LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fire engulfed the Mobil Filling Station opposite Airport Hotel at Allen Junction in Lagos following an explosion involving a gas truck. Two people sustained burns, and property worth millions of naira was damaged. Eyewitnesses reported that the explosion occurred around 11 a.m., destroying at least seven vehicles. No fatalities were reported. Initial…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fire, on Thursday, engulfed the Mainland Oil and Gas filling station located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The fire was said to have started at about 5:30 pm. The inferno was reportedly caused after a tanker discharging fuel at the filling station caught fire during the process….
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a young man, Toheeb Eniafe, has been thrown into mourning after he was shot at a petrol station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited at Obalende in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The incident, our correspondent learnt, happened late Wednesday and has left residents in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of yet to be identified persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fire incident that occurred at Fat Noble filling station opposite Torikoh, Badagry area of Lagos State. NAN report that the incident happened at about 1 am on Wednesday while some residents in the area were dispensing petrol in…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of peoples, were reported burnt to death to death at Saburi, Dei-Dei in Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC of the Federal Capital Territory FCT on Thursday morning as a fuel tanker discharging its products exploded midway and went up in flames. Vehicles and motorcycles popularly known as okada were equally burnt…
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…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Queues for petrol have resurfaced in the federal capital territory (FCT) causing anxiety and hardship for residents trying to get the product. It is not clear why the petrol queues are back in the nation’s capital. TheCable observed that between Saturday and Sunday, many petrol stations were closed. The few selling the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, on Wednesday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded at a Mobil Filling Station in the community. The fire was said to have spread to an adjoining three-storey building, burning down the property. PUNCH Metro gathered that…