*Many houses affected as downpour, flood hit Lagos (Channels)*Lagos shuts Mandilas Market for sanitation infraction (Tribune)

Many houses affected as downpour, flood hit Lagos (Channels) Scores of houses were affected as downpour and flood hit Lagos State on Tuesday morning.  Many residents of Nigeria’s economic nerve centre were also stranded in their residential apartments and in…

Shops, goods destroyed in Lagos tanker explosion

A yet-to-be-ascertained number of shops with goods were destroyed in a Tuesday late-night fire that occurred when a gas tanker caught fire along the Agbado Road in the Toyin area of Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. The…

3 killed as train crashes into Lagos staff bus

At least three staff members of the Lagos State Government have died and about 84 others injured in a collision between a train and a staff bus on the rail track at Ikeja Along, Sogunle area of the state. It…

*Many trapped, 2 rescued as another 3-storey building collapses in Lagos (Leadership)*Lagos PPRO disguises, policeman asks him ‘for something’ (Punch)

Many trapped, 2 rescued as another 3-storey building collapses in Lagos (Leadership) Several persons were, on Friday, trapped after a three-storey building on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin in Lagos, collapsed. According to the Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator, National Emergency…

6 persons trapped as 7-storey building collapses at Lekki

Six persons are reportedly trapped as a seven-storey building collapses at Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.…

Fire guts shopping mall in Lagos

A shopping mall at Ligali Ayorinde junction, Victoria Island, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Wednesday. In a trending video clip on social media, firefighters are seen trying to put out the fire. The Lagos Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency,…

Emergency responders rescue 3 persons from Lagos flood

Emergency responders have rescued three persons from a Lexus Jeep that was swept away by heavy flood around Oyatoki area of Agege, Lagos State. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National…

Failed Bridge: Save us from looming disaster, Lagos community appeals to NEMA

For residents of Ilo-Boundary Ajegunle, a border community between Lagos and Ogun states, life takes a frightening twirl, yearly when the rainy season begins.  Ironically, the season which ought to be a harbinger of blessing brings residents so much pain and…

*Death toll rises to 8 in Lagos building collapse (Punch)*Residents resist moves to demolish distressed building in Lagos (Vanguard)

Death toll rises to 8 in Lagos building collapse (Punch) The death toll recorded during the building collapse, which happened Sunday, on Ibadan Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, has increased to eight. A statement by the…

NEMA receives 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had received 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News…

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