A major air accident was averted when an Overland Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, from Ilorin International Airport in Kwara State. The incident happened on Wednesday night when one of the engines…
Fire kills 11 newborn babies at Senegal hospital
Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Wednesday that 11 newborn babies died in a fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital in the town of Tivaouane, around 120 kilometers east of the capital Dakar. “I have just learned…
Deborah Yakubu lynching: We are not all human beings- Tara Aisida
I read of the killing of Deborah Yakubu, the girl that was set ablaze by her classmates at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto on Thursday the 12th day of May, 2022 and saw the image of her…
Shops razed as midnight fire guts Ladipo market
A midnight fire on Saturday gutted a shopping plaza in the popular spare parts market in the Ladipo area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident occurred early Saturday morning and affected a one-storey building, the Aguiyi…
An angel saved us from fire, but everyone says I imagined it
This happened to me years ago. I had just got a new house help, whom I was putting through many things, one of which was how to use the gas cooker. But after a few days, she just couldn’t learn…
Yobe: Humanitarian Minister condoles with market fire victims
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has sympathized with victims of the fire incident that razed the Central market, Nguru, in Yobe State. In a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Nneka…
Who sent that 9 year old “woman” to burn down Ebeano supermarket?
Those who’ve been to the Ebeano supermarket in Abuja say it is massive but On July 17th, 2021, the store went up in flames and the fire was reported to have raged for more than a day. This, as we…
There’s more to Ebeano supermarket burning -Tweeps
Nigerians have reacted to the closed-circuit television footage showing how a nine-year-old girl set fire to the multi-million naira shopping centre, Ebeano Supermarket in Lokogoma, Abuja on July 17. The girl had accompanied her mother to the supermarket to shop…
Fire guts Sunday Igboho’s house
A midnight fire on Tuesday gutted some parts of the house of a popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, The PUNCH has learnt. The fire reportedly started around 3am in the building located in the…
Buhari sympathises with victims of Sokoto market fire incident, calls for improved safety standards
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy and solidarity with victims of the Sokoto Central Market fire incident. According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, he said: “I am deeply moved by this fire incident because of its…