YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).
Yemen fighting pushes nearly 3,000 to Djibouti in less than a week: UN Nearly 3,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in less than a week as escalating violence drives growing displacement within the country and across its borders, the UN refugee agency said Friday. “Refugees continue to arrive by boat through Obock, Khor Angar, Moulhoule and Godoria after difficult journeys in small vessels,” UNHCR representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours told reporters in Geneva, Anadolu Agency reported. More than half of those crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are women and children, while some families have been displaced for a second time after previously fleeing Yemen during the 2015 crisis and later returning. UNHCR is preparing for at least 10,000 new arrivals but warned that capacity is rapidly diminishing. Markazi refugee village, designed for 5,000 people, was already hosting more than 2,700 Yemenis and 1,500 Eritreans. More than 100,000 people have also been displaced ins...
According to sources,a section of Sterling Bank,Oke Ilewo branch located at the OPIC Roundabout,Abeokuta,was today tuesday gutted by a mid-day fire.A staff of the bank,who spoke on the condition of anonymity to pressmen said that the fire incident occurred at around Twelve noon due to electrical fault.He said attempts by security personnel to use fire extinguishers to put out the fire failed,and the management had to call the state fire service.The men of the Ogun State Fire and Safety Service put put the fire and prevented it from spreading to other parts of the bank.Mr Adebamba Adesanya,the Deputy,Ogun Fire and Safety Service,said that the fire service received a call from the bank and responded immediately.''We received a call from the bank that there was a fire incident and within a few minutes,we arrived the scene to control the situation.By the grace of God,everything is now under control.The fire occurred as a result of power surge,presently I can't confirm the extent of the damage but later,we will be able to ascertain that,But only a part of the roof was affected.We have to be very careful with our electrical gadgets during this harmattan period because 90 percent of the equipment that we use in our offices and homes are purely comburstible elements and can ignite anytime there is explosion.We have to be very careful with our electrical gadgets during this harmattan period because 90 percent of the equipment that we use in our offices and homes are purely combustible elements and can ignite anytime there is explosion.We must ensure that we guard against this and get ourselves ready to tackle and avert incidents like this one,'' Adesanya said.
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