammed Sidi, has said that only six of the 275…
NEMA receives 300 IDPs in Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Niger state on Thursday said it had received no fewer than 300 Internally…
NEMA registers 11,449 Nigerian returnees from Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said it had registered 11, 449 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in Yobe. This…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
Niger Evacuates 4,000 Nigerian Refugees From Lake Chad
Niger has evacuated thousands of Nigerian refugees sheltering from Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad’s Karamga island, a military official…
Military hands over 275 children, women to NEMA
The Nigerian Military on Saturday formally handed over 275 women and children rescued from the terrorists’ stronghold– Sambisa forest– to…
Disaster displaces 8,000 in South-West
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said 8,000 people were displaced in seven major disasters in Lagos, Ogun…
NEMA introduces air ambulance for emergency health cases
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday introduced the first Air Ambulance at the National Hospital, Abuja, for emergency…
Internally Displaced Persons And 2015 Elections
By Bilikis Bakare Recently, the news of the grisly attacks by the insurgents on the people of Baga and the…