Bomb blast hits IDP camp in Adamawa

Many people are feared dead and injured after a bomb went off at the Malkohi IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State this morning. NEMA officials and security agents are currently on ground to manage the situation. Details later.

Run for your lives, Awoniyi appeals to residents living in flood prune areas

Following the release of water from Lagbo dam by the Cameroonian authorities and the warning by the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, of expected flooding, Kogi State Government has warned residents along the Riverine area to leave and move to higher ground. 

The State Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi stated this in his office after the meeting of the State Flood Management Committee, however said the State is in a better position to handle any negative effects of flooding that may occur this year in the State. 

Awoniyi who said the State Flood Management Standing Committee has identified nine local Government (Ibaji, Bassa, Idah, Lokoja, Kogi, Ajaokuta, Omala, Ofu and Igalamela Odolu LGAs) to be affected by the predicted flooding said adequate preparation have been made to cushion the effect in the event it becomes devastating. 

NEMA warns Nigerians to prepare for drought

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday advised Nigerians to prepare for possible drought all over the country.

NEMA’s warning followed the prediction of heavy rainfall by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET). The North West coordinator of NEMA, Musa Illalah, gave the advice in Kaduna during a workshop on liquid and solid waste management in the context of flood mitigation.

Represented by the director, Administration of the agency, Amina Ahman, Illalah said the implication of the NIMET alert was because there may be excessive rainfall hence, states in the North ought to anticipate drought.

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Lagos: 6 Students drown, 8 missing after boat capsizes

Tragedy struck in Lagos yesterday when a boat carrying 14 students capsized, six of the victims have been fished out from the river, dead. The rest are still being searched for, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). 

The agency said the ill-fated boat was travelling from Ojo to Irewe when the tragedy occurred at 8am. 

NEMA South-West Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Ibrahim Familoye, who confirmed the incident, said; “Yes, it is true. NEMA has just been alerted of a boat mishap that involved 14 school children who were being conveyed across Ojo to Irewe jetty. Six children are yet to be recovered. Search will continue tomorrow.”