NEMA

October 16, (THEWILL) -Traditional rulers, elders, women groups, youth groups, and a peace advocacy group in the South-South region, known as the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the...

October 14, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has released relief materials to flood victims in Anambra State. Assistant Director in charge of Response and Rehabilitation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Walson Ibarakumo, disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with...

October 13, (THEWILL) – Less than two months 176 returnees were assisted home on August 16, 2022, to Nigeria from Libya, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Thursday, received yet another batch of 126 Nigerians stranded in the...

October 07, (THEWILL) - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, in Kano, received another batch of 180 stranded Nigerians from the Agadez region of Niger Republic. The returnees were received by the Agency at about 11:30 a.m. in...

September 12, (THEWILL) – Emergency responders have rescued nine persons from a sinking building, in the Maryland area of Lagos. Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday. He said, “NEMA received a...

September 07, (THEWILL) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a national flood emergency preparedness and response plan in Nigeria. The government said the plan would provide more resilience and effective response measures to mitigate the impact of flooding on...

September 04, (THEWILL) - Two bodies have been recovered by emergency responders from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, at Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki, Lagos State. Zonal Coordinator for the National Emergency...

September 04, (THEWILL) – A seven-storey building under construction on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki, Lagos, has collapsed. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said operation had commenced on the...

September 03, (THEWILL) – Properties worth millions of naira have been razed on Saturday, after a tanker laden with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun State. THEWILL reports that the incident...

June 19, (THEWILL) – Most of the roads that lead to Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA) were flooded on Saturday, as heavy rain wreaked havoc on motorists and other commuters.  The downpour, which began at about 4am lasted for several hours,...