Tag: Federal Fire Service
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Reps direct federal fire service to refund N1.48bn COVID-19 funds
The House of Representatives in Abuja on Wednesday directed the Federal Fire Service (FFS) to refund the sum of N1.48 COVID-19 fund to the Consolidated Revenue Fund within seven days. Rep. Bamidele Salam, Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, gave the directive in Abu
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Fire Service blames poor electrification for Kaduna market fire incident
The Federal Fire Service (FFS), Kaduna State command, has blamed negligence and poor electrification for the fire incident that occurred at the Panateka wood market. Usman Sadiq, Deputy State Controller of Fire, made this clarification in a statement on Friday in Kaduna.
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UPDATE: We have put out fire at Ministry of Finance – Fire Service
The Federal Fire Service has confirmed putting out the Wednesday early morning fire that engulfed the Federal Ministry of Finance, located in the Central Business District of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Buhari appoints Acting Controller General for Federal Fire Service
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed DCG Karebo Samson as the new Acting Controller General of the Federal Fire Service. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, SF Ugo Huan According to the PRO, the Acting CG, DCG Karebo Samson in his address thanked…
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Reps reject bill to arm Federal Fire Service
The House Of Representatives has rejected a bill proposing to arm personnel of the Federal Fire Service. The bill was meant to grant firefighters the power to bear arms to protect them from mob attacks while responding to emergencies. Lawmakers ditched the bill by rejecting a motion moved by Representative Thomas Ereyitomi. They based their…
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Fire Service saves 2-storey building from havoc in Lagos
A 2-storey building located at 2 Norman William Street Ikoyi was rescued from being consumed by fire on Sunday afternoon by swift response from men of the Federal Fire Service in Lagos State. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Federal Fire Service as saying the swift response was made possible because the Service received alert of the…
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Federal Fire Service unveils app to reduce response time of firefighters
The Nigeria Federal Fire Service has unveiled a Fire Alert System Mobile Application known as FASAPP to reduce the response time of firefighters to fire outbreaks in the country. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports FASAPP, which was released in May 2018, was unveiled during a workshop and enlightenment programme on ‘Enforcement of Fire Alarms and Extinguishing Equipment…
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Reps to probe N2.8bn Federal Fire Service fund
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, said it would investigate the status of the N2.8 billion appropriated for the Federal Fire Service in the 2011 budget. This was sequel to a motion by Ayeola Abayomi (Lagos-APC) on the need to unravel the mystery behind the withheld fund at the plenary in Abuja. He said the…