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Mother, three children burns to death in Niger

A sad incident has been reported in Niger State where a fire outbreak had caught up with a two-bedroom flat house on Wednesday, June 10, burning to death a mother and her three kids including a month old baby, Naija News reports. It was reported that the incident happened at Nkangbe, a community at the…

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3 persons killed, properties lost at early morning fire outbreak at Akesan market in Oyo (See photos, Video)

No fewer than three persons have been reportedly killed following a protest in Oyo town over the inability of the firefighters to quench the fire at Akesan market on Sunday. The fire razed Oyo’s central commercial area, Akesan Market, almost entirely, leaving only a few shops and a filling station, witnesses, including two traders who…

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Pregnant woman burnt to death in Ibadan motor accident

A pregnant woman was burnt to death in a fatal motor accident that occured along Omi Adio, Ibadan- Abeokuta expressway today Tuesday July 16th. According to reports, the deceased was traveling in a commercial vehicle that developed a mechanical fault when the shaft pulled off, causing the driver to lose control and run into a…

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30 vehicles, 2 persons burnt to death in early morning NNPC pipeline fire outbreak (video)

Two people have been confirmed dead and over 30 vehicles burnt following the early morning fire that engulfed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ijegun, a Lagos suburb. Suspected pipeline vandals were said to have ignited the fire at about 5am on Thursday at Fire Junction, Ijegun, in a bid to prevent security…

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30 vehicles, 2 persons burnt to death in early morning NNPC pipeline fire outbreak (video)

Two people have been confirmed dead and over 30 vehicles burnt following the early morning fire that engulfed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ijegun, a Lagos suburb. Suspected pipeline vandals were said to have ignited the fire at about 5am on Thursday at Fire Junction, Ijegun, in a bid to prevent security…

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Makinde commiserates with victims of Aperin Market fire, promised to investigate the cause

The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has received with sadness news of the fire incident at Aperin market, in Ibadan the state capital. The Governor, in a statement made a available to newsmen by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, commiserated with the victims of the fire incident, saying that his government…

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Goods Worth Millions of Naira Destroyed by Fire in Orita-Aperin Market In Ibadan As Victims Called On Oyo Government For Assistance

Segun Showunmi in Ibadan. After a couple of weeks of a fire incident that happened at Onipepeye bridge, along Lagos/Ibadan express way, where some people were burnt to death, another fire incident also broke up on Friday midnight in Orita-Aperin Market, Ibadan, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The Babaloja of Orita-Aperin market, Abiodun Hammed…

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