Nema
18 Apr
Following the N2.6 trillion worth of economic loss to flooding in 2012, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and relevant stakeholders have engaged to check and mitigate impact of the disaster as the rainfalls begin.
13 Apr
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has recovered the body of one of the drowned passengers of the ill-fated bus that crashed on the Third Mainland bridge on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
10 Apr
National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), has donated relief items to community of Persons with Disabilities, (PWDs), who suffered recent fire disaster in Karonmajiji, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja,
9 Apr
A total of four buildings have collapsed due to the intensity of the fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island on Tuesday. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 14 other buildings were seriously impacted by the inferno. Farinloye said…
4 Apr
Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, has ordered the immediate deployment of the agency's newly acquired search and rescue equipment and consumables in readiness for the containment of disasters ahead of the 2024 rains.
4 Apr
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and United Nations Office on Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) have strengthened disaster management and mitigation efforts in Nigeria.
21 Mar
Newly appointed Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Zainab Umar, has said that the agency will sustain gains achieved under her predecessor while bringing on board innovations and proactiveness in the affairs of the agency.
15 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General Lawal Ja'afar Isa (Rtd) as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. The President has also approved the appointment of Alhaji Tijani Hashim Abbas as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Chieftaincy Matters. General Ja'afar Isa is a respected leader…
13 Mar
In another strategic move to spread its human capacity building tentacles across some critical organisations in the Federation, the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) is in talks with the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This move was made when the hierarchy of the Institute led by the President and Chairman of Council, Dr. (Mrs.) Christiana…
7 Mar
The Police Command in Lagos State and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have placed their operatives on red alert against any attack on warehouses and shopping malls.
5 Mar
Two varied reactions from the Federal Government yesterday trailed Sunday’s looting of a warehouse in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
4 Mar
• NEMA denies attack on Abuja facility • Police arrest 15 suspected warehouse vandals in FCT • Shettima: Protest against hardship in a responsible manner The reality of Nigeria’s grim food insecurity exacerbated by rising food cost became apparent yesterday when hoodlums in Abuja went on a looting spree, carting away food items from public and private facilities.…
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The coalition of opposition lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly known as the G60 has faulted the amendment and passage of the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill by the State House of Assembly. The Rivers State House of Assembly had on Monday passed the amended Bill into law overriding the assent of Governor Siminalayi…
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign his position if former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello is not prosecuted. Olukoyede said this in a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday. The EFCC is seeking to arraign Bello…