The Senate has called on the Army and Airforce to, as a matter of urgency, bombard terrorist enclaves with a view to restoring peace and stability in the country. The call was made on Tuesday amid resolutions reached, following a point of order raised on “the continuing attacks on Communities and public facilities in Kaduna…
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, declare bandits as terrorists and wage total war against them. This was just as the upper chamber urged the President to give orders to the military to eliminate them by bombing their hideouts. The Senate also asked President Buhari to immediately…
The risk which disaster pose to a nation and its management cannot be overemphasized and it is in connection to this that the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Mustapha Habib Ahmed on Friday 6th August 2021 received the Director General of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Alhaji Idris Abbas…
In its commitment toward mitigating disaster risk in Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA is seeking for support and stronger collaboration with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the use of ICT Infrastructure and Digital platform with a view to ensuring timely and lifesaving search and rescue operations. This was discussed on Saturday…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Abuja. Shettima was accompanied to NEMA office by Senators Abubakar Kyari and Baba Kaka Garbai as well as some top state functionaries. He was received by the Director General of NEMA, Muhammed Sani…
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Yola, Adamawa State showed their good sides to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state. The rescue officials were at the Federal Medical Centre in Yola, where they donated their blood to IDPs admitted at the hospital. The gesture was welcomed by the beneficiary as they…
An explosion occurred in a part of Lagos State on Sunday afternoon, Aproko247 has authoritatively learnt. The blast, reportedly from a gas, was said to have happened from a locked beer parlour at Oworonsoki, inward Mayaki area of the metropolis. According to the South West Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed…
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, have arrived scene of Friday night multiple explosions in two separate areas of Abuja. Suspected members of Boko Haram struck in Nyanya and Kuje on Friday night, killing several persons and injuring many others. Rescue teams were promptly deployed to the scene to evacuate victims to various…
An early morning inferno on Monday destroyed properties at the popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island of Lagos State. The fire, which started around 4:3am, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, consumed properties worth millions of Naira. No human casualty has been confirmed as at the time of filing this report. The inferno…
Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi, has described the disaster management institute operated by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Katsina as the best in Africa. The Corps runs the Institute of Peace and Disaster Management, IPDM. The NEMA boss asserted that with the level of…