Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has expressed his sympathy with the President/Founder of LoveWorld Incorporated (popularly known as Christ Embassy), Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over the fire incident that gutted the church’s headquarters in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday morning. In a statement by his media team on Sunday, Ighodalo said that he …

A resident’s failure to properly extinguish a charcoal fire used for cooking on Thursday night resulted in a fire that engulfed a 40-room flat in the early hours of Friday. The incident happened at the Ile Muse compound, off Emir’s Road in Ilorin, Kwara State, It was gathered that 9 of the 40 rooms at No. E143, Ile Muse, off …

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze, which occurred at the Yingcai School in Henan’s Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday night, Xinhua said. Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, Xinhua said, adding that one …

The Labour Party (LP) on Friday sympathised with the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, over the fire incident at his Lagos home on Wednesday. In a solidarity message, the party urged the government to investigate the actual cause of the fire. According to reports, the fire started from the roof before it exploded into a huge …

The Kano Police Command headquarters in Bompai was engulfed by fire on Saturday aftertoon, the cause of which has yet to be established. According to witnesses, the fire, which started from the Provost’s office, spread to the Finance Department, Conference Room, the office of the Police Public Relations Officer, the office of the Assistant Police Commissioner (Administration), and that of …

In Elekahia community, Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, hundreds of residents have pleaded with Governor Nyesom Wike for help after their homes were completely destroyed by a fire outbreak. There was a fire incident at about 8:30 am on Friday following an explosion, which was suspected to have resulted from a kerosene explosion. The fire razed houses …

Suspected hoodlums burnt an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana Mortuary lll in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in the early hours of Thursday. The hoodlums, numbering about eight, reportedly scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. It was gathered that the hoodlums after invading the …