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Fire razes DELSU postgraduate hostel

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

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

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Fuel loaded tanker razed by fire in Onitsha, no casualty- FRSC

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

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 […]

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Breaking: RRS office in Alausa gutted by fire

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

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

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Breaking: Fire engulfs Plaza In Balogun Market

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2020 0

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 […]

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N21m lost as fire razes Abuja furniture market

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

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 […]

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New South Wales declares state of emergency as fire conditions worsen

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2020 0

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 […]

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25 persons burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2019 0

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 […]

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Fire guts Owode-Onirin Market in Lagos, destroys 15 shops

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2019 0

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 […]

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Fire guts Niger Government House

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Policeman die as burning building collapsed in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2019 0

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 […]

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How Two multi-storey buildings were gutted by fire in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Video on Onitsha tanker fire

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

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 […]

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More than 900 left homeless in S. Africa after fire burns their shacks

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2019 0

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

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Angry Youths Set C&S Church Ablaze In Kaduna, Beats Pastor To Stupor

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Update: No casualty, as Pipeline explosion rocks Lagos community

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Fire completely destroys over 20 containers at Kano fish market

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2018 0

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 […]

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60-year-old woman escapes death as fire razes two buildings in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

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 […]

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Market Fire: Dangote donates N.5b to Kano traders

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

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 […]

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Father sets son ablaze over quarrel with brother

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2017 0

A 43-year-old father, Malam Musa Mohammed, has been arrested by the Rights Protection Agency in Niger for setting his 15-year-old son, Bello Musa, ablaze. Mrs Mairam Kolo, the Director-General of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Minna. She said that the incident occurred around […]

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Petrol tanker on fire in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

A petrol tanker is on fire at Owode-Elede axis towards Mile-12 along Ikorodu expressway. The Lagos fire service responded promptly to the emergency. More to follow