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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said that two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ile Epo axis of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Coordinator...

Four Nigerian emergency agency workers were kidnapped on Wednesday as they returned from an assignment in oil-rich Rivers State in southern Nigeria, security sources said. Three men and a woman from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were snatched, the source said.... Read...

About 745 victims of flood, windstorm and ocean surge in Ondo State have received succour and relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). NEMA, in collaboration with the state government, gave out fishing nets, water … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Libya has on Thursday night, deported another batch of 174 Nigerians stranded in the North African country. The deportees were received at the cargo wing of the Lagos international airport by officials of National Emergency Management Agency. The coordinator of NEMA’s … Read more via...

Reports say six of the eight men said to be trapped in the building were rescued on Friday, while the remaining two were brought of the rubble around 1:00 am on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that there were … Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the collapse of a three-storey building, which left many feared dead in Itafaji area of Lagos Island on Wednesday. DAILY POST reported that at least 50 children have been rescued by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National...

Authorities have rescued at least 50 children so far from a three-storey building which collapsed in the Itafaji area of Lagos Island. According to Channels TV, emergency rescue agencies such as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)...

Mr Evans Ugoh, the Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed that a pastor and his wife died in Monday’s massive flood in an Imo community. Ugoh confirmed the incident on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

It said about 192 people have sustained injuries as a result of the flood with a total of 108 lives lost to the disaster across Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency on Monday said that about 441,251 people have been affected … Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2xNuz2Y...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to supply building materials for resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons from Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state. He gave the directives when he visited the IDP’s camp in … Read more via...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that over 5,000 households in 16 local governments of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States have been affected by flood in this year’s rainy season. The Coordinator in charge of Sokoto Operations’ Office of NEMA, Sulaiman Muhammad, disclosed this...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received a batch of 164 assisted voluntary returnees from Libya who were stranded in failed attempts to reach different European countries. The Agency’s Spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the development to the News...

As part of efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of displaced persons following persistent Fulani herdsmen/Farmers crisis, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated assorted drugs worth N42million to Adamawa government for victims of recent … Read more via Vanguard News –...

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday said the federal government will assist and support affected victims of rainstorm and windstorm in Katsina State. This was coming as Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State put losses recorded from the incident in … Read more via Vanguard News –...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed a government delegation to undertake an assessment of the extent of damage occasioned by natural disaster in Bauchi State. DAIILY POST reports that a large portion of the Azare Central Market in Katagum Local Government Area of the state was...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria a.i., Myrta Kaulard, has condemned the twin suicide attacks in Damboa town of Borno State. In a statement on Monday, Ms Kaulard noted that the attacks which occurred on Saturday left several people dead and many others injured.... Read more via...