Property worth millions of Naira were destroyed on Sunday in Ibadan during a fire incident which ravaged a one-storey building with 10 rooms and three shops. The inferno destroyed household goods worth millions of Naira, while equipment in the shops were also completely ruined. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A fire incident has ravaged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The fire, which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday, February 11, 2025, destroyed the entire building and its contents. National Commissioner and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has said the fire incident at its Buguma Wellhead 008, operated by its subsidiary, NNPC Eighteen Operating Ltd (NEOL), was directly caused by the activities of pipeline vandals attempting to compromise the Christmas Tree and steal...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) a fire outbreak fgutted a one-storey building in Lekki area of the state. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said...
A fire incident at the Masaka market, located in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, has left many traders counting their losses. The fire which started at about 10: PM Friday night according to eyewitnesses has left many of the traders devastated. At the time of filing...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has rescued occupants from a fire that gutted the 11th floor of the Ultimate Apartment in Ikoyi. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this known in a statement, said LASEMA received a distress call...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said fire gutted a generator house at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) Oshodi road in Oshodi. Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyinyolu, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said LASEMA received...
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a husband and wife in a midnight inferno at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU, Ungogo Local Government Area. The service named the victims as 67 year-old man, Muhammed Uba, and his wife, 52 year-old Fatima Uba . The Director of Kano...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A fire outbreak on Monday razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Ika North East Local Government Area (LGA) office in Owa-Oyibu town, Delta State. The fire was attributed to a sudden power surge following the restoration of public electricity, caused significant damage to...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Earlier today, a fire broke out at Eco Fitness Center located at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa, Abuja. Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno, which cause is yet unknown as of the time of filing this report. Confirming the incident in...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday, said a market around Ajah area of the state was engulfed by fire, destroying shops and goods worth millions of naira. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News...
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has said the Blue Line Rail has resumed operations this morning after Saturday’s fire incident. Head, Corporate Communication, LAMATA, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The police command in Ogun has confirmed the death of an 80-year-old woman, Mariam Salako in a fire accident that occurred on Saturday at 28 Ifelodun Ago ka area in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta. Odutola noted that a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, which claimed over 100 lives. The government delegation will comprise...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said a two-storey building was gutted by fire at the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu...
Fire at a Palm Kernel Factory at Onuebonyi in Ebonyi on Sunday destroyed equipment, raw materials and other property worth billions of naira in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)’s visit to the factory revealed that all the property at the scene of the incident was...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kano- Fire has gutted the outer Court of the Kofar Kudu Palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. A statement by Munir Bayero (Danburam Kano), the Chief of Staff to the Emir, said the incident occured Saturday morning. The chief of staff, however said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A fire incident has been reported at the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) of Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. The Group Head of Corporate Communications at Dangote Group, Mr Anthony Chiejina, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the fire has...
Fire has destroyed a soap factory and plastic dumping ground at Amanato Street, Ugwuagba Obosi in Idemili Northampton Local Government Area of Anambra. Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, Chief Fire Officer, Anambra Fire Service, confirmed this development to newsmen in Onitsha. According to Chiketa; the Anambra Fire Service received...
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki Kano, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, in a corrections centre for allegedly setting a mosque on fire, killing 14 people. The defendant, who lives at Gadan Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano,...