By Tina Abeku, Abuja 08 December 2022 | 8:03 pm An overnight fire has burned down a filling station, Danmarna, at Lugbe, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. An overnight fire has burned down a filling station, Danmarna, at Lugbe, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. According to an eyewitness, the fire whose cause could not be ascertained started at 10 pm and threw the very populated busy suburb into confusion as motorists and motorcycles scrambled to escape being caught in the fire. The owner of the station, Alhaji Usman who spoke with The Guardian, said millions have been lost due to the fire which destroyed the station and the pumping machine among others. “We are still taking stock of what we have lost but already we have lost millions but we are grateful that no lives were lost” The manager of the station, Shehu Sani, said the destruction caused by the fire was quite devastating and this will impact the staff and the company. “It is a very sad day for us. Although nobody was hurt and our tanker drivers were quick to drive the tankers away from being burned down by the fire, we are still going to suffer this loss,” He lamented that despite several calls put through to the Federal Fire Service, (FFS), and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), fire service, they were unable to read the station until about one hour later when the fire had already caused much damage. He called for fire stations to be built in areas with clusters of filling stations to improve the response time of the fire services in the event of any fire outbreak. Latest 17 mins ago No fewer than 5,235, out of estimated two million, women living with obstetric fistula worldwide, have been treated by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, in Jahun General Hospital, Jigawa State, in the last 14 years. Disclosing this, yesterday, in Dutse, MSF called for concerted efforts to help reintegrate affected women… 23 mins ago Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has unveiled the plan to construct new flyovers and roads in Maiduguri to ease commuting in the metropolis. The project comprises the construction of two flyovers at Borno Express junction and Westend Roundabout as well as dual carriageway from Shehu’s roundabout to Songhai. Zulum disclosed this, yesterday, in Maiduguri,… 27 mins ago Shamudeen Bada, a witness, has told Kwara State High Court how men of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of police (IGP) led by DCP Abba Kyari tortured them to implicate former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery incident. Bada, who is a former Vice Chairman of Irepodun… 27 mins ago A High Court in Kaduna has ordered the forfeiture of the properties of Kaduna State Road Agency (KADRA) for failure to pay some indigenous contractors. In her judement, Justice Binta Zubairu ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiffs N254,405,169.50 being the aggregate sum owed by the defendants in respect of drainage work valuation Batch 2… 1 day ago The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been asked to launch a proper investigation into the qualifications of the Executive Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Stella Erhuvwuoghene Okotete. The petitioner, Lawyers for Reform Group (LRG), in a letter acknowledged on behalf of the ICPC Chairman, told the commission that…
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