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4 Jul
Over 10 shops and businesses worth millions of naira were, on Friday, destroyed by fire in Ogoja Local Council of Cross River State.
24 May
Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery has confirmed the death of one of its students, Lydia Dantata, in a petrol filling station fire opposite its Kafanchan campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 students of the school were caught in the fire at the petrol station where they had gone…
19 Jan
Several properties have been razed after a petrol tanker exploded in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Tuesday morning. Trouble started at about 8:00 a.m. when the petrol tanker lost control and crashed into a commercial avenue, spilling its content. A motorcyclist was killed during the accident, Peoples Gazette reported, adding that the tanker driver was…
11 Sep 2020
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Salami Bolaji, has described Thursday’s fire incident at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters...
21 Aug 2020
Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California on Friday as more people fled some of the biggest fires in the state's history which have raged largely uncontrolled
23 Jun 2020
Tears flowed freely as traders stood aghast gazing over rubbles of the famous Oba Market in Benin City, Edo State, which was gutted by fire yesterday morning.
26 May 2020
Popular general purpose market, Ogbogonogo market, Asaba has been gutted by early morning wild fire. As at the time of filing this report, cause of fire was yet unknown. The market is located along Nnebisi Road, Asaba. It was however gathered that the fire did not spread to the main building complex. Details later
25 May 2020
The Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp; has been gutted by fire, destroying 1,613 makeshift shelters Saturday in Borno state.
27 Apr 2020
Distributed by increasing cases of fire outbreaks in public buildings, built environment experts have called for enforcement of fire safety designs and measures that could mitigate further outbreaks
22 Apr 2020
Some of the music industry's boldest entertainers came together yesterday April 21 to celebrate and honour Prince in the "Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince" special. With those famous words from the song "Let's Go Crazy," host Maya Rudolph opened the Grammys' tribute to Prince. The show which was recorded in late January…
20 Apr 2020
An Iraqi woman was pictured writing in pain on her hospital bed after she was allegedly set alight by her abusive husband before dying of her wounds according to The Daily Mail. Malak Haider al-Zubaidi, 20, was photographed in hospital in the city of Najaf last week before dying of multiple organ failure caused by…
17 Apr 2020
The Media Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja on Friday was gutted by fire.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the fire incident at the media centre
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