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National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

August 24, 2021

NEMA warns that four Katsina LGAs at risk of flooding

Recently, over 1,500 houses were affected and two lives lost to flood in some parts of the state.

flood
August 8, 2021

Lagos: One dead, two injured in another fatal accident on Otedola Bridge

A 40-feet container fell on two cars on Otedola Bridge, crushing one person to death while two are injured.

July 28, 2021

Red Cross trains 100 emergency responders in Lagos

The Red Cross in Lagos said it planned to kit 5,000 of its volunteers in phases as they were always on standby for emergency response.

July 21, 2021

Lagos building collapses, kills owner

A two-storey building under construction in Lagos collapsed has collapsed, killing its owner.

A photo of a collapsed building building used to illustrate this story
July 13, 2021

I need Buhari’s help to repatriate 200,000 Borno indigenes from Chad, Cameroon: Zulum

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has appealed for President Muhammadu’s help to repatriate 200,000 residents of the state from Chad, Cameroon and the Niger Republic.

IDPs
June 18, 2021

Two more persons died from Lagos gas explosion: NEMA

The death toll has now risen to five from the initial three reported by Peoples Gazette.

June 18, 2021

NEMA recovers three bodies in Lagos tanker explosion

NEMA says three bodies have been recovered from the scene of Thursday night’s tanker explosion on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja.

Tanker fire
May 25, 2021

Petrol tanker explodes in Lagos, residents panic

“The tanker with no registration number is still half-filled with PMS and across the major highway.”

Tanker fire
March 7, 2021

We busted 650 ‘ghost families’ in Borno IDP Camps: Governor Zulum

The governor made the discovery at a suprise midnight visit to to an IDP camp in Maiduguri.

Babagana Umara Zulum
March 1, 2021

Ekiti farmers rue losses as fire guts cocoa, kolanut plantation

“We have found that more than 200 hectares of cocoa and other cash crops plantations were destroyed by the inferno.”