National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Flood Ravages Otuoke, ex-President Jonathan’s Country Home Flooded

Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, the hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa. The newsmen report that Otuoke is located in...

NEMA tasks aircraft, ship owners on safety

Maritime2 years ago

NEMA tasks aircraft, ship owners on safety

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...

Maritime2 years ago

FLOODING: 1.3m Persons Displaced, 2,407 injured, 603 loose lives; FG to meet Cameroon

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq on Sunday highlighted Nigeria’s preparedness to meet with the Government of the...

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, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye, who represented the Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said that the Nigerians were received at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 16:22 p.m. He said that the returnees, who arrived aboard a Boeing 700-787 Al Buraq Air with registration number 5A-DMG, were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme. Farinloye said that the programme was meant for the distressed Nigerians who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated. He said that the returnees brought back comprise 46 male adults, 62 female adults, two male and six female children, as well as four female and six male infants. The acting coordinator urged Nigerians to be wary of close associates, family friends or neighbourhood elders who deceive with sweet talks of better life in foreign countries. Farinloye said that many were now being deceived with promises of assistance to destinations such as Iraq, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Egypt, but end up in connection houses in Libya. He enjoined the returnees to turn a new leaf in looking for ample opportunities that abound in the country, which are enough for everyone to achieve their desired goals. ”We admonish the returnees on the need to realise that there’s no country better than Nigeria. ” There are ample opportunities for all of us to thrive and live happily in virtuous and God fearing manners in Nigeria without unnecessarily exposing ourselves to undeserved dangers in foreign lands,” he said. Farinloye encouraged the returnees to be positive ambassadors toward advocacy and sensitisation against irregular migration that leaves the youths vulnerable to all sorts of abuses and death in extreme cases. He said that officials of sister agencies such as Immigration Service, Refugee Commission, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Police, were also on hand to receive the returnees. In the meantime, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa confirmed the arrest of two suspects for alleged possession of 24 bags of adulterated fertiliser. The NSCDC Spokesman in the state, Superintendent of Corps (CSC) Adamu Shehu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday. Shehu said the suspects, aged 27 and 23 were arrested on Tuesday in Hadejia Local Government Area. He said the suspects were arrested in Hadejia town after they allegedly conspired and adulterated the commodity. The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 184 and 97 of the Penal Code Law. “The suspects were arrested following an intelligence report that the act was committed in one particular store behind Fatima Mai Fulani Plaza along Kano road. ”They are mixing NPK fertiliser of various companies with sand meant to be sold to unsuspecting members of the public,” he said. The spokesman added that 27 bags of the commodity, with 24 already adulterated and three others filled with sand were recovered from the suspects during their arrest. According to him, the recovered items are valued at N336,000. Shehu added that the suspects had been charged to court.

Health and Safety2 years ago

126 Nigerians back from Libya; Jigawa NSCDC nabs 2 men, 24 bags of adulterated fertiliser

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...

NEMA distributes relief materials to 6,000 Kaduna victims of banditry, floods

Health and Safety2 years ago

NEMA distributes relief materials to 6,000 Kaduna victims of banditry, floods

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) presented relief materials to victims of the 2022 floods and banditry attacks in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna...

Health and Safety2 years ago

Flood: Victims commend NIWA for providing boats; NEMA distributes relief materials in Kogi

Some victims of flooding and residents of Kogi on Saturday commended the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) for releasing two boats that ferry...

24 dead as flood, rainstorm affect 18, 245 in Katsina–SEMA

Health and Safety2 years ago

24 dead as flood, rainstorm affect 18, 245 in Katsina–SEMA

Twenty-four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina state, according to the State Emergency Management Agency...

Health and Safety2 years ago

180 Stranded Nigerians Return from Niger Republic

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday in Kano received another batch of 180 stranded Nigerians from the Agadez region of the Niger Republic. Dr...

Health and Safety2 years ago

Flood: Enugu Govt deploys strategies to minimise impact on communities – SEMA

The Enugu Government has deployed strategies to minimize the impact of floods on people and also track the movement of flood waters in some communities in...

NEMA confirms 1 dead, 651,000 displaced in Anambra flood

Health and Safety2 years ago

NEMA confirms 1 dead, 651,000 displaced in Anambra flood

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