NEWS ITEMS RELATING TO SOME RECENT INSURABLE DISASTERS IN NIGERIA

The following are some of the losses suffered by Nigerians in the past 2 years for which compensations would have been secured for the victims under the compulsory insurance products:


Avoidable Tragedy on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway – Over 40 lives claimed in multiple accident and inferno (The Punch, Wednesday, 18th August, 2010)

19 Persons Feared Dead in Abuja Building Collapse (BusinessDay Thursday, 12th August, 2010) – Building on Gambiya Street in Abuja collapsed killing up to 19 people and injuring many.

Lady looses 4 fingers to factory machine in Sango-Ota (The Punch, February 2010)

8 workers Injured at Collapsed Office Building of the Head of Service under Construction at Government Secretariat, Ibadan (The Punch, August 21, 2009)

Trailer rams into shops at Ikirun, Osun State, Kills 2, Injures 8 (Vanguard, Friday, April 3, 2009)

Building Collapse: Idiaraba, Lagos; 11 Corpses Recovered, 22 Seriously Injured (The Punch, Friday, March 27 2009)

Fire Rages Ogunpa Market, Ibadan (ThisDay, Monday, December 29, 2008)

Six Die in Surulere, Lagos on Boxing Day Fire Tragedy (ThisDay, Saturday, December 27, 2008)

Hastily Constructed 3-Storey Building Collapses, Crushing Another Building and Cars in Lagos State (The Guardian, Monday August 25, 2008)

Five Feared Dead in Ibadan Factory Accident (ThisDay, Saturday August 23, 2008)

Flood Submerges 150 Houses in Sokoto State (The Punch, Tuesday, August 19, 2008)

Eleven (11) Die in FCT Auto Crash (ThisDay, Saturday, August 2, 2008)

Utako Collapsed Building – 2 FCDA officials suspended (Daily Trust, Thursday, July 31, 2008)

Storage of Chemicals Causes Fire To 5-Storey Building On Broad Street, Lagos (PM News, May 23, 2008)




OTHER DISASTER STATISTICS

Several communities across Nigeria identified as prone to earthquakes, land slide and volcanic eruption including Okuku (Osun State), Ibadan, (Oyo State), Abeokuta & Ijebu-Ode (Ogun State), Amanzu & Nnanga (Anambra State), Aku (Enugu State), Makwangi (Bauchi State), Osarerun Hills (Gongola State), Ogba, Umoni Hill (Benue State). (Nigeria – The Looming Danger, Tell Magazine, March 1, 2010)

Okada Accidents Claim 1,300 lives in 6 months in Abia State (ThisDay, April 2, 2009)

Fire Outbreaks take 1,017 lives in Kano State between Jan – Dec 2009 (Kano State Fire Services)

1,871 Incidents involving road accidents, drowning in rivers & wells in Kano State (Kano State Fire Services)

Fifty one (51) Fire outbreaks in Lagos between October 2008 and April 2009 (The Punch, Sunday May 3, 2009)

Fifty Five (55) People killed in Lagos State Pedestrian Accidents in 180 days [Oct 1 2008 – April 5 2009] (The Punch, Sunda May 3, 3009)

Over One Million (1,169,226) Road Traffic Accidents in Nigeria between 1960 and 2008 [323, 668 Dead, 966, 925 injured] (FRSC, Tell Magazine, December 14, 2009)