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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says that if elected, he will make plans to avert flooding catastrophes like the ones that recently claimed at least 600 lives in Nigeria. He said he would retool…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 137 stranded Nigerians from Libya. NEMA confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. The Agency said the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad…

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said that God is responsible for floods that have submerged various parts of the country, plunging communities into unparalleled devastation for the third week continued. Speaking at his…

The federal government has warned of more floods in the country after the flooding catastrophe that affected over 2.5 million people linked to the Cameroonian authorities’ release of water from the Lagdo Dam. Of this figure, 1.3 million…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged all aircraft and ship owners to apply full safety measures in their operations. The agency made the appeal at a one-day awareness and sensitisation workshop aimed at reiterating…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday in Lagos received 126 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye,…

Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Mr. Christian Aburime says, the present administration will continue to promote law and order in its dealings. Mr. Aburime stated this while responding to questions by…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of one Ginikanwa Izuoba in the Enugu-Otu, Aguleri flood. Acting State Coordinator of the agency in Anambra, Thickman Tanimu, confirmed the incident in an interview…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says more than 100 communities across the country are ravaged by floods daily. NEMA’s director-general, Mustapha Ahmed, disclosed this at a one-day strategic workshop with disaster risk…

Emergency responders have recovered two dead bodies from the rubbles of a seven-storey building that collapsed in the early hours of Sunday in Lekki, Lagos State. Six persons were earlier reported to have been trapped after the building…