One of the houses of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been gutted by fire. Newsmen gathered from sources that his house located at Soka in Ibadan started burning around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The cause of the fire is still unknown at the time of this publication. Mr. Adeyemo no longer lives in the house affected by ...
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Lamentation as fire guts Delta market
No fewer than 300 shops adjacent Ogbeogonogo market in Asaba metropolis were gutted by an early morning fire on Tuesday. The incident left many traders in tears and goods worth millions burnt. Although the fire was brought under control four hours later, many shops had been gutted. The cause of the fire, which gutted Echolac Line-a row of ramshackle shops ...
Read More »Again, Balogun Market Gutted By Fire
It was earlier in November of 2019 that a fire incident was recorded in Balogun market. Now, another fire incident has occured. From the video shared, it was gathered that the fire had affected about four plazas in the market, one of which is the popular ‘Anambra Plaza’. While the cause of the fire is yet to be identified, the ...
Read More »Fire destroys Ondo school’s property
Properties worth millions of naira were gutted by fire at the Akoko Anglican Grammar School in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the fire, which started around 9 am, burnt down the school’s skills acquisition workshops. According to an eyewitness, some of the items destroyed by the inferno included sewing ...
Read More »Fire destroys 30 shops, goods in Lagos market
Goods worth millions of naira were, on Sunday, destroyed by fire, which wreaked havoc on over 30 shops in the Owode-Onirin Market along the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State. The fire, which started from one of the shops in the metal section of the market, spread to other shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira. The shop owners were left ...
Read More »Breaking: Balogun market in Lagos on fire
A section of Balogun market in Lagos has reportedly been gutted by fire. The market caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday, November 2019, after traders resumed their sales for the day. https://twitter.com/KennedyEssah/status/1191652902391209984 As at the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained. https://twitter.com/TolaBrown/status/1191649314810081280 More details shortly… Credit: Pulse
Read More »Fire destroys property worth millions in Edo spare parts market
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed last week Tuesday at Uwelu motor spare parts market in Benin, the Edo state capital when fire razed down over hundred shops at the market. It was gathered that the fire which started late Monday night, lasted till early hours Tuesday, before it was put off by combined efforts from fire service and ...
Read More »Fire razes residential building in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service announced on Wednesday that a fire outbreak has gutted a residential building on New Road at Sabon Gari in Kano State. The spokesman of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that the fire broke out late on Tuesday. “We received a distress call from one Malam Jamilu Yusuf ...
Read More »Mother, daughter die, others injured as fire razes building in Delta community
A woman simply identified as Carol and her daughter, Favour has been reported dead with three others seriously injured as fire on Saturday razed down building in Eku Community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. Property including a commercial shop in the building and a caravan within the area were also engulfed by the inferno. Details as to the ...
Read More »Bandits attack Taraba villages, kill one, burn houses
At least, one person was said to have lost his life and several houses burnt and other valuable properties destroyed on Sunday night when suspected herdsmen attacked Tudiri village in Ardo Kola Local Government and Kasuan Baila area of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Mr. Amos Tijam a victim of the attack told our correspondent that one person was killed, ...
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