by Azeez Adeniyi A fire disaster in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Jere Local Government of Borno State has killed two children. The camp located in an area called Khurso Bashir is one of the unofficial settlements of IDPs in the state. According to witnesses, the fire which started on Friday afternoon spread quickly... Read More

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December 11, 2016

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Benin shopping mall fire incident will be investigated – Obaseki

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the cause of the fire that razed Phill-Hallmark shopping mall in Benin, Edo State capital will be investigated. Obaseki said this when he inspected the mall on Sunday. The governor described the incident as a catastrophe. According to him, ”This incident happening at this time of the... Read More

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September 14, 2016

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8-month-old baby, 90-year-old die in Lagos fire incidents

Separate fire incidents in Festac Town, Surulere and Badagry areas of Lagos State have left three people dead. In Festac Town, an 8-month-old baby, Jessica Ifeanyichukwu was killed by a fire which started at about 9pm on Sunday at Hakeem Agboola Crescent. Her mother was downstairs trying to put on the generator when the fire... Read More

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September 10, 2015

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6-year-old, who survived Lagos fire accident dies

The sole survivor in the Lagos fire accident, Chidinma, has died. A family of seven died in a fire accident in Obele Lawanson Community, Surulere, Lagos, on Wednesday. Six-year-old Chidinma died on Thursday, from the burns injuries to her face and hands. Chidinma, was a relative staying with the family.

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April 3, 2015

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Kano INEC Commissioner dies in a tragic fire incident

by Ranti Joseph The Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Abdullahi Minkaila on Thursday died with his immediate family members in a fire incident. Reports say the deceased died in the inferno along with his wife and two children. The late Minkaila and his family were rushed to the Murtala Mohammed specialist hospital where they... Read More

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March 13, 2015

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Fire consumes 20-year-old hours after writing JAMB

by Anike Jacobs A 20-year-old girl, Mercy Elom, was on Thursday, burnt to death in a mysterious fire that gutted 68 rooms in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Nation newspaper reports that she was among the candidates, who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Until her death,... Read More

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