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2,000 Traders Affected By Onitsha Fire, Says NEMA Official

October 22, 2019 5:00 pm

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that at least 2,000 traders suffered huge losses in the fuel tanker fire that destroyed major parts of the Ochanja Market in Onitsha.

The South-East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Fred Anusim, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu while speaking on the extent of damage by the fire.

Anusim said that from the “rapid assessment” conducted by the agency, over 50 storey buildings were affected.

He said that the assessment was not comprehensive but rapidly done due to the prevailing anger amongst residents of the

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Obi Of Onitsha; Achebe Decries Rate Of Youth Restiveness

October 21, 2019 6:39 pm

The Chairman, Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe has decried the alarming rate of youth restiveness in the country which he said needs urgent attention of families, government and religious institutions.

Achebe, however, advised parents to assist government, traditional institutions and stakeholders by reporting such recalcitrant children to the palaces of traditional rulers in their communities or law enforcement authorities for reforms.

The monarch who stated this when he received the Director, Centre for Strategic Leadership and Youth Orientation, Dr. Kingsley Ubaoji at traditional rulers council office at Government House, Awka said: “It …

Senator Ngige Donates ₦1million To Onitsha Fire Victims

October 21, 2019 2:47 am

Assures them NEMA will come with relief materials

The Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has issued a cheque of ₦1 million to the victims of Onitsha fire disaster at Ochanja market in Anambra State.

Ngige who was at Ochanja market to commiserate with the traders on the fire incident in the market last Wednesday described the fire as a disastrous and huge loss both humanly and materially.

He said that the money was his personal donation to enable the families of those who lost their lives to commence burials and to care for medical bills of …

Sadiya Umar-Farouq Visits Scene Of Onitsha Market Fire

October 19, 2019 4:35 am

Assures victims of FG’s support
Two more petrol tankers fall in Onitsha

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has assured victims of Wednesday’s fire incident at the Ochanja Market, Onitsha in Anambra State, of the federal government’s support towards ameliorating their plights. She gave the assurance yesterday in Onitsha when she visited the market to ascertain the level of damage.

Umar-Farouq said she was pained at the level of losses incurred by the traders as well as the damage caused by the inferno.

“We are here on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, who directed …

Onitsha Fire: Okowa Condoles Obiano And Victims

October 17, 2019 5:42 pm

Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday commiserated with his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Willie Obiano, Anambra people, particularly Onitsha residents over the tragic fire incident that gutted parts of the commercial city.

A tanker laden with petroleum product on Wednesday reportedly fell into the gutter and spilled its content on the road at Upper Iweka, leading to the inferno that resulted in the death of some people and the destruction of many buildings, including business premises in the town.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okowa, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, quoted his boss as saying that the images he …

Onitsha Fire: Death Toll Rises To 6; Six Plazas, 100 Shops

October 17, 2019 5:22 pm

The death toll from the Onitsha fuel tanker fire has increased to six, as three more corpses were recovered from one of the shops razed in Wednesday’s conflagration in Anambra’s commercial capital.

This brings the total number of dead persons in the inferno to six, including a pregnant woman and her child, and a man who died yesterday.

Also destroyed by the fire were six plazas, 100 shops and residential houses worth over ₦1 billion.

The President of Ochanja Central Market, Chief Nelson Ojukwu, and a patron of the market, Mr. Ifeanyi Iloka, said the fire lasted all night till …

Mother, Child Burnt To Death In Onitsha Tanker Explosion

October 17, 2019 3:24 am

• Ladipo boys scoop fuel after diesel-laden tanker falls into ditch

A mother and her child were burnt to death while more than 40 buildings were razed in a tanker explosion at Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra State. Over 500 lock-up shops were also gutted by the fire along with the Iweka street market leading to Ochanja and Menax markets.

The explosion was started when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, descending from the Zik’s roundabout end of Onitsha-Enugu expressway, lost control at Toronto Hospital and veered off the service lane. The tanker’s …