President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). According to a statement by his spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the new Director-General has over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including Human Resources, and Finance and Administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the …

Hundreds of residents in the Ayobo axis of Lagos were yesterday trapped after the early morning rain flooded the Marwa Bridge and submerged their homes. It was gathered that the metals holding the bridge caved in as a result of the heavy flood, causing school children and those going about their businesses to fall into the water. According to The …

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State have commenced the distribution of relief materials to victims of the 2022 flood in the area. Addressing the victims at the council headquarters in Onuebonyi, the representative of NEMA, Mr Kadiri Olanrewaju, said the distribution of the materials was to cushion the effects of the 2022 flood …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has started the distribution of relief materials to victims of flood disasters and other vulnerable people in Kaduna State in line with the objectives of the Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI). NEMA Director General Mustapha Habib Ahmed who flagged off the distribution in Kaduna yesterday said the federal government approved the …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday met with the Nigerian Armed Forces, United Nations agencies and Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) over looming floods in parts of the country. The agency advised governments of 11 states, including Rivers, Anambra, Adamawa and Benue, to ensure that the residents of flood plains were quickly relocated to safe grounds. Other states that the …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it had distributed livelihood emergency intervention to 9,100 people affected by the 2022 flood and other vulnerable persons in Kebbi. The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Habib-Ahmed, said this during the launching of the distribution of the Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. “The Federal Government approved …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief items to victims of windstorms in the Ijumu and Lokoja Local Government Areas of Kogi State. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr. Mustapha Ahmed, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. The DG, who was represented by the Head of Abuja Operations Office, Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, said …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, called for communities’ involvement in efforts to curtail flooding in the South-East. Addressing the media in Enugu on steps being taken by the agency to mitigate flood disaster this year, NEMA’s Zonal Coordinator for South-East, Mrs Ngozi Echeazu said; “NEMA, through a series of meetings and sensitisation, has continued to build community …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sought the partnership of media organisations in the reportage and dissemination of information during emergencies in the country. During a workshop for media practitioners in Lagos on Saturday, the agency said by working with the media, it could ensure that timely and accurate information reached the public while creating awareness to enable people …

One hundred and twenty-five stranded Nigerians arrived in the country on Saturday from Port Sudan. A total of 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated in batches from Sudan last month, after which the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) planned a mop operation to bring those still stranded back to the country. The aircraft from Tarco Airline left Port Sudan International Airport …