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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred around 3pm at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when a technician […]

Another gas explosion rocks Abeokuta on Eid-el-Fitri day Published Another gas explosion has occurred in Abeokuta as Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Fitri on Thursday, DAILY POST reports. This is coming less than 24 hours after three persons were burnt to death in a gas explosion that rocked Oke-Igbore area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Ogun State Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. The explosion was reportedly triggered by a refrigerator gas. DAILY POST gathered...

Daily Post Nigeria Published DAILY POST learnt that the incident occurred at Oke-Egunya, along NTA road, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Eyewitness account has it that the fire started as a result of gas explosion. It was learnt that a technician had visited a house in the area to service a faulty refrigerator. “In the process of topping up gas into the refrigerator, there was an attraction of fire from someone cooking and there came an explosion,” an eyewitness told DAILY POST. The Direc...

Police arrest 20-year-old with 237 wraps of weed in Delta Published The suspect, who has confessed to the crime, was arrested based on intelligence, DAILY POST gathered. The Delta State Police Command led by CP Ari Muhammed Ali, disclosed this in a terse statement signed by the Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe. He said, “Suspect allegedly confessed to be a major dealer in Indian Hemp. Investigation is ongoing.” Published Apprehension engulfed the agrarian community o...

ADVERTISEMENT Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred around 3 p.m. at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to a witness, the incident occurred when a technician was topping up gas of a faulty refrigerator at a residence in the area. “In the process of topping up gas into the refrigerator, there was an attraction of...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Apprehension engulfed the agrarian community of Ikaram-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government on Thursday, following the abduction of two persons by suspected kidnappers. One of the victims identified as Gbodi, was abducted few kilometres from his residence, along Okeagbe/Ikaram highway while returning from his farm with the other victim kidnapped very close to where some construction workers were abducted recently along lkaram/Akunu highway within the area. It ...

  A gas explosion has killed three persons in the Igbore area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident which occurred on Wednesday. He added that four other persons sustained injuries from the explosion which occurred in the state capital. According to an eyewitness, the fire outbreak was caused by the leakage of the hose used in passing refr...

Vanguard News Six die, as gas cylinder explodes in Abeokuta On James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA No fewer than six persons, including an infant, were on Wednesday confirmed dead when a refrigerator gas cylinder exploded in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The explosion, which occurred around 2: 30 p.m at the Oke-Egunya area of the metropolis, was allegedly caused by a technical error on the part of a technician working to top up a faulty refrigerator in the area. A source at the scene of the incident...

Share Three persons lost their lives to a gas explosion, on Wednesday afternoon, at the Oke-Egunya area of Abeokuta. It was gathered that there was a fire attraction when a technician was working on a faulty refrigerator and there was an explosion in the process. The victims were said to have been trapped by the fire and burnt to death. The State Director of Fire Service, Engr Fatai Adefala, confirmed the incident, saying his men raced to the scene upon receiving the information. “We received...

Vanguard News Six die, as gas cylinder explodes at Abeokuta in Ogun On By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta No fewer than six persons, including an infant, were on Wednesday confirmed dead when a refrigerator gas cylinder exploded in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The explosion, which occurred around 2: 30 p.m at Oke-Egunya area of the metropolis, was allegedly caused by a technical error on the part of a technician working to top up a faulty refrigerator in the area. Source at the scene of the ...