NEMA Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/nema/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:10:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://afinjufm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-Afinju_Logo-removebg-preview-32x32.png NEMA Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/nema/ 32 32 233669348 NEMA Brings Home 153 Stranded Nigerians From Chad https://afinjufm.com/nema-brings-home-153-stranded-nigerians-from-chad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nema-brings-home-153-stranded-nigerians-from-chad https://afinjufm.com/nema-brings-home-153-stranded-nigerians-from-chad/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:10:37 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=15536 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), […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/nema-brings-home-153-stranded-nigerians-from-chad/feed/ 0 15536 One Dead, Four Rescued as Three-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos https://afinjufm.com/one-dead-four-rescued-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-dead-four-rescued-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos https://afinjufm.com/one-dead-four-rescued-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos/#respond Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:28:50 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=13976 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 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/one-dead-four-rescued-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos/feed/ 0 13976 NEMA Reports Collapse of Lagos Building https://afinjufm.com/nema-reports-collapse-of-lagos-building/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nema-reports-collapse-of-lagos-building https://afinjufm.com/nema-reports-collapse-of-lagos-building/#respond Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:04:17 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=13946 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 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/nema-reports-collapse-of-lagos-building/feed/ 0 13946 Floods: 165 dead, 119,791 affected in 2025– NEMA https://afinjufm.com/floods-165-dead-119791-affected-in-2025-nema/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=floods-165-dead-119791-affected-in-2025-nema https://afinjufm.com/floods-165-dead-119791-affected-in-2025-nema/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 12:08:07 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=12356 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 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/floods-165-dead-119791-affected-in-2025-nema/feed/ 0 12356 Nine dead, eight rescued in Jigawa boat accident https://afinjufm.com/nine-dead-eight-rescued-in-jigawa-boat-accident/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-dead-eight-rescued-in-jigawa-boat-accident https://afinjufm.com/nine-dead-eight-rescued-in-jigawa-boat-accident/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:17:19 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=12295 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 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/nine-dead-eight-rescued-in-jigawa-boat-accident/feed/ 0 12295 NEMA confirms 4 dead, 7 injured in Kano building collapse https://afinjufm.com/nema-confirms-4-dead-7-injured-in-kano-building-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nema-confirms-4-dead-7-injured-in-kano-building-collapse https://afinjufm.com/nema-confirms-4-dead-7-injured-in-kano-building-collapse/#respond Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:42:33 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=11854 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 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/nema-confirms-4-dead-7-injured-in-kano-building-collapse/feed/ 0 11854 Abuja truck explosion: Agency urges blood donation for victims https://afinjufm.com/abuja-truck-explosion-agency-urges-blood-donation-for-victims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abuja-truck-explosion-agency-urges-blood-donation-for-victims https://afinjufm.com/abuja-truck-explosion-agency-urges-blood-donation-for-victims/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:08:49 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/2025/03/20/abuja-truck-explosion-agency-urges-blood-donation-for-victims/ 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. […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/abuja-truck-explosion-agency-urges-blood-donation-for-victims/feed/ 0 9527 Rep donates N100m to Borno flood victims  https://afinjufm.com/rep-donates-n100m-to-borno-flood-victims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rep-donates-n100m-to-borno-flood-victims https://afinjufm.com/rep-donates-n100m-to-borno-flood-victims/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:12:00 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=5334 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. […]

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