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, […]
Lafia – Fire caused by bush burning has razed down two blocks of lecture halls at the College of Agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Provost of the college, Dr Musa Maikeffi, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. He said that the incident was a direct result of bush burning, and described it […]
The postgraduate hostel of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, was razed by fire in the early hours of Friday. Mr Eddy Agbure, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Warri. READ ALSO: 5 […]
Awka – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, has said a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with no registration number, on Wednesday got burnt at Nkpor area in Onitsha. The Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, said that the tanker caught fire at about 6:50 p.m. According to him, an investigation revealed that the […]
The Nigeria Police Station, Rapid Response Squad, RRS, office at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja has been gutted by fire. More details soon Court remands housewife for allegedly beating step-daughter with stick
Fire has engulfed Anambra Plaza at Martins area of Balogun market, located on Lagos Island. This is coming barely 48 hours after a popular Sabo market in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State was razed down by fire destroying over 100 shops. READ ALSO: FG sacks 30 N-Power beneficiaries in Adamawa According to eyewitnesses have […]
By Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja No fewer than 39 shops and furniture worth over N21 million has been lost to the fire outbreak which razed part of Kugbo furniture market in Abuja. Narrating the incidence, Chairman of the city furniture area, Austin Onuh, who is also a victim disclosed that they received calls from guards who […]
Sydney (Australia) – A one-week state of emergency was announced on Thursday for the Australian state of New South Wales as fire conditions are expected to worsen in the country’s south-east coast starting Saturday. Gladys Berejiklian, the state’s premier, said that the state of emergency would start on Friday and last seven days, giving extra […]
Bauchi – The police in Bauchi said on Thursday that 25 persons were burnt to death in an auto crash along Bauchi- Ningi Road in Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Abubakar Kamal, made this known in a statements in Bauchi. Kamal said the accident occurred, which occurred in […]
Lagos – Fire on Sunday destroyed 15 shops and damaged other property at the Owode-Oniri Market in Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, at the scene that the fire started at 10: 27a.m. NAN reports that a LASEMA team was on hand to put out the fire. The […]
The Office of the Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Government House was gutted by a fire which resulted from electrical fault. The office was under renovation when the fire outbreak started at 12:30 p.m. and it took more than 15 minutes before men from the state Fire Service arrived to put the situation under […]
The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reports that part of the six-storey building located at 43 Martins Street, Lagos Island, collapsed around 8:30p.m. on Tuesday as firemen continued spirited efforts […]
Two multi-storey buildings were gutted by fire at different locations in Lagos Island on Tuesday, destroying goods and property worth millions of naira in the ever busy commercial city centre. The six-storey building situated at Oluwole Market, adjacent to Mandillas Building, and another three-storey building located at Dosumu Street, both in Lagos Island, were burnt […]
Not fewer than six buildings and shops were burnt on Wednesday at Upper Iweka, on Onitsha/Awka Road in Onitsha, after a 33,000 litre Diesel tanker fell and caught fire. Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, has sympathised with the family of a woman and her child burnt to death in a truck accident in Onitsha, the […]
Johannesburg – More than 900 people were left homeless when fire burnt their shacks in Johannesburg’s Pomona informal settlement in Kempton Park, said Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina on Tuesday. He stated that they are investigating what caused the fire which caused extensive damage on Monday night. Buhari, Gowon, Osinbajo mark Independence Anniversary “The cause of […]
Angry youths of Narayi community located in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state set a Cherubim and Seraphim church on fire and almost killed the pastor yesterday. Their action reportedly arose after the pastor of the church contracted a young man to carry out a construction task in a river and he died in […]
It was a relief of sorts for residents to learn that no life was lost to the explosion on a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) vandalised pipeline Thursday morning along the LASU/Isheri Road, Iyana-Odo Bus Stop on Igando axis of Alimosho council area of Lagos State. Residents and motorists were seen scampering for safety as […]
Kano State has yet recorded another case of fire out break in one of its market. The popular ‘ yan kifi market (fish Market) was gutted with fire on Saturday night which destroyed over 20 containers of carrying fish products. The state commissioner ministry of commerce, industry and tourism Alh. Ahmad Rabiu in an interview […]
A 60-year-old woman, identified as Jokotade Olaniyi,on New Year Day, narrowly escaped death when fire engulfed a one-storey building and a bungalow in Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State. Our correspondent who visited the scence, gathered that the fire which razed the two buildings located at 43 Ifelodun Street, Bariga, started at about […]
Succour came the way of the over a thousand hitherto dejected traders affected by the Kano Market fire disasters few months ago as the renowned business mogul, Aliko Dangote made good his promise and donated a whooping some of N500m to rehabilitate the them. Aliko’s donation which came through the Aliko Dangote Foundation, was in […]