A late-night fire on October 28 razed a major hostel at St. Winifred Girls’ Secondary School, Ihugh, Benue State, leaving the building in ruins but causing no casualties. “This hostel was much more than bricks and mortar; it was a sanctuary,” an eyewitness said. Principal Rev. Fr. Isaac Shalegh described the burnt structure as “one […]
Pandemonium erupted in Oduogha quarters in Benin City as unknown gunmen on motorbikes reportedly set a building belonging to one Koko Oteri on fire as sympathizers made frantic efforts to savage property and belongings from the raging midnight fire. It will be recalled that Koko Oteri became a victim of violent persecution after he was […]
No fewer than 17 persons died when a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday before the Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said 14 of the bodies were burnt beyond […]
Fire has gutted the popular Kubwa Village market in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, killing unspecified number of persons. DAILY POST gathered the incident which razed down several shops occured on Friday evening. Details of the inferno are still sketchy as at press time, however, a source disclosed told our reporter that the incident followed a […]
On Sunday at Adeniji Adele Market, Lagos State, no fewer than 16 kiosks and 14 shops were affected after a fire broke out. Daily Times gathered that the fire outbreak was caused by electrical malfunctions. According to the Lagos State Emergency Agency, the fire incident happened in the early hours of Sunday from an unidentified […]
A fire outbreak has consumed hundreds of shops and goods worth millions of naira, early Monday morning at a section of the popular Oba Market, Benin. The incident happened barely few days after the Edo Government had ordered traders to return to the market from various primary schools that served as makeshift markets in the […]
Calamity was narrowly averted on Tuesday at Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti state, as fire razed a section of Owa Ajero’s palace in the community. During the inferno, six children of Owa Ajero, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole, were evacuated by sympatisers. Narrating how the incident happened, Olori Christianah Adewole, told journalists that […]
*Okowa visits, commiserates with victims The popular Ogbeogonogo Market in Asaba, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta state was, Tuesday, engulfed by fire which destroyed goods worth millions of naira. Over 20 shops at the old market were consumed in the early morning inferno which lasted for over five hours before the arrival of […]
Parts of the Ogbeogonogo market in Asaba, Delta state capital was razed by fire in the early hours of today May 26. Several properties worth millions of Naira were said to have been destroyed in the inferno. READ ALSO Naira Marley buys multi-million Naira house for his younger Brother Though the cause of the fire […]
A block of six flats has been gutted by fire at Mile 2 Estate, Amuwo Odofin. As of the time of filing this report, details on the cause of the fire outbreak were sketchy. READ ALSO COVID-19: Obasanjo joins world leaders in call for ‘people’s vaccine’ Efforts are ongoing to put out the fire. It […]
Moscow – One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, the authorities said. The hospital, located in north-western Moscow, had been designated by the authorities as one of the medical facilities treating coronavirus patients in the Russian capital. The emergency ministry […]
Father of former Governor of Borno State, and a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali modu Sheriff, has died in a fire incident. A source close to the family confirmed that Late Galadima Sheriff died in the early hours of Thursday in a fire incident that engulfed his home along Damboa road […]
A branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Plateau State was involved in a fire incident on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The apex bank announced on its Twitter account that its branch in Jos, Plateau’s capital city, witnessed a minor fire outbreak that was promptly contained. “Minor fire outbreak at the Jos branch […]
A veteran journalist called me on April 4 to confirm if indeed the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) issued a statement advising government against approving the Fifth Generation Mobile Technology (5G) claiming it is dangerous and linked to the outbreak of COVID-19. The NUJ also reportedly rejected the invitation of Chinese doctors in order to […]
Kano State Fire Service has called on residents of the state to practice good personal and environmental hygiene to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Saidu Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, made the call in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Kano. READ ALSO: Kano in great danger over coronavirus, […]
Lagos – Two shops with household utensils were destroyed in a fire which gutted two shops at Maola Shopping Mall in Idumota area of Lagos on Friday. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said that the fire had been put off by emergency responders. According to him the combined efforts of […]
About 100 residential buildings, school and churches were destroyed in an explosion that rocked Akure, the Ondo state capital, on Saturday morning. The loud explosion happened in the early hours of Saturday, 28th of March 2020, around 1 am, causing the ever busy Akure/Owo road to be split into two with many injured. The explosion […]
An afternoon fire on Tuesday razed offices at Gusau Local Government Secretariat in Zamfara, but officials said no injuries were reported. According to reports that it took the combined efforts of the local council workers and the state fire service to bring the fire under control. However, despite the efforts, the offices of the council’s […]
Zaria (Kaduna State) – The authorities of Albany International School, Zaria have confirmed the death of a JSS 3 student, Abdurahman Doko, in a fire incident that gutted a hostel on Wednesday. The fire, which started around 12.30 p.m., destroyed the male students’ hostel of the school situated at Gaskiya Layout in Zaria. Dr Abdulraheem […]
Kaduna – An early morning fire, on Sunday, razed five offices of Freedom Radio in Kaduna. The Freedom Radio is a private radio station based in Kaduna. The offices affected with the fire incident included engineering room, office of the Head of Marketing, conference hall, security office and drivers’ room. The station’s Head of Operations, […]