A former staffer of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his wife have been killed in an early morning fire incident at their Government Reservation Area (GRA) residence in the Ibara area of Abeokuta, Ogun state. The tragedy, which occurred shortly after the couple, Kehinde Fatiniye, and his wife Bukola, returned from a cross-over church service on New Year day, is Read More
About 10 buildings were reportedly consumed by fire when a tanker laden with 45, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed and spilled its content at Ifo area of Ogun state. A statement issued Saturday in Lagos by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occured at about 7.00am on Olambe Matogun Read More
An explosion, this time from a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refiling shop has reportedly burnt down shops and injured 20 people in Kano State. The latest incident according to reports occurred at a busy area of Sheka quarters, Karshen-Kwalta in Kano. The fire destroyed the place and about three other shops nearby, including part of a house attached to the Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has called for review of Fire Service Act of 1963 to meet up with contemporary realities. Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Idriss said the Act had become obsolete, thus limiting the powers of emergency agencies in the discharge of their Read More
The Yola Zonal Commander of the Federal Fire Service, Philip Odu, Monday, said the Service saved eight lives and N3.8 billion worth of property from January to December this year.Disclosing this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola, Mr Odu said “From January 2021 to date, the command attended to 64 fire outbreak calls, carried out 11 rescue Read More
Another popular market located in Lagos state is currently raging on Friday night with fire, burning goods worth millions of naira. The business space is known as plank market, and is located at Kpako, Oke-Afa in Ejigbo local government area of Nigeria’s commercial city. On Wednesday night, goods at Balogun market reportedly burnt uncontrollably. Details loading…
Many people and properties including three shops have been burnt to death in an explosion which resulted from the collusion of two trailers one of which was loaded with fuel in Niger state. The accident reportedy occured at about 1 pm on Sunday at Enagi in Edati local government area of Niger state. A resident of Enagi Usman Baba Emigi Read More
The federal government has condemned the reported attack on some firefighters and fire trucks by hoodlums in Kogi state, saying such act “is unacceptable and those responsible will definitely not go unpunished.” Controller General of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) Dr. Liman Ibrahim, has however has vowed that those behind the act described as ‘dastardly’ will surely be punished The Read More
A five-year-old boy identified as Yusha’u Usman has drowned in a well at Zangon Dinya in Bagwai local government area of Kano state. The Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday September 3, in Kano. Abdullahi explained that the incident happened on Thursday night. “We received a Read More
A commercial motorcyclist, Wednesday, killed himself by jumping into Osun river in Osogbo, Osun state capital. The incident happened around 4:15pm at Gbodofon bridge, old governor’s office, along Ibadan road, Osogbo. It was gathered that the motorcyclist came down on his motorcycle and jumped into the river. Eyewitness account revealed that he was receiving call immediately he parked his motorcycle Read More
Raging fire on Monday consumed entire furniture and surrounding shops in Nibo, Awka South local government area Anambra state. A video circulating on social media revealed that the shops are located along Amawbia-Nibo road, almost opposite a government-owned community health centre, popularly known as Maternity. According to an eyewitness, the fire burnt commercial properties including ready-made upholstery house and office-fitted Read More
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has pledged five million monthly to the Federal Fire Service (FFS) for the maintenance of firefighting trucks in the state. He made the promise during the commissioning of one modern firefighting truck, Basic Life Support Ambulance (BLS) and one water tanker in Port Harcourt. In a statement released Friday in Abuja and signed by the Read More
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, has asked Nigerians to cooperate with officials of the State and Federal Fire Services (FFS) to improve response time to fire incidents. The governor, however commended Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Ibrahim Liman, for the provision of operation truck by his agency to the state. Speaking Friday during the commissioning of Read More
A popular supermarket in Abuja known as Ebeano located within Lokogoma-Apo area has been gutted by fire. The cause of the thick fire incident is unknown as at the time of filling this story. However, men of the FCT fire service are already battling to curtail it. Details coming…
Yobe state governor Mai Mala-Buni, has said that the deployment of a modern firefighting truck by the Federal Fire Service (FFS) to the state will boost emergency response services. The excited governor Buni made the statement during the commissioning of one contemporary fire-fighting truck, Thursday in Yobe state. The Governor represented by the state’s deputy, Idi Gubana said that the Read More
No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead on Sunday morning in Ibadan when a fully loaded gas tanker lost control at Bode market Molete area of Ibadan in Oyo state. According to eye witnesses’ accounts, the gas tanker said to be coming from Ojaba end of Mapo area of Ibadan lost control from Idi Arere and swerved into Bode Read More
Goods worth millions of naira were Tuesday razed down the largest supermarket in Ogwashi Uku, headquarters of Aniocha south local government area of Delta state. The walls of the facility, Sylverson Supermarket situated along the busy old Ogwashi Uku—Benin road which has operated for over 25 years in the premises collapsed as a result of the intensity of the fire. Read More
Controller General of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) Liman Ibrahim has appealed to Nigerians to join hands with his agency as volunteer-firefighters to curb fire disasters in the country. The FFS boss believe that if citizens on ground at fire scenes attend to fire before the arrival firefighters, the excesses of fire menace will be curtailed. Speaking Tuesday during the Read More
Fire on Sunday morning gutted popular Ladipo market in Lagos state. Already, officials of the state fire service battling to the fire at Alapeju part of the market. The spokesman of the state fire service, Amodu Shuabu, who confirmed the incident , said efforts were in place to put out the raging inferno. In August, similar fire incident destroyed goods within same Read More
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has described as unfortunate the recent decontamination exercise at the School of Health Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti where such affected the health of the students leading to hospitalization. The Service in a statement Friday in Abuja by its Public Relations Officer SF Ugo Huan, sympathised with the two students of the institution who were Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu state has applauded officers and men of the state fire service for prompt response to two fire outbreaks in its offices in the state.The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, gave the commendation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu. On May 16 on fire barely Read More
An attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Enugu state has left six vehicles burnt while two others were damaged, a top official of the commission has revealed. A statement by INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Monday said the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, reported that the incident happened on Sunday Read More
As part of efforts to improve security agencies’ response to various threats to public peace and safety across the country, the federal government has flagged-off an inter-agencies training on Nigeria Internal Security and Public Safety Alert System (NISPSAS). Declaring open the training Thursday in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said the ministry charged with responsibility of ensuring internal Read More
Worried by the lack of compliance to fire safety rules and fire outbreaks, the Federal Fire Service, (FFS), and the National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM), have resolved to make compulsory fire liability insurance for all public buildings. Controller-General of the (FFS), Dr. Ibrahim Liman, during a courtesy visit to the insurance agency, expressed the need for public building to subscribe to Read More
A group of concerned road users, under the umbrella of The Road Users Development Network of Nigeria have berated the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over deplorable conditions of the Abuja-Keffi expressway. The group said for the minister to abandon such an important federal road is not only a betrayal of public confidence, but an offence to humanity, Read More
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