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Carnage: Fire Service in spotlight as oil-tanker crash kills many in Rivers, Ogun

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BY ORIAKU IJELE The impact of poor response time to emergencies, especially with Nigeria’s 123 year old Federal Fire Service came to the fore at the weekend following the deaths of many Nigerians in Rivers and Ogun states. Sunday Times gathered that tens of lives may have been lost as a result

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Palliative: Reps order Fire Service to refund N48bn to FG

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By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has ordered the Federal Fire Service to refund N48 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government of Nigeria, within the next seven days. The House Committee Chairman on Public Accounts, Bamidele Salami gave the order during the Committee’s resumed probing on COVID-19 intervention palliative in […]

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Election: Federal Fire Service brainstorms to ensure safety of INEC infrastructure

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2023 0

BY UKPONO UKPONG Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Fire Service has sets up a comprehensive fire safety plan to ensure of the safety of INEC infrastructures across the country. The Controller General, Federal Fire Service, Engr Jaji Abdulganiyu disclosed this yesterday at a one day Brainstorming Session on Providing Fire Cover for […]

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Yuletide: Federal Fire Service boss puts all stations on alert

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2022 0

BY UKPONO UKPONG The Controller General, Federal Fire and Rescue Service, Engr. Jaji Abdulganiyu, has directed all stations, state and zonal commands to be alert as Nigerians celebrate Christmas and cautioned Nigerians to desist from use of fireworks. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Federal Fire Service, Abraham […]

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13 new fire stations under construction nationwide – FFS boss

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2022 0

By Ukpono Ukpong As part of efforts to deliver on its mandate of ensuring the protection of lives and property of Nigerians against fire outbreak, the Controller General, Federal Fire Service, Abdulganiyu Jaji, has said that no fewer than 13 fire stations are currently at different stages of completion across the country. Speaking at a […]

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Kaduna Fire Service records 112 fire outbreaks, 2 deaths in January

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2021 0

The Kaduna State Fire Service on Tuesday said it recorded 112 fire outbreaks and two deaths in the state in January. Daily times gathered that the Director of the Service, Mr Paul Aboi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the service saved property worth N1 billion from the 112 outbreaks. Aboi […]

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Kano Fire Service saves 119 lives, N574m goods in 3 months

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2020 0

The Kano state Fire Service on Wednesday said it had saved 119 lives and property worth N574 million in 286 fire incidents in the state between January and March. Its Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, made the disclosure in a statement released in Kano. Muhammed disclosed that 15 persons died and property worth N154 […]

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Kano Fire Service receives 38 distress calls in 2 weeks

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

The Kano State Fire Service said on Friday that it received 38 distress calls from different parts of the state within the last two weeks. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. READ ALSO: Fire destroys 8 shops in Apongbon […]

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Fire guts EFCC office in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2018 0

Officials of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office, Monday, successfully subdued inferno that almost razed down the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the Service was alerted of […]

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Harmattan: Fire Service calls for safety, warns against carelessness

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2018 0

The Northwest Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Fire Service, Thompson Olatunji Muhammad has called on the General Public to adopt safety measures to safeguard lives and property as this year’s harmattan season sets in. He made the call yesterday at the Kano Federal Secretariat during the flag off of 2018 awareness campaign, themed: Carelessness, major cause […]

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ANSG to assist Fire Service on safety awareness campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2018 0

Anambra State Government has said it is ready to assist the Anambra State Fire Service in enlightening the public on fire safety measures. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, stated this while receiving officers and men of state fire service that paid him a courtesy call at his office at the […]

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Kano Fire Service receives 63 distress calls in 2 weeks

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

The Kano State Fire Service on Wednesday said it received 63 distress calls from different parts of the state in two weeks. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with journalists. Mohammed said the calls emanated from road accidents, fire disasters and gas cooker-induced fire incidents. Giving […]

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Nigeria lost N5.5tn to fire in 5 years –Fire Service

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2018 0

The Federal Fire Service FFS) has said that Nigeria lost more than N5.5 trillion to various fire disasters across the country in the past five years. The agency however, said such incidents will soon become a thing of the past having newly acquired about 40 fire fighting trucks after about 30 years without required trucks […]

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FCT Fire Service lauds synergy with Police, other security agencies

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

The Director of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service Department, Mr. Femi Opetunsin, has emphasised the synergy between FCT Police Command and the Fire Service. He also commended the good relationship between both bodies, urging that such should continue. Opetunsin spoke when he met with police top brass at the FCT Command headquarters recently. The […]

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Fire Got Rida Plastic Company in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2017 0

Fire on Sunday got the Rida National Plastics Limited, located within the Ilupeju Industrial Estate. Goods and equipment worth hundreds of millions of naira went up in flames in the inferno. A reporter who visited the scene of the fire reports that officials of the Lagos State Fire Service Department battled the fire which started […]

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Fire outbreak at NNPC depot, Suleja

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2017 0

The Niger State Fire Service has confirmed an early morning fire outbreak at the NNPC depot in Suleja. Mr Mohammad Kwale, the officer in charge of the service in Suleja, told our correspondent on Sunday that the outbreak affected the loading section in the depot. ”The outbreak started around 4:30am when we were called. By […]

Features

Declining Fortunes of Ondo State Fire Service

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

The Ondo State Fire Service was established in 1976 as an agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Works. In this investigation, Daily Times Correspondent, ‘TOSIN AJUWON assesses the poor state of the fire service and why the state government needs to take urgent steps to improve the fire service. Iyabo Adelabu, a 35-year […]