10 persons rescued as boat capsizes in Lagos – NEMA
No fewer than 10 passengers escaped death on Tuesday evening when their boat capsized on Lagos Waterways, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Acting…
NEMA gets new DGÂ
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of AVM Muhammadu Muhammed (rtd), as the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the…
Lagos explosion: Bethlehem school loses 5 staff, 3 students currently receiving treatment – Education Director
The director of Education, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Monsignor Jerome Oduntan says of the 269 students of the Bethlehem only 3 of the students are currently in the hospital…
All students of Bethlehem College are safe, no priest died – Lagos Archbishop confirms
Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins The Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins said on Monday that all the students of Bethlehem Girls College were rescued and those injured were…
Abule-Ado: Picture emerges on cause of explosion
As Lagosians continue to blame the cause of Sunday’s explosion which rocked the Abule-Ado area of Lagos and its environs to activities of vandals who may have tampered with the…
Abule Ado: Cause of explosion yet unknown – Security agents
Scene from the explosion Security and emergency personnel at the scene of Abule Ado explosion in Lagos on Sunday said they were yet to ascertain what caused the explosion…
Scores feared dead, houses razed in Lagos explosion; factory suspected as cause
Scores were feared dead and many houses razed in a deadly morning explosion initially thought to have been caused by NNPC pipeline. The explosion rocked parts of Lagos causing buildings…
IDPs: NEMA to scale ratio of food distribution to include 4.5kg of assorted condiments from March 2020
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has on behalf of federal government resolved to scale the ratio of food distribution to include about 4.5kg of assorted condiments in…
IDPs protest food shortage in Adamawa camp, say we’ve not received food supply in 4 months
IDP camp in N/East The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), at Fufore International Transit camp, on Wednesday staged a protest over shortage of food supply for four months. The Fufore international transit…
Insurgency: Senate urges Army to establish Base in Auno, Borno
The Senate has urged military authorities to establish a base in Auno following an attack on Sunday which led to the death of many travellers, leaving several vehicles destroyed. On…