BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom has pledged to donate N20m to the traders whose shops were razed down by the early hour’s fire at Gboko Main Market. The governor also directed the Bureau of Internal […]
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Fire guts Benue market, destroys shops
John Charles, Makurdi No fewer than 50 shops have been destroyed after Gboko Market in the Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, was gutted by fire in the early hours of Monday. An eyewitness, Testimony Ackaudu, who said the fire started around 4am, added that it was caused by an electrical spark. READ ALSO: Hoodlums […] …
Fire guts factory in Ondo, destroys N100m equipment
PETER DADA A fire outbreak occurred at a chemical factory, Megadot Nigeria Limited, located within the premises of the Ondo State Trade Fair Complex, Akure, on Friday night and destroyed goods worth about N100m. The company had in stock different kinds of chemicals used for the production of paints, thinner lacquer and some other chemical […] …
Man cries for help as fire burns two daughters
Tony Okafor, Awka TWO sisters in Anambra State have been reportedly sustained severe injuries in a kerosene explosion in Ogbunike in the Oyi Local Government Area of the state. The victims’ names were given as Chinenye Ezeh, 16 years; and Kamsi Ezeh, eight years. A family source told Southern City News that the incident occurred […] …
At least 18 die in hotel fire
A fire early Saturday at a hotel in China has left at least 18 people dead and 19 injured, according to state media. The blaze broke out during the night at the hotel in Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. READ ALSO: Palestinian FA boss banned over Messi comments […] …
Fire guts Aregbesola’s office
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The office of the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, at the State Secretariat, Osogbo, was gutted by fire on Monday. Our correspondent gathered that the fire started from one of the air conditioners which was in the governor’s office but the governor was not inside when the fire started. A source said […] …
270 shops destroyed in Jos Terminus Market fire
Friday OLOKOR with agency report Properties worth millions of naira, were on Saturday morning, destroyed in Jos Terminus Market, Plateau State, as traders wept, counting their losses. The Chairman of the traders association in Plateau, Mr. Abdulrahman Yusuf, told journalists in Jos that over 270 shops with properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. “We […] …
PHOTOS: Scene of Jos Terminus market 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 […] …
Fire guts Abia night club, bank office in Lagos
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Ogbonnaya Ikokwu Some property of the United Bank for Africa has been burnt as fire gutted the firm’s office on Victoria Island, Lagos, on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the fire which started around 11.53am , was ignited as diesel was being poured into some generators serving the office. It was gathered […] …
Owerri bishop loses daughter to fire
Gibson Achonu, Owerri Tragedy struck in Owerri as Tehila Nwaogu, the daughter of the Presiding Bishop of Praise Centre Incorporated in Owerri, Rev. Stafford Nwaogu, died following the burns she sustained in a fire incident at their residence. The incident happened on June 3 but Tehila was buried on June 9 on the day she […] …