The Borno State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed three deaths in Saturday’s fire at the Muna El-Badawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. Its Director-General, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, confirmed the death toll during an impact assessment visit to the scene. She said at least 3,000 shelters were destroyed...
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Two persons have been confirmed dead, while two others were rescued from a three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, Southwest, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 250 shanties, 200 makeshift buildings and 40 sawmill machines have been destroyed by fire outbreak at Oko-Oba area of Lago State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 11:40 AM. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has...
The Federal Government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry Supermarket on Sunday...
Next Cash and Carry, one of the popular shopping malls in Abuja has been gutted by fire. It was gathered that the mall which is situated in the Jahi Area of the Federal Capital Territory went up in flames around 10:00 am Sunday morning. Thick smoke can be seen...
No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead in a gas explosion at Ladipo in the Mushin Local Government area of Lagos State. The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning at the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) domestic retail centre located on Ojekunle Street at the popular Ladipo Spare Parts...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The dead body of the developer of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Mr Femi Osibona, was retrieved from the rubbles on Wednesday. A reliable source told newsmen Osibona’s body was among dead bodies exhumed from the collapsed building on Wednesday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The death toll from a building collapse in Ikoyi Area of Lagos State rose to 36 on Thursday after more bodies have been retrieved by rescuers from the debris. The coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Ibrahim Farinloye, said...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had received 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye said the...