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  • JUST IN: Panic as fire guts committee room at National Assembly

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    Bayo Millz
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    A minor fire outbreak was on Friday reported in one of the committee rooms at the National Assembly complex, Abuja. The incident occurred inside committee room 322 at the House of Representatives building. According to reports, the fire was put out by security personnel, who were on the ground to prevent it from spreading to…

  • Residents foil fresh oil pipeline fire at Ijegun

    Residents foil fresh oil pipeline fire at Ijegun

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    Bayo Millz
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    Barely five days after a deadly pipeline fire that killed over a dozen people at Ijegun town, north of Lagos, residents of the community have foiled another pipeline vandalism. Ijegun, which has been having recurring pipeline vandalism since May 2008, is in the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. A News Agency of…

  • 70-year-old woman, four grand children die in Ondo inferno

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The riverine Biagbini community in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State was in pensive mood on Saturday morning following the reported death of a 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Moyo Jide and her four grandchildren in a fire incident. Sources gave the names of the deceased grandchildren as Jennifer, three, Gbana,seven, Biddaddy, five and Wisdom,…

  • DISTURBING VIDEO: Fire kills woman, daughter in Delta; 2 badly burned [Photos]

    DISTURBING VIDEO: Fire kills woman, daughter in Delta; 2 badly burned [Photos]

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Two persons, a woman and her daughter, have been confirmed dead, while another of her child and another woman were badly burned in a gory fire incident caused by kerosene on Saturday morning. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the fire that claimed the life of the woman known as Carol and the daughter known as Favour, was…

  • Abuja: Apo transmission station catches fire [Video]

    Abuja: Apo transmission station catches fire [Video]

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    Femi Ajasa
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    There was a fire outbreak at the Apo transmission station in Abuja on Sunday – the fire was later put out. A 45MVA transformer, based on preliminary information was lost to the fire. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Head Corporate Communication, Mr. Oyebode Fadipe, disclosed. He noted that “Our technical team is right now…

  • Fire destroys 140 shelters in Borno IDPs camp

    Fire destroys 140 shelters in Borno IDPs camp

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    Bayo Millz
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    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 140 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps at Monguno Local Government Area of Borno. NEMA Northeast Information Officer, Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Ibrahim said the fire incidents were recorded at Flatari and Nguro camps…

  • Police trace Otedola bridge fire suspect to Kano

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    Bayo Millz
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    Lagos State Ministry of Justice said yesterday that the police had traced to Kano, the owner of a petrol tanker that exploded last June 27 on the Otedola bridge in Lagos, killing 12 people. Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Adeniji Kazeem (SAN) said there was, however, uncertainty as to whether the truck driver died…

  • Abuja Airport: Operation resumes in new terminal after fire scare

    Abuja Airport: Operation resumes in new terminal after fire scare

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced resumption of flight operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja new terminal hours after fire scare on Saturday. FAAN’s Regional General Manager, North Central, Mr Sani Mahmud, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that normalcy had since returned to the terminal. Mahmud said that Turkish…

  • No fire incident at Abuja airport – FAAN

    No fire incident at Abuja airport – FAAN

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said no fire incident has occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, in a statement in Abuja, said there was only an equipment alarm triggered by high temperature. Yakubu explained that the new international terminal…

  • BREAKING: Passengers flee as fire guts Imo Airport

    BREAKING: Passengers flee as fire guts Imo Airport

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    Bayo Millz
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    Passengers and Staff at the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport were thrown into panic Monday afternoon as fire broke out on the arrival section of the Airport. The cause of the fire was not known as at the time of filling this report but a source at the Airport said that there was an going renovation…