In a statement released by the Lagos Operations Office of NEMA via X, the returnees arrived at the Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, aboard an ASKY Airlines flight with registration number CAS-AC. “The breakdown of the returnees includes 105 adults (63 males and 42 females), 45 children (25 males and 20 females), […]
The building, located at 333 Borno Way, Alagomeji, caved in at 9 p.m., prompting a swift emergency response from rescue teams. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed that the body of a male victim had been recovered during ongoing rescue operations. “So far, four persons have been rescued and are in stable condition,” NEMA […]
The agency disclosed this in a post on its X handle, noting that the collapsed building was under contrustion. “While eyewitness accounts vary, with some saying six people were trapped and others reporting five, emergency responders have so far rescued four adult males alive and taken them to the hospital for treatment. “Teams from the […]
NEMA revealed this in its data dashboard on Friday. The agency also stated that 138 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, 43,936 displaced, 8,594 houses affected and 8,278 farmlands destroyed across 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 19 States. According to the agency, children and women were mostly affected. It said, “53,314 children , 36,573 […]
The agency announced this on its social media page. According to NEMA’s Kano Operations Office, the tragic incident happened on Sunday, July 27, 2025, around 7 p.m., when a boat carrying 17 passengers, mostly young girls, capsized mid-journey while travelling from Digawa Village in Jahun LGA to Zangon Maje Village in Taura LGA. According to […]
NEMA Coordinator, Kano State Territorial Office, Nuraddeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Kano. He said the agency received a distress alert that a three-story uncompleted building had collapsed at Abedi Sabon Gari, Kano. The Coordinator also added that the incident occurred at about 6:42 p.m. on Sunday following a prolonged and heavy […]
The National Blood Service Agency has called on Nigerians to donate blood to support victims of the tanker explosion that occurred on the Aya-Karu expressway, Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director General, Saleh Yuguda, which explained that the incident resulted in multiple casualties, many of whom required immediate blood transfusions. […]
Betara, a member of the All Progressives Congress, donated to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State during an on-the-spot assessment of the disaster in Maiduguri on Thursday. While expressing grief over the death and displacement of thousands of Maiduguri residents, the lawmaker lauded the prompt intervention of Zulum towards cushioning the effects of the tragedy. […]