Tag: National Emergency Management Agency

How We Recovered 9 Bodies From Kano Gas Explosion Scene – NEMA

Abibat Babalola

Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has postponed its 58th anniversary celebration billed to commence in Kano as a result of the explosion   Although initial report said the explosion took place in a primary school in the area, Kano State government said the explosion, which affected buildings around the area, including a primary school, was from an animal food shop opposite the school, along Aba road. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, which also corroborated police account that the explosion was caused by a gas explosion, said its personnel recovered nine…

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How 33,000 Litre-Petrol Tanker Exploded In Lagos Filling Station – Witness

Tade Salako

11 Plc probes cause of the incident as fire razed storey building, rendered many homeless There was pandemonium at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on Wednesday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded at a Mobil Filling Station in the community. The fire was said to have spread to an adjoining three-storey building, burning down the property. Eyewitnesses said the fire started around 1pm when the tanker, laden with 33,000 litres of petrol, was discharging its content at the filling station…

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