Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in a fire outbreak at a spare parts market in the Idumota Under Bridge area of Lagos State on Friday night. Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Permanent Secretary of…
Gunshots as Ikwerre LGA secretariat goes up in flames
Two rival political groups have clashed at the Ikwerre local government secretariat setting the newly built edifice ablaze. It was gathered that the two groups deferred over the conduct of the local government election. While one camp insisted that there…
Lightning strikes in Greece start fires, kill cattle amid dangerous heat wave
Lightning strikes in northern Greece killed cattle and started fires during a days long heat wave affecting most of southern Europe. Several fires were reported near the city of Kozani, 280 miles north of Athens following a dry thunderstorm in…
Fire at shopping centre in China’s Sichuan province kills 16
Sixteen people were killed in a fire at a department store in China’s Sichuan province on the evening of July 17, state media said. The fire broke out in a 14-storey building in a high-tech zone of the city of…
Fire engulfs Christ Embassy Church Headquarters in Lagos
Fire has broken out at the Christ Embassy Church Headquarters located on Billingways Way, Oregun, Lagos. The blaze started earlier on Sunday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and drawing the attention of local residents and passersby. Emergency officials…
Fire guts Enugu timber market
No fewer than five shops were on Tuesday gutted by fire at the timber market in Kenyatta Street, Uwani, Enugu, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN reports that prompt response by the state Fire Service quenched the fire from…
40 killed, houses burnt in Plateau community attack
Suspected bandits have reportedly killed over 40 persons after they attacked Zurak village in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. Our correspondent learnt that several houses were also set ablaze by the bandits during the attack,…
Woman murdered disabled mum-in-law by setting fire to her bed while she slept
An evil killer murdered her disabled mother-in-law by setting fire to her bed while she slept in a bid to get her hands on the inheritance cash after draining her bank account. Frail Elizabeth Vamplew, 77, died from burns and…
1 student dies as fire guts Anambra seminary school
One person died, and several properties were damaged when a fire broke out at the Bishop Crowther Memorial Seminary School, Awka, Anambra State capital. The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, but it was gathered that the…
French police kill man trying to burn Rouen synagogue
French police have killed a man after a synagogue was set on fire in the north-western city of Rouen. The man was reportedly armed with a knife and an iron bar and when he went towards the police, an officer…