LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The heavy rainfall witnessed in most parts of the country in the last 15 days has left about 436 families displaced in Lagos State. Similarly, about 228 houses were either partially or completely destroyed within the same period in the state. A total of 13 electricity poles were also affected in the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday confirmed that four persons died while one was rescued in the building collapse at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The NEMA South West Zonal Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck conveying 40 feet container fell on three vehicles at Cele Bus Stop, along Oshodi Apapa expressway, Lagos, on Thursday. Driver of one of the vehicles, a commercial bus, was killed on the spot, while passengers in the bus and those in the two other vehicles managed to escape. While confirming…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency meeting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM Muhammad Mohammed (rtd) on Wednesday, said over 900 houses were destroyed by flood in 13 out of the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State. Mohammed also disclosed that a 7-year-old boy died as a result of flooding in Gummi Local Government Area of…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is boosting its capacity to respond to emergencies with the training of medical first responders. The governor said this during a courtesy visit by the Director General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Rtd. Muhammadu…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency says 15 corpses, including a family of four, have been recovered from the scene of Sunday’s explosion which occurred at Abule Ado, Trade Fair axis of Lagos State. No fewer than 60 students of Bethlehem Girls College located within the area, who sustained various degrees of injury…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three bodies, including a woman and her daughter have been recovered from the rubble of the four-storey building that collapsed at Obafemi Awolowo Way by Asuquo J. Okon intersection in Jabi, Abuja on Friday. Daily Trust learnt that rescue operators, especially the National Emergency Management Agency were forced to resume to the…