Traders of the plank section of the boundary market, at the Ajegunle area of Lagos were still counting their loses as fire gutted parts of the market. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed that some shops were gutted…
Baby delivered under Ajah Bridge
The ambulance team of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Saturday delivered a woman of a baby boy under the Ajah bridge in Lagos. The woman, identified as Blessing Emmanuel, 35, gave birth at about 4:30 pm, Dr…
1 dies after bus, SUV collide with train in Oshodi
One passenger was killed on Monday after a bus and a highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a moving commuter train in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, announced…
Confusion trails drowning of two in Lagos flood
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday, continued the search for two residents said to have been swept away by flood at Oyebanjo Solarin Street, in the Ketu area of the state. PUNCH Metro, however, gathered that…
2 killed, 6 injured as trucks collide with bus in Lagos
Two persons were killed and four injured in a road accident in the Anthony area of Lagos State. It was learned that the accident occurred when four vehicles involving two trucks, a tanker and a commercial bus had a collision.…
10 cars, 1 trailer razed by fire at LASTMA yard
Ten cars and a trailer were razed in a fire outbreak at the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority compound in Oshodi. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the fire was put out by first responders from the…
*Lagos police free anti-government protesters (Guardian) *Falling container deaths: Lagos to prosecute truck owner, driver (Nation)
Lagos police free anti-government protesters (Guardian) Police in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos have freed 25 protesters arrested at a banned anti-government demonstration, a spokesman said Thursday. “All the 25 suspects were released last night after being cautioned against unruly and…
LASEMA demolishes buildings gutted by fire in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said 30 shops, six bungalows destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon in Lagos had been pulled down. The Director-General, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known after the LASEMA Response Team, Lagos State…