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…
Many trapped as building collapses in Ebute Metta
There are fears that some persons might have died after a building collapsed along Cemetery Road, opposite the health centre in Ebute Metta, Lagos. The two-storey building, which houses shops and residential apartments, collapsed just after noon on Friday. Many…
*Lagos boat mishap: 7 died, 14 rescued as search ends (Guardian) *2,430 virus patients decline to show up for treatment (Nation)
Lagos boat mishap: 7 died, 14 rescued as search ends (Guardian) The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said 14 people were rescued alive and seven died at the end of the rescue operation of a…
