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Death toll rises to 5 in Lagos building collapse

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the death toll in the building collapse at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland area of the state had risen to five person. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a…

Sunrise News
*15 people injured in Lagos multiple accident – LASEMA (Vanguard)*Minimum wage: N250,000 demand not sacrosanct, says TUC (Nation)

15 people injured in Lagos multiple accident – LASEMA (Vanguard) The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Oke-Osanyintolu said…

Sunrise News
*Drainage worker dies in Lagos tunnel after 5 days of search and rescue (Vanguard)*Man arrested for vandalising streetlights on Lagos 3rd mainland bridge (DailyTrust)

Drainage worker dies in Lagos tunnel after 5 days of search and rescue (Vanguard) The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) has confirmed the death of a man trapped in an underground tunnel for five days around the Onipanu area…

Lagos News
No casualty in Balogun Market, Lagos fire outbreak – LASEMA

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said on Thursday that no casualty was recorded at the Balogun Market fire on Broad Street on the Lagos Island. Its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, stated that the fire began at about…

Sunset News
*Lady who jumped into lagoon, DSS staff member -Report (Punch)*Nigeria’s Abba Gumel elected fellow of American Mathematical Society (DailyTrust)

Lady who jumped into lagoon, DSS staff member -Report (Punch) The woman who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on Thursday has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff member of the Department of State Services. According to Channels Television, sources…

Sunset News
*Former PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh spotted preaching in Garki Market (Vanguard)*Woman dies in toilet evading EFCC arrest (Sun)

Former PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh spotted preaching in Garki Market (Vanguard) Former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, was spotted at the Garki International Market in Abuja on Saturday morning preaching the gospel…

Sunrise News
*6 months after #EndSARS, commuters bear brunt of burnt Oyingbo BRT Terminus (Guardian)*LASEMA, police disagree over cause as fire destroys 100 shops in textile market (Punch)

6 months after #EndSARS, commuters bear brunt of burnt Oyingbo BRT Terminus (Guardian) Though Nigeria has moved on aftermath the #EndSARS protest that shook the country to its foundation, especially its commercial capital, Lagos, where the damages were more. However,…

Sunset News
*Faces and profiles of the new service chiefs (Tribune)*NECO releases new date for 2020 SSCE (NewTelegraph)

Faces and profiles of the new service chiefs (Tribune) The new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, with Army number 8370, was born on October 5, 1965. He is from Ika South of Delta State and he is…

Lagos News
LASEMA identifies faulty cooking gas cylinder as cause of Ijesha fire – DG

A building on Market Street, off Ijesha, in Surulere, Lagos, housing  nine apartments and 12 shops, was on Saturday evening, gutted by fire, caused by a faulty cooking gas valve that exploded, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…

Sunset News
*Fire razes Ketu Plank Market in Lagos (Tribune)* FG to lift total shutdown of Third Mainland Bridge at midnight (Vanguard)

Fire razes Ketu Plank Market in Lagos (Tribune) A fire has broken out in the Ketu Plank Market, Lagos State on Sunday destroying goods and shops worth millions of naira. The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has confirmed the…

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