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Fire Service Commences Career Devt Training For Personnel

The Federal Fire Service has commenced career development training for officers ahead of its promotion exercise. This is contained in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Paul Abraham in Abuja. This followed introduction of new promotion guidelines by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, incorporating mandatory Career Development Training. The statement says during the flag-off ceremony, the Controller General of the Service, Abdulganiyu Jaji, urged […]

January 25, 2024

Local

Gov. Alia Launches Fire Safety Project

By Bridget Ikyado Benue State Government has commenced a project for the distribution of fire extinguishers and enforcement of its usage in homes and public places across the state. The government also said that the project has provision for the servicing of fire extinguishers as part of efforts to not only ensure safety, but also generate employment. Governor Hyacinth Alia made this known on Saturday in Makurdi at the launch […]

January 14, 2024

National

NSCDC, NIS, CoS, Fire Service Board Promotes 32,361 Personnel

By Nkiru Njemanze The Civil Defence, Immigration, Correctional, and Fire Service Board has approved the promotion of thirty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-one personnel of the services under the Ministry of Interior. While reading out the reports after the Board's meeting, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi said the list was approved at the Board's fifth meeting for the year […]

December 2, 2023

Foreign

Fourteen Venezuelan Migrants Killed In Chile Fire

Chilean authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a migrant settlement in the southern city of Coronel that killed 14 Venezuelans. Eight children were among the dead, Coronel's deputy mayor, Javier Valencia said. He added that the fire's cause was unknown but that officials were investigating whether a heating unit had overheated. Three families were living in two homes destroyed by the fire. Mr Valencia criticised an apparent […]

November 7, 2023

National

Fire Service Commissions 21 Rapid Intervention Vehicles

By Nkiru Njemanze The Federal Fire Service has commissioned twenty one fire engines and rapid intervention vehicles to further fight incidences of fire in the country. At the commissioning of the vehicles in Abuja, the minister of Interior, Dr Olubumi Tunji- Ojo noted that for any nation to attain its potential, the fire service cannot be relegated. Dr Tunji-Ojo called on the service men to rise up to […]

October 11, 2023

Featured

Spain: Nightclub Fire Kills 13 In Murcia

At least 13 people have died in a fire that engulfed three nightclubs in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia. The blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub - known as La Fonda - early on Sunday morning. It then spread to neighbouring clubs as patrons rushed to escape the packed dancefloors, police said. Local media reported that family members celebrating a birthday were among the dead. One of […]

October 2, 2023

Africa

Huge Fire Engulfs Police Complex In Egypt’s Ismailia

A huge fire has erupted at a police complex in the Egyptian city of Ismailia. Videos on social media showed flames soaring from the city’s security directorate early on Monday morning, and it appeared the building’s main facade had collapsed. Two witnesses told the Reuters news agency fire engines had been sent to the scene but appeared to be struggling to contain the blaze. Some people were seen being brought […]

October 2, 2023

Judiciary

Fire Guts Abuja Supreme Court

A section of the Supreme Court in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT has been gutted by fire. The cause of the inferno which occurred on Monday morning is unknown but the offices of three Justices have allegedly been burnt down. NAN reports that the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande, who confirmed the fire incident said "The fire has since been put […]

September 25, 2023

Africa

Benin Acts After Dozens Killed In Fuel Fire

The Beninese government has ordered an assessment of all fuel storage facilities in the wake of the deadly explosion that killed dozens of people over the weekend. At least 34 people were killed on Saturday after an explosion at a fuel depot in southern Benin. A statement from the decentralisation and governance ministry said the order for an "exhaustive assessment" of all fuel depots was to prevent a similar incident […]