Electrical fault sparks fire at Army headquarters
![Nigerian Army Headquarters. [PHOTO CREDIT: Civil Military Affairs]](https://gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AHQ-NOW-1024x681-1.jpg)
A fire outbreak occurred at the Nigerian Army Headquarters building in Abuja, army spokesperson Mohammed Yerima made the disclosure Tuesday in a statement.
Mr. Yerima, a brigadier-general, disclosed that the fire out break was caused by faulty electrical installations.
“Electrical fault sparked a minor fire incident at the Army Headquarters Complex, Abuja, Tuesday morning.
“The incident which happened at about 10.15 a.m. was as a result of minor electrical fault in one of the offices, the army spokesman said.
When contacted Tuesday afternoon to assess the level of damage the fire might have caused, Mr. Yerima told Peoples Gazette that the the level of damage caused by the inferno is minimal.
“If there’s serious serious damage you would have see it in my report.” Mr. Yerima said.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Economy
Nigeria to introduce QR code for export products
The federal government says it is developing a national Halal framework that will introduce a QR code-based certification for Nigerian products.
NationWide
Tinubu hails Oyedepo at 72
Mr Tinubu joined Mr Oyedepo’s family and the Christian community in celebrating the cleric’s contributions to education, leadership development, and humanitarian service.
Africa
President Ruto hails Dangote Refinery as group accelerates African expansion, targets $36 billion revenue
Kenyan President William Ruto described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as “a masterpiece of science, engineering and art” after touring the world-class facility in Lagos.
NationWide
Nigerians need living wage; minimum wage is N213,000 in Libya, N245,000 in Algeria, N351,000 in Gabon: Atiku
Mr Abubakar challenged President Tinubu to agree immediately to a substantial minimum wage increase that reflects the real cost of food, transport, rent and power.
NationWide
FG targets 10 million globally certified Nigerians by 2030
“Nigeria’s greatest asset is its people: a young, ambitious, English-speaking and increasingly digitally capable population,” Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said.
States
Yobe APC wins all 17 LG chairmanship seats
The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YSIEC) conducted the election for the 17 local government councils on September 26.
