Posts tagged as: Fire

16 Dead, 50 Injured, Scores Missing In Hotel Casino Fire

LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A massive fire that lasted more than 12 hours in a Cambodian hotel casino killed at least 16 people and injured about 50, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for Thursday, as neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a bustling border town. Videos posted on social […]

Nigeria Customs Fire Over 2,000 Staff Over Fraudulent Practices

LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has disclosed that the service has dismissed over 2000 staff members in the last seven years. Ali, who featured in the media briefing coordinated by the Presidential Media Team on Thursday in Abuja, said the service abhors corruption and has zero tolerance for […]

Shop Owners Weep As Fire Razes  Popular Balogun Market In Lagos

LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is still unclear what the loss and casualties are as a fire outbreak on Sunday morning gutted a building at the Balogun Market located on the Lagos Island area of Lagos. This is the fifth time the market has gone up in flames.  A similar incident occurred at the market sometime […]

Fire ‘Ignited By Cell Phone Spark’ Burn Petrol Station In Badagry, Lagos

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Fire Service said one person was injured when an explosion was recorded at an independent marketing filling station in Badagry, Lagos state on Monday night. Abel Husu, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, Lagos State, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Tuesday. He […]

Tragedy: Lagos Couple Lose Four Children To Midnight Fire In Lagos

LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A couple, Chukwudi Micheal and Bolani Micheal, have been inconsolable after losing four children to a fire that gutted their two-room apartment on Tapa Road, Oke-Oko, Isawo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 1pm on Sunday, June 26, as one of the children, […]

50 Passengers Escape Death As Dana Air Plane Tyres  Gut Fire

LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt on Monday evening. The incident occurred at the Port Harcourt airport with no life lost and no passenger injured. A statement by Dana Air spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the […]

Fire Guts INEC Office In Zamfara (PHOTOS)

LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Zamfara State, Professor Sa’idu Babura Ahmed, has reported that  their  office in Kauran Namoda Local Government Area was gutted by fire. Confirming the fire incident in a statement, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. Tuesday 3rd May 2022 confirmed that the tragic […]

Fire Razes TB Joshua’s House, Destroys Tomb Shelter

LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, in the Agodo area of Ikotun, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fire started around 6.30pm on Wednesday. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said no one could tell […]

Fire Damages Eko Bridge  Lagos, Dozens Of Shops Burnt

LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire on Wednesday badly damaged a main bridge in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, razing dozens of shops and risking more traffic chaos, the emergency services and witnesses said. The blaze broke out during an extended nationwide electricity shortage, which along with a spike in global fuel prices is already hurting households […]

Fire Razes Nigeria  Federal Ministry Of Finance Headquarters Abuja

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire is currently raging inside the headquarters of the Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja. The Ministry’s building located within the Central Business District is also adjacent Federal Secretariat in the nation’s capital. An witness disclosed that operatives of the federal fire service are yet to arrive as at time of […]

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