Tag: Fire
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Fire guts over 90 shops in Bauchi Market
A late-night fire has razed over 90 shops in the largest plaza at Wunti market in Bauchi city. While the cause of the fire was unknown as at Saturday morning, however, it gathered that the inferno started in a section of the plaza where salon, computer, and tailoring shops were located. No life was lost…
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Gunshots fired by arsonists who burnt Igboho’s residence – Police
The Oyo State Police Command has said it received a report that the hoodlums who burnt the residence of popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, loaded themselves in a bus and shot into the air several times. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, said this in…
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![[Photos] Sokoto central market gutted by fire](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/66263F1E-A563-4A18-9737-B79665B985A5.png)
[Photos] Sokoto central market gutted by fire
A large section of Sokoto Central Market has been consumed by a raging inferno. The inferno, which cause has not been ascertained, started in the early hours of Tuesday, from the plastic ware section of the market. Concerted efforts by combined team of fire fighters to combat the fire was futile, as gaining access…
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Sad! Family of three dies in Kano fire
The Kano State Fire Service says three persons from the same family have died in an early morning fire incident on Monday at Rijiyar Zaki in Ungogo Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the service Alhaji Saidu Muhammed said the tragic incident which occurred at about 3.18am also razed a house. “We…
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BREAKING: Fire razes NIS headquarters in Abuja
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) headquarters in Abuja, the federal capital territory has been razed by fire in the early hours of Sunday. The Service which disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter handle said the fire affected some of the offices in the headquarters. The fire, whose cause is still being investigated,…
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Fire destroys N635m property in Kano State in 2020
The Kano State Fire Service says 134 lives and property worth N635million were lost to fire incidents in the state from Jan.1 to Dec.31, 2020. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer of the Service said this while speaking in Kano on Tuesday. Muhammad said that the service also saved 1,077 lives and property worth…
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Fire guts Ajimobi wife’s Grandex Supermarket in Ibadan (Video)
A grocery and household supermarket, believed to be owned by the wife of the late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, at Oshuntokun Junction, Bodija, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Grandex Stores, was on Sunday partially razed by fire. The fire reportedly started from the back office and gradually spread to…
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![JUST IN: Tank farm in Apapa gutted by fire [VIDEO]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Tank-farm-Apapa.jpg)
JUST IN: Tank farm in Apapa gutted by fire [VIDEO]
A tank farm belonging to Oando Plc located at Marine Beach, Ijora, Lagos State was on Thursday gutted by fire. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, (NEMA) confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos. Farinloye said the cause of the fire which started at the depot about 12.05 p.m. was…
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Petrol tanker catches fire in front of Ogun Governor’s Office
A truck loaded with about 50,000 litres of petroleum was on Saturday gutted by fire in front of Ogun State Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. According to reports, the tanker was coming from Ijora, Lagos State, en route to Adatan, in Abeokuta metropolis. The driver, who identified himself as Nurudeen Yusuf, told newsmen that he, alongside…
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Fire gutted 18 rooms, 8 toilets in Kano Nursing School
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that 18 rooms and eight toilets razed in Wednesday night fire at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kano. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, confirmed the incident in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kano. Muhammed said that the…