Read All The Latest News About Nema On Naija News

Urgently Enforce Anti-Spill Locks For Tankers - Gov Mbah To FG

Urgently Enforce Anti-Spill Locks For Tankers – Gov Mbah To FG

The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has called on the federal government to enforce anti-spill locks on tankers to reduce explosion incidents. Naija News reported...

FG Launches Hazard Risk Analysis For Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation

Nigeria News3 months ago

FG Launches Hazard Risk Analysis For Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation

The federal government has launched the 2024 Hazard Risk Countrywide Analysis aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts across the country. The Vice President, Kashim...

Residents Flee As Floods Sacks Ten Communities In Kebbi

Gist5 months ago

Residents Flee As Flood Sacks Ten Communities In Kebbi

At least ten communities have been affected by floods due to intense rainfall in the Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State recently. The National Emergency Management...

Gist5 months ago

UAE Deports 400 Nigerians

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has deported 400 Nigerians. According to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the deportees consists of 90 females and...

Flood: FEMD Alerts Abuja Residents Ahead Of Impending Heavy Rainfall

Nigeria News6 months ago

NEMA Issues Red Alert To Benue, Kogi, Other States Over Potential Flooding

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued a red alert, warning states in Nigeria’s North Central and Southern regions to brace for potential flooding. This...

FG Warns 8 States On Flooding As Cameroon Releases Water From Lagdo Dam (See List)

Gist6 months ago

Relocate To Safer Place – NEMA Warns As 27 States Face Severe Flooding

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued a caution to communities vulnerable to flooding, particularly those situated near waterways, to move to safer, elevated areas...

Timely Response Crucial To Disaster Management - NEMA

Gist7 months ago

Timely Response Crucial To Disaster Management – NEMA

Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, has said timely response remains crucial to disaster management. Zubaida Umar said synergy between State...

Expect Heavy Rainfall, Floods For Three Days In September - Govt Warns Eleven States [Full List]

Gist7 months ago

Flood Sacks Over 1,600 People From Sokoto Communities

At least 1,664 individuals have been forced to leave their homes due to recent flooding that has devastated four communities in Gada Local Government Area of...

FG Notifies Lagos, Kano, Delta, 28 Other State Govs, As Agency Predicts Heavy Flooding (See Full List)

Gist8 months ago

Full List: NEMA Identifies 19 Jigawa LGAs At Risk Of Heavy Flood

A total of 19 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Jigawa state have been marked to possibly experience high and moderate floods in this raining season. Naija...

NEMA Names 14 States To Experience Heavy Flood In 2023 - [See Full List]

Nigeria News9 months ago

31 States At Risk Of Heavy Flooding – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that 31 states and 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria are at risk of flooding during this...

Hardship: Zamfara Receives 42,000MT Of Grains From FG

Gist9 months ago

Hardship: Zamfara Receives 42,000MT Of Grains From FG

In an effort to alleviate people’s sufferings, the Federal Government has allocated 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items to the Zamfara State government for distribution to...

Tinubu Is A Man Of Compassion, Will Ensure Nigerians Don't Suffer – Presidency

Nigeria News11 months ago

President Tinubu Appoints New NEMA DG

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Naija News reports that...

Bayelsa Police Command Declares 13 Persons Wanted (Full List)

Nigeria News12 months ago

Food Looting: Police, NEMA Tighten Security At Warehouses, Malls

The Lagos State Police Command, in a move to curb unrest, has strengthened security measures around shopping malls and government warehouses storing food items across the...

Nigeria News12 months ago

NEMA Denies Allegations Of Warehouse Looting In Abuja

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has officially dismissed recent media claims that its warehouse in Abuja was subjected to looting, clarifying that the facility in...

Full List: 14 States To Experience Heavy Rainfall This Week - NIMET

Nigeria News1 year ago

NiMet Predicts Late Onset Of Rainfall Across Nigeria In 2024

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has unveiled its 2024 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP), indicating a delayed commencement of the rainy season across various parts of the...

Flood Resurfaces In Lagos After Heavy Downpour On Tuesday - [Photos]

Gist1 year ago

Flood Resurfaces In Lagos After Heavy Downpour On Tuesday [Photos]

Numerous residences in Lagos State experienced the detrimental effects of heavy rainfall and flooding on Tuesday morning. Naija News understands that the heavy downpour early this...

Nigeria News1 year ago

NEMA Gives Update On Ibadan Explosion

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that the explosion which occurred in the Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Tuesday night, was...

Nigeria News1 year ago

Two-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos

A two-storey building, located in Herbert Marculley Way, Ebute Metta, Lagos, has collapsed. Naija News learnt that the incident, which happened around 9:30 am on Friday,...

Nigeria News1 year ago

NEMA Reveals Number Of People Killed, Injured In Kaduna Army Air Strike

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed the number of people killed in an air strike by the Nigerian Army at Tudun Biri village in...

At least seventeen lifeless bodies have been recovered by rescue operators after a boat reportedly carrying 104 persons capsized in Taraba State. Naija News reported earlier that the boat capsized on Saturday, October 28, 2023, with over 100 people, mostly local traders, including women and children. The citizens were said to be returning from the Mayorenero fish market in Ardo – Kola Local Government en route to Binnari in Karim – Lamido Local Government all in Taraba State, when the incident happened. Giving an update on the incident, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday that twelve persons had also been rescued alive. Speaking to BBC Hausa, the Director of Emergency Services at NEMA, Bashir Garga, said rescue operations are still ongoing. According to him, some of the victims have been buried by the riverside at Mayoreneyo and Binnari. Earlier, the acting chairman of inland water transporters in Taraba, Jidda Mayoreneyo, told Daily Trust that six of the victims were buried yesterday in Mayoreneyo. He explained that the agency had gotten the approval of the families of the victims before going ahead to bury them. Mayoreneyo added that other victims were buried at Binnari, where the boat capsized on Saturday. Jidda stated further that four more bodies recovered were buried at the riverside after approval was granted by their families. Saidu Audu, a resident, said he was at the local jetty when the boat left Mayoreneyo with many people and a heavy load. “Apart from people inside the boat, there were new motorcycles, bags of cement, bundles of sugarcane, and other items,” he said. Another resident, Dauda, also said that the boat operators usually overload their boats with passengers and load, and there is no government agency to regulate their operation. He said, "It is difficult to give the actual number of casualties and those who survived because there was no record of the actual number of passengers on board."

Gist1 year ago

Taraba Boat Accident: 17 Bodies Recovered, 12 Rescued – NEMA Confirms

At least seventeen lifeless bodies have been recovered by rescue operators after a boat reportedly carrying 104 persons capsized in Taraba State. Naija News reported earlier...