Tag: Fire
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Panic in Imo as angry youths set Magistrates’ court on fire
Ther was pandemonium at the Magistrates’ Court in Olru, Imo State, as angry youths numbering above 15 set the court building on fire. According to a report by The Punch, the fire destroyed all the documents in the court before it could be quenched. The Magistrates’ Court is on the premises of Orlu High court.…
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Fire razes 21 shops at Fish Market in Maiduguri
An outburst of fire razed about 21 shops at Fish Market in Maiduguri on Sunday night. Mr Ambursa Pindar, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Borno State Fire Service, disclosed this in Maiduguri on Monday. He said that preliminary investigation into the incident by the state fire service department indicated that an electrical spark from…
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UPDATED: Ecobank, LASEMA react to fire incident at headquarters
The management of Ecobank on Tuesday said the fire incident at its head office in Victoria Island on the early hours of Tuesday (today) didn’t affect any major equipment and document as speculated on social media. The bank in a statement said the fire only affected its generator house and has since been put out…
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Otedola fire accident: 9 bodies have been matched to 9 families, says LASG
The Lagos State Government says nine bodies from the Otedola Link Bridge fire incident which occurred on June 28 have been successfully matched to the families. In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said that 11 families had showed up at Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre (LSD&FC) for testing and only…
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Lagos fire: Police arrest tanker owner, driver still at large
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said it had arrested one Hassan Maiwake, the owner of the fuel-laden tanker that caused the explosion on Otedola Bridge, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The command stated that the owner of the tanker with the number plate, NSR 888 YQ, was apprehended in Kano State. The ill-fated tanker had…
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BREAKING: Fire guts Aregbesola’s office in Osogbo
The office of the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, at the State Secretariat, Osogbo is currently on fire. Investigations revealed that the fire started from an air conditioner inside the governor’s office, but the governor was not around. A source said the fire was devastating because the security doors leading to the office could…
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Jos Market fire: I’m devastated by the scale of losses – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday consoled victims of the Jos market fire which destroyed more than 200 shops. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said he was devastated by the scale of economic losses suffered by hard-working and ordinary Nigerians who believe in self-reliance to…
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[In pictures] Jos Terminus market on fire
Traders at Jos Terminus market on Saturday counted their losses after a midnight fire gutted the market. The chairman of Traders Association in Plateau, Alhaji Abdulrahman Yusuf, told journalists in Jos that over 270 shops with properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. Below are some of the photographs taken at the scene of the…
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Panic as fire guts Terminus Market in Jos
Traders at Jos main market on Saturday counted their losses after a midnight fire gutted the market. Alhaji Abdulrahman Yusuf, the chairman of Traders Association in Plateau, told newsmen in Jos that over 270 shops with properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed. “We have one trader in this market that lost goods worth over…
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Fire razes 6 shops in Kano market
No fewer than six shops were burnt at Kofar Wambai Jewelry Market (Kasuwar ‘Yan Yeri) in Kano on Friday night. The Director of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Sagir Madaki, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that the fire burnt six shops. He said “we received a distress call from…