National Emergency Management Agency

In its commitment toward mitigating disaster risk in Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is seeking for support and stronger collaboration with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the use of…

Another havoc, on Thursday, happened in Lagos state after a petrol tanker exploded, claiming the lives of two people and burning 25 vehicles. Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),…

A Petroleum tank farm belonging to Oando located at Ijora area of Lagos State is currently on fire. The actual cause of the fire which started on Thursday morning was still not known, but rescuers are battling to evacuate those inside…

Wole Adedeji, Ilorin Federal Government’a relief materials were on Tuesday distributed to flood and rainstorm victims in Kwara State by the duo of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of the state and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hadjia…

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged National Emergency Management Agency (NEMAO) to correct the misconception that only three local government areas suffer from flooding in the state. Governor Diri spoke in Yenagoa when…

How to stop deaths, losses from flood disasters Daniel Anokwuru Flooding is a disaster caused by several factors, preceded by heavy rainfall. In Nigeria, the major causes of flooding are due to high rainfall, blockage of drainage…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 168 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya. The Acting Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, received the returnees on…

No fewer than 173 Nigerians believed to have been stranded in Libya have returned home and received by the Federal Government. The returnees came in two batches, on Tuesday morning, via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA),…

Blessing Okorite, Port Harcourt Few months after many people died in fire incident resulting from oil pipeline explosion in Kom-Kom community, some residents in Rivers State were on Thursday evening sighted scooping fuel from a…

As the nation celebrates her 59th independence anniversary, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya. Alhaji Idris Muhammed, the Coordinator, NEMA Lagos…