Tag: SEMA
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Kano explosion: What actually happened
It has become very clear that Tuesday’s incident in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State was not a case of a suicide bombing but a case of a gas explosion.
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NCC upgrades emergency communications centres
In continuation with its vision and strategy to ensure promptness, effectiveness and efficiency in the handling of emergency call services through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the deployment of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution.
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Flood kills 26, destroy 1,000 houses in Kano State
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Friday that flood killed 26 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses in four Local Government Areas of the state from April to date. The Executive Secretary, Kano SEMA, Dr Saleh Jili, who confirmed the figures in an interview in Kano, said that 50 other persons sustained…
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SEMA confirms 7 dead, 1 injured in Jos building collapse
The Plateau State Emergency Management (SEMA) said seven people had died and one other was critically injured during Monday’s building collapse in Jos. The News Agency f Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-storey building located at Butcher Lane in Jos North Local Government Area of the state belonging to one Alhaji Rufai Kabiru collapsed on…
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Flooding: NEMA distributes relief materials to affected communities in Rivers
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of relief materials to flood affected communities in Rivers. The ongoing intervention distribution in Onelga Local Government Area of the state was witnessed by all the Community Development Chairmen (CDC) in the area. Mr Yakubu Suleiman, ead of Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of NEMA in…
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24 dead, properties worth N13.2bn lost in Delta fire outbreak
At least 24 persons died while 176 were rescued in the fire outbreaks which occurred in Delta between May 2015 and April 2018. Mr Ernest Ogwezzy, the state Commissioner in charge of Directorate of the Bureau for Special Duties disclosed this in Asaba on Monday at an annual news conference of the bureau. He said…
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Over 40,000 persons displaced in Benue gunmen attack – SEMA
The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 40,000 persons had been displaced following the recent gunmen attack in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Mr Emmanuel Shior told newsmen in Makurdi on Friday that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons…