The FCT Fire Service (FFS) has disclosed that brake failure on the part of a truck conveying Compressed Natural Gas canisters led to Wednesday’s explosions at Karu bridge, Abuja. The FCT FFS Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Mohammad, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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A middle-aged woman and her two children have lost their lives in a fire incident which occurred on Sunday night in Ondo State. The fire incident happened at Rainbow Street, Onipakala Junction, off Adeyemi Road, Ondo, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. A family source, speaking...
Many commuters have been feared dead and eight vehicles burn as fuel laden tanker fell and exploded at Ugwu- Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway on Saturday. The Director, Enugu State Fire Service, Chief Okwudili Ohaa confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Ohaa,...
An early morning fire on Wednesday , gutted some shops near the General Post Office at Ibokwu Street, by Old Market Road, Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inferno destroyed goods and property, including equipment worth millions of naira. Mrs...
A ravaging fire has engulfed the Yar-Dole motorcycle market in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, with firefighters currently battling to contain the inferno. The fire which broke out on Saturday’s evening has left traders and residents in shock as several shops and stalls burn uncontrollably. Eyewitnesses report that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has released the final list of successful candidates in the Federal Fire Service (FFS) 2023 recruitment exercise. The Secretary to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), Ja’afaru Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in...
No death or injury was recorded early Thursday morning during a fire incident at the University of Ibadan (UI), the institution and Oyo state fire authorities have confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire had gutted a section of Queens Hall in the institution in the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Earlier today, a fire broke out at Eco Fitness Center located at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa, Abuja. Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno, which cause is yet unknown as of the time of filing this report. Confirming the incident in...
Ten persons were feared dead when a storey building collapsed on Thursday morning in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Akinyinka added that seven others sustained injures in...
The Ebonyi Police Command says no life was lost in Thursday’s gas explosion that occurred in Orokeonuoha Community of Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki...
Kano State Fire Service, on Friday, rescued a woman and her two male children trapped in a collapsed building at Makwarari axis of Kano Municipal Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the organisation, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano...
The Federal Government has appointed and decorated 15 new Deputy Comptrollers General, Deputy Controllers General and Deputy Commandants General (DCGs) of the four paramilitary services under the Ministry of Interior. The 15 decorated DCGs were among the 79 senior officers recently promoted including Assistant Comptrollers Generals (ACGs) and...
Some traders in Karu market, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, said they lost goods worth millions in the fire outbreak. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred on Thursday at about 7pm. Some of the traders who spoke with NAN in tears,...
Tragedy struck as newborn baby drowns inside well at Ruguzau in Takai Local Government Area in Kano. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday...
No fewer than than 200 shops were on Monday night razed by fire at Ikom main market in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River. Mr Chika Anya, Chairman of the Lagos line of the market, said the intensity of the inferno was such that nothing could be...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Fire Service and Borno SEMA are currently conducting on-the-spot assessment of an inferno at Gamboru Market Maiduguri with a view to determine the root cause(s) of the inferno, steps to avoid future occurrence and government to take all the necessary...
Kano State Fire Service says a fire has razed 37 shops at Zawaciki area in Kumbotso Local Government of Kano State. The Spokesman of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire occurred about 01:37 a.m. on Wednesday. According to Abdullahi,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The board of Immigration, Correctional, NSCDC and Fire Service, has said no recruitment into either the immigration, NSCDC or Correctional service as being rumoured on social media. The Secretary to the board, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, who stated this in a statement on Saturday, however,...
The private residence of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud in Abuja was razed down by fire on Sunday. Media Aide to the minister, Mr Austine Elemue, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the cause of the fire was being investigated by the authorities. He...
A petroleum tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, fell along Fajuyi road, close to Ilesa motor park in Ile-Ife, on Monday. The petrol tanker, said to belong to BOVAS filling station, was going to Moore Area to offload its content when it suddenly...