Vice President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N15 billion for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to prepare for floods ahead of the rainy season. He also said the Federal Government was set to launch the National Agribusiness Policy Mechanism (NAPM) to strengthen agricultural productivity, stabilise food prices, and drive economic growth. Speaking …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos, along with other important groups, have received 144 Nigerians returning from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, Ikeja, Lagos. According to a statement from NEMA’s X handle on Wednesday, the group included 89 men, 35 women, 17 children, and three infants. The evacuation was organised by the International Organisation …

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed that four persons lost their lives while 50 others sustained injuries in the Talata Mafara market explosion in Zamfara State on Tuesday. In a statement, yesterday, NEMA’s Director General, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, said the agency swiftly deployed a rescue team from its Sokoto Operations Office to respond to the incident. Preliminary findings revealed …

The Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation has handed over relief materials worth N1 billion to the Borno State Government to assist victims of the 2024 floods. The Dangote Group announced the donation in a statement on Wednesday, stating that it includes food and non-food items, and was formally presented during a ceremony in Maiduguri on Tuesday. The committee’s …

No fewer than 54 bodies have been recovered from the boat accident involving about 200 traders in Kogi State. The figure was disclosed to The PUNCH on Saturday by the Head of Operations covering Kogi State at the National Emergency Management Agency, Justin Uwazuruonye. Uwazuruonye said, “The figure of the recovered bodies as of today (Saturday), according to the Kogi …

The National Emergency Management Agency has commenced a unified rapid assessment of the 2024 flood impacts in collaboration with State Emergency Management Agencies, and development partners nationwide. NEMA announced this on its official X handle on Wednesday. The agency said the joint assessment aims to harmonise data collected by NEMA’s Emergency Operation Centre with information from partners to produce a …

A two-storey school building at Saint Academy, Jos, has collapsed, trapping scores of students. The building that housed classrooms and offices collapsed on Friday, around 11 a.m. at the school in the Busa Buji community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, while the students were writing their third term examination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised people living on flood-prone communities to start relocating. Last month, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency had categorised 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos, Kano, Delta, and 30 other states as high flood-risk areas. According to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, “the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook shows …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, received the leadership of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), led by its newly appointed Director-General, Mrs. Zubaida Umar. The NEMA national leadership team was in Lagos to sympathise with the state government on the fire disaster that razed no fewer than 14 multi-storey buildings and destroyed assets worth millions in Docemo …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed bags of rice, mattresses, clothing among other essentials to persons living with disabilities (PWDs) who suffered fire outbreaks that destroyed their homes in Karmojiji village, Abuja. The director-general of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, who conducted the exercise yesterday in Abuja, said the event was unique because the intervention was targeted at persons living …