President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu as the Controller General Federal Fire Service. Secretary to the Civil Defence, Fire Immigration and Correctional Service Board, Hajia Aisha Rufai disclosed this in a statement Tuesday in Abuja.…
Mystery fire on Sunday afternoon razed some parts of Nkwo Ogbe market in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area, and destroyed goods that worth several millions of Naira. The inferno, which started from the clothes section of the market at about…
By Deshi Munkuwe The turnaround of Nigeria’s fire service has been nothing short of extraordinary since the worthy appointment of Dr. Liman Alhaji Alkali as its Controller General. CGF Ibrahim, the brain behind the tangible transformation of the Federal Fire…
The Federal Fire Service FFS has threatened to pull out of any state which cannot guarantee the protection of firefighters and assets, decrying Wednesday’s bloody attack on firemen by hoodlums in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. According to the Service,…
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) can said to be among the few earliest government agencies in Nigeria established in 1901 by the British colonial regime before independence as a Unit within the Lagos Police Service Department to prevent and combat…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has once again appealed to military authorities to ceasefire in the ongoing operation in parts of Konshisha Local Government Area of the State. Governor Ortom said the appeal became necessary to prevent the loss of…
Some parts of the expansive Katsina Central Market were on Monday gutted by fire The Nation learnt the fire started around 7 am from the side of the shops that houses grinding machines and food stuff sellers. The cause of…
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, has come under fire for dragging 50 persons before a Chief Magistrate’s court in Abuja over their alleged roles in the #EndSARS protests that took place last month. Okeke, in a suit filed before the court,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it was yet to uncover the cause of the fire incident that razed two containers were 5,141 card readers were kept in its office in Akure. It said the incident would not…
The statutory responsibility of Firefighters is no doubt a noble and perilous one. As an agency of government, Federal Fire Service’s primary aim of establishment is to prevent and manage incidents of fire outbreaks in Nigeria, and in a prompt…
