No fewer than 50 shops were on Tuesday gutted by fire at the popular Owode market in Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, a distress call was received around 2:30 a.m. Adekunle said investigations revealed that the fire was ignited…
No fewer than nine classrooms have been destroyed after a fire outbreak at Grace International School on Awolowo Street beside Kobiowu Mosque in Tanke, Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to reports, the incident occurred around 6:00 pm on Sunday and destroyed a substantial part of the 14-room facility. Hassan Adekunle, the…
Kwara State High Court complex located in the Government Reservation Area, Ilorin, the state capital was on Tuesday gutted by fire. According to reports, the fire which was noticed at around 7.25 am affected main building and offices located in the complex, whereas the inferno damaged the 40 offices and three open courtrooms, the Registry…
N19.3m worth of property has been destroyed after two separate fire outbreaks occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday, ruining no fewer than 14 shops in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. According to reports, the Tuesday incident happened at about 6 p.m., where seven shops located at Zion Overcomer, Opposite Duro Suleiman house, University Road, Tanke, were…
Following the Monday fire incident in a section of the Canadian Embassy building which claimed the lives of two persons, Canada’s high commission on Wednesday, suspended its operations in Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), while confirming that a diesel tank explosion caused the fire, added that the diesel tank exploded around…
Several people were, on Thursday night, trapped in multiple tanker accidents in Lagos. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which occurred at SIFAX inward Costain, left a pile-up of vehicles, including two petrol tankers, set ablaze, according to emergency authorities. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA),…
Fire has razed the office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in Enugu State. The fire incident happened around 12:30am on Friday May 5th. The fire incident destroyed one of the buildings of the Enugu command of the anti-graft agency. A source from within the command revealed that the inferno was triggered by an…
Fire has consumed a portion of the palace of the foremost Yoruba traditional monarch, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR. The fire incident which was attributed to power surge razed an apartment within the palace’s courtyard around 11:30pm on Friday April 28. Those residing in the area confirmed that an explosion from electrical…
On Tuesday April 25, 2023, fire razed a popular market in Ibadan — Bodija Plank Market, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The circumstance which triggered the fire has not been ascertained as at the time of producing this report. Report has it that the operatives of the Oyo State fire service were still at…
A boat mishap has killed not less than five persons at Kanwa Dam in Madobi LGA of Kano state. The sad development was confirmed by the Kano State Fire Service, revealing that six passengers were saved in the accident. The spokesperson of the state fire service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the tragedy to newsmen, revealing that:…
Fire has razed some warehouses beside Nigerian Breweries, Iganmu, Apapa area of Lagos State. The tragic fire incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). In a statement released by the state agency, the inferno on Wednesday April 12, destroyed properties valued at millions of naira. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Femi Okey-Osanyintolu…
Fire has razed a popular market on Lagos Island, Balogun Market. The fire incident affected a plaza where ladies’ shoes are sold in the market. Operatives of fire service from two divisions were mobilised to the affected area to extinguish the fire. The Informant247 gathered that this would not be the first time such fire…
The authority of the Lagos Airport Hotel Limited has neutralized the worry of members of the public over the recent fire incident which razed some rooms in the staff lay-over of the hotel. The management of the hotel assured their patronizers of all time maximum security and safety. This was revealed in a statement released…
Some suspected political thugs on Tuesday evening stormed a state High Court in Owutu-Edda, Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi and set it on fire. The sad development was confirmed to newsmen by the Registrar of the court, Mrs Oluchi Uduma on Tuesday. She narrated that the hoodlums stormed the court on Tuesday and…
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has sympathized with victims of Onitsha main market fire. Represented by Onyekachi Ibezim, the deputy governor of the state, Soludo referred to the fire incident as an unfortunate one, encouraging the victims to take heart. He said he appeared in the market to examine the level of…
Fire on Tuesday March 21, gutted a 2-storey building which housed the Onitsha main market police station and shops where lace fabrics are sold. It took firefighters hours to overcome the fire outbreak as some of the traders struggled to save their goods while others could not help but watch in tears as the fire…
Fire has consumed the popular Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Report has it that the fire destroyed goods and property valued at millions of Naira. The incident started around around 2pm on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The operatives of the fire service stormed the affected scene to rescue the situation. This…
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has released the sum of N250 million to victims of fire outbreaks which razed Kurmi, Singa and Rimi markets. This was revealed in a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Abba Anwar on Thursday March 16, in Kano. The Governor sent his message…
The Kano State Fire Service on Monday, confirmed that a fire incident razed some shops, including the upper building of old Savannah Bank at Singer Market in Kano. Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, said in a statement that the fire started around 2:18am “We received a distress call around 2:18am…
Fire on Friday razed 4 motor spare parts stores, destroying goods worth millions of naira in Aba. It was gathered that only few steel products were spared by the inferno. The fire razed some shops located at No. 65 Jubilee Road in Aba. One of the shop owners, Mr Chimezie Dike, lamented that 2 of…
