The Plateau State Emergency Management Agency on Saturday conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Shendam Parish House that had been gutted by fire.
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No fewer than 483,692 Internally Displaced Persons have been rendered homeless in the wake of sudden heightened state of violence and killings due to renewed influx of armed herdsmen, a resurgence of armed attacks on armed security officials and unarmed citizens, the Benue State Emergency Agency has disclosed.
Emeka Obinwa, the Executive Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on SEMA (Media), said there was the urgent need for residents of the coastal communities in Anambra to relocate to holding centres established for victims of flood disasters.
The victims lost their valuables, including their buildings, following a massive flood that ravaged Ama-Ogbo, Onu Iyi, Arulo and Ihe-Aro communities.
The General Manager of the Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency, Olajide Borode, has warned Ekiti residents against buying lands during rainy season to avert flood disaster.
Mainunatu Abubakar, the Executive Secretary of SEMA, made this known on Wednesday in a meeting with stakeholders following the rising level of rivers in Kaduna State.
Twelve people including the owner of the building, Alhaji Kabiru Nalele, his two wives and nine others died in the Jos building collapse incident on Monday.
The Plateau State Emergency Management Agency said seven people died and one critically injured in Monday’s building collapse in Jos.
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency has said that at least 510 people were rendered homeless during two days torrential rain that also destroyed about 70 houses and farmlands in different parts of the state.
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency has dismissed reports alleging that Internally Displaced Persons protested lack of food at the Gubio IDPs Village and IDPs camp in Maiduguri.
The State Emergency Management Agency in Ebonyi has warned residents of Ebonyi living within the flood prone areas to vacate their homes ahead of the impending flood in the area.
The Enugu State Emergency Management Agency on Monday embarked on its routine flood emergency awareness to rural communities across the state.
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency says it will create jobs for 300 Cameroonian refugees in Adagom, Ogoja Local Government Area of the state.
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday condemned in strong terms dozens of football viewers killed at a football centre in Konduga, Borno State on Sunday evening by suspected members of Boko Haram.
Borno Emergency Management Agency on Monday said 30 persons lost thier lives while 42 others were injured when three suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explossive Device in Mandarari community of Konduga Local government area of the state.
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency said that 38 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons camps at Ngala Local Government Area of the state.
The warehouse of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency has been gutted by fire as some alleged hoodlums tried to cart away food and non food materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
Fidelity Bank Plc has become the first in the banking sector to donate relief materials to flood victims in Kaduna State.
Yau Mohammed, Director, Relief and Disaster Management of the agency, said this during his visit to the camp.
The Kebbi State Emergency Management Agency, has decried delay by the National Emergency Management Agency in responding to emergency situations in the state.