A massive fire has engulfed the popular AP Plaza in Wuse 2, Abuja. The fire broke out on Saturday, causing serious damage to property. The fire reportedly started around noon, with smokebbillowing skywards. People watched helplessly as the fire spread. At the time of filing this report, the actual cause …
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Fire Raze Five-Storey Building In Balogun Market
Fire on Tuesday gutted a section of a five-storey In Balogun Market, Lagos building. The fire which started in the early hours of Tuesday led to the loss of properties worth millions of naira. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service in a statement signed by the …
Read More »Fire Breaks Out In Onitsha Main Market
A mysterious fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday, at Onitsha main market, in Anambra State. Main Market, Onitsha, is reputed to be the biggest market in West Africa, and hosts a large population of traders, who are mainly importers of goods, and deal in varied products. A …
Read More »Fire Destroys Shops, Goods In Jalingo
Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire on Wednesday in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State. The fire outbreak occurred in the metropolis, near JenZufa filling station, along Roadblock. A few of the victims whose shops were affected told Newsextra24 correspondent the fire could have been brought under …
Read More »Employers set housemaid ablaze for failing to repay debt
A housemaid was killed by her employers in Pakistan’s Punjab province after being set on fire for failing to repay a debt, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred on Sunday in Nankana Sahib district about 60 miles (95 kilometers) from the eastern city of Lahore. “Fouzia Bibi, the victim, and …
Read More »Three Prisons Officers Suspended Over Ngelari’s Release From Prison
The Nigerian Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has suspended three senior Prisons officers over their involvement in the issuance of an unauthorized medical report on former Adamawa State Governor Bala Ngelari, who is currently serving a 5-year sentence in Yola Prison. According to a press release …
Read More »Angry Students Set Private Polytechnic On Fire
Some students of the Southern Nigeria Institute of Innovate Technology, Ifewara in Osun State on Monday set the private institution ablaze because some courses offered by the school were allegedly not accredited. Our correspondent gathered that some of the students had turn violent on Sunday evening, vandalising the school’s …
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