The Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has confirmed that seven people died in a collapsed building in Lagos on Sunday. Oke-Osanyintolu made the confirmation as the LASEMA Response Team tried to clear the debris of the building. He said that the uncompleted building, at 60 Odo Street, Obalende, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, partially collapsed and injured 15 people. “Immediately we received a distress call at about 4:30p.m. on the incident, we activated our emergency response team and all responders headed for the scene. “Rescue…
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Three dead as truck plunges into river in Lagos
Three men were on Saturday confirmed dead after a tipper plunged into the Epe River in Lagos. The tipper said to be laden with sand, fell off the Berger Bridge into the River late on Friday, drowning unspecified number of occupants. The Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to Channels Television on Saturday said the bodies of three adult males have been recovered. According to him, the agency received information late last night of the accident involving a Volvo tipper that…
Read MoreContainer-laden truck falls on bus in Lagos, kills two
An empty 40ft container has claimed two lives in an accident at Ijesha area of Lagos, an official said. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said this on Saturday. Mr Oke-Osanyintolu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. He said that the LASEMA management received a distress call on its emergency toll free line at about 9:44 p.m. on Friday and activated a response team to the incident scene at Odo Olowu bus-stop at Ijesha.…
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