Tag: NALPGAM

Gas Cylinder Explosion Kills 10 Year-Old Boy, 4 Others in Lagos

Tade Salako

“It’s not an LPG related accident but rather acetylene gas used for welding,” cooking gas marketers declared   Five people including a ten year-old boy were, on Tuesday morning, killed when cylinders at a gas retailing Centre exploded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Platforms Africa reports that the gas centre is located at Ojekunle Street, Ladipo Spare Part market area of Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the accident, noting that there are also many casualties. READ ALSO: Why Nigerian Varsities May Be Shut In Next Three Weeks…

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DANGER! Gas cylinder in your kitchen is expired? Here is how to check!

Efe Wellington

  A lot of domestic gas users in Nigeria do not know that cylinders or canisters they use to store and transport the cooking gas have expiry dates. Executive Secretary, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), Mr. Bassey Essien, in this no holds barred interview at the Platforms Africa Forum 3rd e-Discourse, opened up on this and his association’s report on the cause(s) of recent gas explosion in Ajuwon, Iju Isaga area of Lagos, Nigeria. Excerpts: The explosion in Ajuwon, Iju Isaga area of Lagos, Nigeria reported to…

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