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FG proposes N341bn for emergency road, bridge repairs

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The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repair of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges,

Foreign

Japan to extend pandemic state of emergency until May 31

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2020 0

Japan is on Monday set to extend the state of emergency in place during the coronavirus pandemic by nearly a month, as it is still reporting hundreds of new infection cases daily. The government plans to extend the nationwide state of emergency until May 31, Yasutoshi Nishimura, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, told […]

Aviation

Ex-FAAN GM calls for competency base training for emergency services staff

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2020 0

Stories by Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The immediate past General Manager of the Safety department, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, Mr Elifue Omokhugbo Agbi has urged the agency to ensure fire fighting staff are trained to competency level so that they can be relied upon in the event of any emergency in or around the airports. […]

News

Fire destroys 8 shops in Apongbon Market – LASEMA

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

Director-General of the Lagos state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has said that eight shops were destroyed by a fire outbreak in Apongbon Under Bridge Market in Lagos on Sunday. Oke-Osanyintolu made this known at the scene of the fire incident in Apongbon, Lagos. According to him, upon arrival of the LASEMA response […]

Featured Health

Coronavirus: Why WHO declared global health emergency

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2020 0

World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision was based on the recommendations of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). In a statement issued from

Politics

APC National Secretary faults Clark’s call for State of Emergency in North East

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, has said that the call by Chief Edwin Clark for the declaration of state of emergency in the North East was misguided and ill-conceived. Buni was responding in a statement to an earlier call issued by Clark, in which he demanded President […]

Abuja Times

Bello canvasses emergency awareness, commends NEMA relief services

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has appealed to FCT residents to collectively and personally adopt measures that eliminate or reduce risks of disasters in communities. Malam Bello made this call in Gwagwa, Abuja during the official presentation of relief materials by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to victims of […]

Business Metro

Fire destroys 50 shops in Calabar market

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the destruction of over 50 shops after Monday’s fire incident at the Yoruba section of Watt market in Calabar. Mr. John Inaku, SEMA Director General, who disclosed this after an assessment visit to the area on Tuesday, said the cause of the fire was still unknown. […]

Features

Assasination of Journalists: A case for ethical and professional emergency

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

Before Maltese journalist and anti-corruption crusader, Daphne Caruana Galizia, was bombed off on October 16, 2017, the pen profession upheld her as a voice for the voiceless and apostle of truth whose pen spared no oppressor of commoners. Until her death, the President of Malta, including the Prime Minister, reports say, were victims of scathing […]

News

Photos: Three dead, many injured in Multiple Accident on Kara bridge

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2017 0

At least three persons lost their lives on Thursday in a fatal accident which happened at the popular along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accident, which happened in the early hours of the day, also left a number of people injured. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the accident occurred after a diesel tanker […]

Anambra Times

Anambra Red Cross chief asks Govts to protect citizens from risks, disaster

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

Governments at all levels in the country have been challenged to rise up to their responsibility of protecting their citizens from risks and disasters. The Vice-Chairman of Anambra State chapter of Red Cross Society, Prof. Emeka Katchy, stated this in an address he presented during the International Day for Disaster Reduction. In the address titled […]

News Nigeria

Fire razes warehouse at NAFDAC office in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2017 0

The office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Oshodi, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. Although the actual cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, it was gathered that the fire started from the powerhouse of the agency and spread to the warehouse, where chemicals such […]

Celebrities Entertainment Music

Singer Solidstar Drops ‘Emergency’ Video

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2016 0

Achievas Entertainment Signee Joshua Iniyezo popularly referred to as Solidstar has released the video for ‘Emergency’, the first track off his 3rd studio album ‘W.E.E.D’. Shot in Lagos, the video was directed by Avalon Okpe and it explores the simple pleasures of seeing a beautiful lady as well as the story of two young lovers […]

Celebrities Entertainment Music

D’banj out with Breaking New

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2016 0

Kokomaster is surely back in the music scene after recording a stem trend shortly after releasing ‘Emergency’. Known for so many surprises, D’banj is out with yet another single titled ‘Breaking New’. The new Afrobeats-inspired tune was produced by two of Africa’s finest producers, Nigeria’s Sarz and South Africa’s DJ Marphorisa, and mixed by Indomix.

News

NEMA Unveils Relief Plans for Freed Sambisa Victims

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has unveiled plans to distribute relief materials to the hundreds of females liberated by the military from the captivity of terror group, Boko Haram, in their hideout in Sambisa Forest, Borno State. The military had announced the rescue of 293 women and girls from Sambisa Forest on Tuesday while […]

Headlines News

157 Lagosians Die in Fire Disaster in 15 Months

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

At least 157 persons died in 1, 932 fire disasters and other emergency developments across Lagos State in the last 15 months. Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Mr. Oyinlomo Danmole and Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe made this known at the Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, while rendering the account of […]

Nigeria

NEMA Records 762 IDPs in Zamfara

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2015 0

A total of 762 Internally Displaced Persons have been recorded by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Zamfara state. Director General of the Agency Alhaji Sani Sidi disclosed this at a sensitization workshop on the dangers of post elections violence held in Gusau Zamfara state capital. Sidi who was represented by the Assistant Head […]