The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says more than 373,000 Nigerians received humanitarian assistance during the first half of 2026, as the Federal Government simultaneously intensified anti-human trafficking operations and expanded its anti-corruption campaign through hundreds of criminal convictions.
Desk: National Security
Date: Thursday, 2 July 2026
Time: 14:40 PM WAT
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Author: Nokai Origin
The figures were presented during the Joint Security Press Briefing convened by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja, where security, law enforcement and emergency response agencies outlined their operational performance for the first half of the year.
Speaking for NEMA, Head of Press Unit and National Spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel, said emergency interventions reached 61,794 households, benefiting 370,764 persons affected by floods, insurgency, communal clashes, windstorms, fires and bandit attacks nationwide. The agency also supported 2,257 stranded Nigerian returnees evacuated from distressed situations abroad, bringing total beneficiaries to 373,021.
He said all interventions were based on joint needs assessments conducted with State Emergency Management Agencies and humanitarian partners to ensure relief reached affected communities according to verified needs rather than estimates.
Beyond emergency response, NEMA disclosed that it has intensified nationwide flood preparedness activities ahead of the peak of the 2026 rainy season through early warning campaigns, mitigation measures and coordinated contingency planning with relevant stakeholders.
The briefing also highlighted progress by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), which reported rescuing more than 1,300 victims of human trafficking between January and June while securing 83 convictions involving human trafficking and rape offences.
The agency said its operations included the rescue and repatriation of about 390 Nigerian victims of cyber-enabled trafficking, the interception of 520 foreign nationals trafficked into Nigeria, and the recovery of over 170 trafficked children, including victims rescued from illegal orphanages.
NAPTIP further disclosed that it expanded prevention efforts by sensitising more than 400 secondary schools, conducting over 200 community engagements, inaugurating anti-trafficking task forces across 23 states, and launching an Amber Alert initiative with Meta to strengthen child protection against online exploitation.
Also briefing journalists, spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, said the Commission secured 915 convictions between January and April 2026 in cases involving economic and financial crimes across the country.
Among those convicted were former NEXIM Bank Managing Director Robert Orya, former Senator Albert Bassey, former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, and former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman.
The Commission said the convictions demonstrate the government's continuing efforts to strengthen accountability, enforce transparency and ensure that public officials found culpable for financial crimes are prosecuted irrespective of status.
Collectively, the three agencies said their activities demonstrate a broader national security approach that extends beyond kinetic operations to include humanitarian assistance, victim protection, anti-trafficking enforcement and financial accountability as complementary pillars of national stability.
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