Tag: Fire
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Kogi fishing festival ends abruptly as gunmen open fire on attendees, injure five
This year’s edition of the Dankwo fishing festival in Lokoja ended abruptly on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on participants. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the festival, which is an annual event organised by the Lokoja Traditional Council, was just about one hour underway when the gunmen invaded the venue, Kabawa Waterfront, in…
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49 killed, 20 injured as gunman opens fire on Mosque during prayers
A gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country’s worst ever mass shooting which Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, condemned as terrorism. A gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch, mirroring the carnage played…
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Villagers burn family accused of witchcraft to death
Five people, including three children, were burned to death in their home in Kenya by neighbours who accused a member of the family of practicing witchcraft, police said on Friday. Two women and three girls, aged seven, three and two, died in the attack on Thursday in Migori county in Kenya’s south-west, said local police…
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Police confirm 7 dead in Anambra petrol tanker fire
Police in Anambra have confirmed seven persons dead following a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday night at Amawbia Roundabout. SP Haruna Mohammed, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka. ”So far, seven persons were certified dead at various hospitals by medical doctors…
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Fire destroyss INEC materials in Plateau LG
A week to the beginning of the general elections, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Qua’anpan Local Government Area of Plateau has been gutted my fire. Mr Osaretin Imahiyereobo, Head, Voter Education and Publicity of the commission in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos that…
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Petrol tanker fire: Two feared killed, 8 injured in Awka
No fewer than two persons were confirmed dead and six others injured, when a tanker bearing petrol fell at Amawbia Roundabout in Awka and went up in flames on Saturday night. The News Agency of Nigeria learnt from eyewitnesses that at least eight vehicles and some residential buildings within the vicinity were also destroyed in…
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BREAKING: Children burnt as fire razes IDP camp in Borno
Information reaching TheNewsGuru (TNG) has it that Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Monguno Local Government area of Borno state has been razed by fire on Thursday. Unknown number of children were said to have been burnt in the inferno. Details Shortly…
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Mysterious fire guts corpses in Anambra mortuary
Scores of corpses were gutted by a mysterious fire at the mortuary section of the General Hospital Enugwu -Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the incident occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on Saturday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident,…
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Fire destroys property worth millions of naira in Ilorin
An early morning inferno on Sunday destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira at a shopping complex along Lanjorin Street in Ilorin. About 16 shops and five-room apartment were affected in the fire disaster. A victim, Mr Akeem Oyeniyi, popularly known as Murphy, blamed the disaster on the burning of cables by scavengers that…
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Fire guts Abakaliki rice mill, destroy over N50m worth of goods
A fire outbreak last night at the Abakaliki Rice Mill Company premises located at Onuebonyi has destroyed over N50m worth of machinery and Rice products. The fire which affected one shop was however put out by the Ebonyi State fire service before it could cause further havoc. Though the exact cause of the fire outbreak…