A team of firefighters from the Kwara State Fire Service came under attack on Friday while responding to a fire incident involving a Ministry of Environment bus at Adeta Roundabout in Ilorin. The spokesperson for the fire service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, disclosed that the emergency crew was assaulted by a mob upon arrival at the...
Category: DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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Gas Cooker Sparks Fire in Ilorin, Destroys Seven Rooms in Storey Building
A fire outbreak at No. 90 Koro Compound, Oke-Apomu, Ilorin, on Wednesday afternoon left seven rooms in ruins, with firefighters battling to save the rest of the building. The Kwara State Fire Service received the distress call at exactly 1:53 p.m. and swiftly responded to the scene, where flames had already engulfed multiple rooms in...
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Boko Haram: Zulum donates N30m to family of slain army officer Alari
By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has donated N30 million to the family of the late Army Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ebisingha Alari, who lost his life in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram insurgents in the Timbuktu Triangle recently. The donation was made personally to the wife of the late...
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SEMA: Zulum appoints Ali Abdullahi Isa Acting Director General
Gov Zulum appoints Southern Borno man, Ali Abdullahi Isa Acting DG SEMA By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Ali Abdullahi Isa as the acting Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). Zulum’s Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, released a statement on Wednesday announcing...
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Fifty Nine escape dead as plane crash lands in Kano
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna A total of fifty nine people have escaped death as a Max Air aircraft with registration number 5N-MBD, B733 crash-landed at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA), Tuesday night. Report had it that the incident happened when the aircraft with 53 passengers and 6 crew members arrived Kano from Lagos state....
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NEMA Delivers Food And Non-food Items To Victims of the Dikko Tanker Explosion.
In furtherance to emergency response to the tragic incident of tanker fire disaster that occurred at Dikko Junction in Niger State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has delivered food and non-food items including medical supplies for treatment of the injured victims and relief support for families of the affected persons. The Director General NEMA,...
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Transformer catch fire day after 2 Nepa 2 narrowly escape electrocute in Kaduna
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna At last, the worse has happen, as the consistently troubled transformer serving U/Boro area of Ecwa Hausa and De Jays hotel, Kaduna town blown -up three times and cut fire. The tragedy took the community youths some minutes to put off the flame and saved the transformer from been razed down...
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NEMA DEFENDS ITS 2025 BUDGET BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has appeared before the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to defend the Agency’s budget estimates for the 2025 fiscal year. The joint sitting was composed of members of the Senate Committee on Special Duties, chaired by Senator...
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WE ARE LAUNCHING DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING FOR FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS – FG
The Federal Government has started a digital literacy training program for federal civil servants in an effort to improve their abilities to use digital tools and technologies. The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) are working together on this project. The programme aims...
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Fire Outbreak at Ilorin Market: Fire Service Saves 269 Shops
The Kwara State Fire Service averted a major disaster on Friday, January 10, 2025, when it swiftly responded to a fire outbreak at the Olusola Saraki Market, Ita-Amo, Ilorin. According to a statement by Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, Head of Media and Publicity for the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, the distress call was...