3rd Mainland Bridge Suicide: LASEMA Officials Continue Search For Body In Lagoon.

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Staff Reporter

It is day two of the search for the body of a man identified as Dr. Allwell Orji, who allegedly jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday evening.

Emergency agencies who have been conducting the search said their effort has not yielded any fruit.

The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, told Channels Television that officials would continue with the search until the body was found.

Mr Tiamiyu said the search operation lasted till late night, adding that more boats were deployed on Monday morning while the search continued.

He hinted that the operation was extended to a wider range, saying tidal waves might have moved the drowned body from where the incident took place.

The LASEMA boss, who said they have also alerted those in the neighbourhood to watch out for any floating body, noted that it was not certain if the body would be recovered on Monday.

Until his death, Dr. Orji works at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Surulere area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

He was said to be on his way to Victoria Island for a meeting with the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria when the incident happened.

Temporary reports from Police authorities revealed that the deceased had asked his driver to stop the vehicle before jumping across the bridge and into the water.

LASEMA also said there was a distress call of a man who parked his grey coloured Nissan SUV at about 4:50 pm around Adekunle and jumped into the Lagos lagoon.

The agency said the vehicle and the driver had been taken to Adeniji Adele Police Station for further investigation.

Source: Channels TV

JUST IN: Manufacturing company gutted by fire in Oshodi [Pictures]

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Staff Reporter

While workers in a manufacturing company situated along the Oshodi axis of Lagos were relaxing over the weekend, little did they know that they would resume work to find their workplace completely razed.

According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, the inferno that completely affected factory was caused by a chemical explosion.

The agency disclosed that its Emergency Response Team (ERT) received a distress call on the fire incident before it deployed officers to the scene.

The fire was however put off with the support of the Lagos Fire Service. This however couldn’t prevent the loss of properties to the inferno.

See more photos of the scene below.

Another gas tanker falls at Abattoir – Agege

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Staff Reporter

There was panic among residents and other passerby along the Abattoir end of Agege, Lagos, yesterday, March 12, 2017, after a gas tanker fell in the area.

This is accident occurred few hours after another petrol tanker fell by its side at Toyota Bust Stop, Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos.

According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, the incident occurred at Abattoir inward Abule Egba.

As a result, residents and other occupants of nearby buildings were thrown into discomfort due to the damaging effect the accident could have on the community.

However, rescue officers attached to the Emergency Response Team (ERT) of LASEMA visited the scene and successfully recovered the vehicle.

The tanker was subsequently towed off the road to ensure easy access and free flow of traffic in the area.

See photos from the incident scene below.

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UPDATE: No life lost in Lagos plastic factory fire – LASEMA

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Staff Reporter

The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Sunday, said no life was lost in the fire incident that occurred at Rida Plastic industry, Lagos.

Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES had reported a fire outbreak at the premises of the plastic company, located on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Barack bus stop, Lagos.

Fire fighters from the Lagos State Fire Service and other private and public agencies including the Ikeja military cantonment had put out the fire, which was curtailed from spreading to the cantonment and other factories around the area.

In an interview with our correspondent Sunday evening, Adesina Tiamiyu, the General Manager of LASEMA, said no casualty was recorded in the inferno.

“No casualty involved, but the inferno affected warehouse where raw materials for plastic making are stored,” the LASEMA boss told PREMIUM TIMES.

He, however, added that the cause of the fire is still yet to be ascertained.

Source: Premium Times

Fresh fire outbreak recorded at Makoko in Lagos.

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Staff Reporter

A fire outbreak was recorded in Makoko, a slum in a neighborhood in Lagos, on Sunday evening.

A witness said the fire broke out around 5pm, but Adebayo Kehinde, spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said he had not recieved any report on the incident.

“I am not aware of that. I have not recieved any report on it,” he told TheCable.

Dolapo Badmos, spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, is yet to respond to inquiries by TheCable.

But another witness, who drove along the third mainland bridge on Sunday evening, said she saw smoke billowing from Makoko axis.

This is not the first time that an outbreak of fire would be recorded in the area. In November, many were rendered homeless, while property were destroyed in a similar incident.

Source: The Cable

I was trapped for nearly 2 hours, says man who boarded bus that plunged into river.

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Staff Reporter

One of the passengers of the bus which plunged into a river at Owode Elede around Mile 12 area of Lagos state, has revealed that rescue operations did not commence until about two hours after the accident happened.

Speaking with TheCable at Ajegunle police station, Owode Onirin, the victim, who simply identified himself as Nnamdi, said he felt the end had come.

Nnamdi said he boarded the ill-fated bus at Benin in Edo state, and that the journey was smooth until the incident at Owode Elede.

He explained that GUO Transport Service Co. LTD, owners of the bus, invited him to the station to write a statement on the accident.

“I joined the bus at a park in Benin last night. I heard it bus was coming from Aba,” he told TheCable.

“The journey was smooth. In fact some of us were even cracking jokes… The accident happened in the twinkle of an eye. We started crying for help, but no one came to us. After over one hour, I began to lose hope.

“Some of us were praying, some were just crying. I got confused and didn’t know what to do. It was when it almost got to two hours that some men came to rescue us. At that time, three people had died.”

PIC.4. LUXURY BUS PLUNGES INTO RIVER AT OWODE-ELEDE, IKORODU IN LAGOS

Nnamdi, who revealed that he is a trader on Lagos Island, lacked words to express his feelings after surviving the terrible experience.

“I just don’t know what to say. Where would I have been by now? It’s still like a dream,” he told TheCable.

The police officers at the counter declined to speak with TheCable, saying only the public relations officer (PPRO) of the force in the state, was authorised to comment on such issues.

Dolapo Badmos, spokesperson of the Lagos police command, has yet to respond to inquiries by TheCable. The response to a text message sent is still being awaited.

However, a woman, who said her husband was also involved in the accident, was also at the station.

She refused to speak at length and declined to have her pictures taken, just like Nnamdi.

The woman said officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) had taken her husband to a hospital, but that she had not seen him.

She said she rushed to the office of the transportation company at Iddo in Lagos Mainland, when she heard about the accident, but was asked to come to the station.

The bus, with registration number Anambra GDD 386 YE, was parked around the station as of the time this report was filed.

According to LASEMA, three people died, while 23 sustained injuries in the accident.

TheCable learnt that the accident caused gridlock on the every-busy Ikorodu road in the early hours of Friday.

Tragedy averted as petrol tanker spills content in Igbogbo Community

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Staff Reporter

Tragedy almost struck in a residential area in Igbogbo axis of Ikorodu community in the early hours of this morning after a petrol tanker spilled its content in the area.

The unfortunate incident occurred at Odofin Street, Igbogbo, so early in the morning when residents were still in their homes while a few others make plans to leave for their respective work places.

According to Mr. Abiona who spoke to InsideMainland, he was informed of the incident by a cleric in his mosque before he alerted other residents.

In his words, “I live in the street opposite Odofin Street. I didn’t know of what happened until when I got to the mosque around 5:00am to offer my ‘fajr’ prayers. It was Alfa who told that the area had been cordoned off because rescue officers were trying to keep residents safe and also prevent a possible explosion.”

Meanwhile, the emergency response unit of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it was “quick to the rescue as the officers towed the tanker to a safer place.”

Presently, the area is under the watch of rescue officers who are monitoring the place in order to prevent any occurrence that could lead to loss of lives and properties.

Terrible road crash on Ikorodu road leaves many injured – LASEMA

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Staff Reporter

Reports coming in from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) indicates that an early morning accident occurred at Itawolo Ikorodu road.

LASEMA in its official Twitter account reports that the accident which involved a Toyota Camry and a commercial bus was caused by over speeding.

It was reported that officials of LASEMA responded swiftly and rescued the victims as well as tow both vehicles off the road to enable free flow of traffic. There was no life lost in the auto crash.

See photos below:

Fully loaded fuel tanker falls at Otedola bridge in Lagos

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Staff Reporter

What could have been a terrible disaster was averted on Wednesday when a tanker fully loaded with petroleum fell on Otedola Bridge in Lagos.

Eyewitnesses at the scene informed newsmen that the accident was as a result of brake failure.

We learnt that it was the quick intervention of the Lagos State fire fighters and other rescue teams that prevented an explosion at the scene.

The tanker has however been towed away from the bridge.

See photos below:

Lagos to install 13,000 CCTVs for emergency response

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Staff Reporter

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Tuesday said it would install 13,000 Closed Circuit Television cameras at major flashpoints across the state to boost its operations.

According to a statement issued by Adebayo Kehinde, LASEMA’s head of Public Affairs Unit, the move is part of efforts by the state government to improve the impact of emergency and disaster management in the state through effective and efficient response system.

The government also plans to step up a Monitoring and Surveillance Unit and establish additional dispatch centres across the state, the statement added.

Adesina Tiamiyu, General Manager of LASEMA, said the 13,000 CCTV cameras would complement the emergency call numbers as analysts could adequately monitor activities from the Command and Control Centres across the State.

“These combined efforts can only make Lagos safer,” Mr. Tiamiyu said.

The LASEMA boss disclosed further that Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the establishment of three dispatch centres at Lekki, Ikorodu Road and Badagry, noting that it would complement the existing dispatch points located at the LASEMA Response Unit, Cappa, Oshodi, and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa.

Mr. Adesina said the agency is stepping up the activities of its Monitoring and Surveillance Unit in preventing unnecessary loss of lives and properties in the State.

“The operation will include monitoring and surveillance activities in domestic, industrial and public facilities in the State which is a paradigm shift from the orthodox strategy of waiting for emergency to occur and then respond,” he said.

Mr. Tiamiyu, however, reiterated the need for the public to partner with the government in mitigating, preventing and consequently reducing hazards, risks and vulnerability in the state.

He added that distress calls on emerging hazards and risks be relayed to the agency through the toll free line 112/767, for prompt intervention.

Fire guts students hostel at Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe.

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Staff Reporter

There was pandemonium at the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, yesterday, Thursday, January 12, 2016, due to a fire incident that gutted one of the boys’ hostels.

Luckily no lives were lost in the incident but the inferno razed parts of the hostel affecting clothes, beddings and other personal effects of the students.

Omojuwa.Com learnt that all the students in the hostels were quickly relocated to a safer place during the fire, which cause was yet to be ascertained.

It was also gathered that the school authorities made use of fire extinguishers which could not put out the fire before an emergency call was placed to fire fighters.

Furthermore, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, announced that its Emergency Response Unit embarked on a rescue operation at the scene to put off the fire.

The agency has also released photos of the affected parts of the hostel. See the photos below.

New Year Tragedy: Fire guts office building in Ikeja.

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Staff Reporter

While residents across the Lagos Mainland prepare to resume for work in the New Year, their counterparts at a building turned private office located at Awolowo Way, off Allen Avenue will be forced to extend their holiday due to an inferno that razed the building. The fire incident which left many residents in shock occurred on Monday, January 2, 2016.

According to a source, Ms. Oluwatosin, whose workplace is located few meters away from the scene, the fire incident occurred at night and at a time when occupants of the building were on holiday. In her words, “my office is a stone throw from the incident scene. I rushed to the office to pick something I needed for a meeting when I saw thick smoke in the air. The fire outbreak occurred at a time when the building was empty due to the New Year holiday.”

On the efforts to salvage the situation and put out the fire, she revealed that “residents and other passerby made efforts to put out the fire but couldn’t do that. I was informed they had to place emergency calls to the fire service agency for help,” she added.

Furthermore, the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) has released photos of the unfortunate incident. According to the agency, its Emergency Response Team (ERT) mobilized to the scene following a distress call informing the agency of the inferno.

See some of the photos as released by LASEMA below.

JUST IN: One Dead In Iyana-Ipaja Bus Accident – LASEMA

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Staff Reporter

One commuter has been confirmed dead in an auto accident that occurred on the usually busy Iyana – Ipaja end of the Lagos – Abeokuta expressway.

The auto crash involving a bus driver and a motorcycle rider occurred on Sunday, December 18, 2018. During the incident, the bus rammed into the motorcycle rider which led to his death.

The Emergency Response Team of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) rushed to the scene to tend to the victim and also tow the affected vehicles off the road to ease traffic flow.

See more photos of the incident scene below.

BREAKING: Uncompleted 2-storey building collapses in Ikeja area of Lagos.

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Staff Reporter

An uncompleted two storey building in Makinde Street, Ikeja Area just collapsed. Reports reaching us has it that the building has since been cordoned off for rescue operation as a team of RRS officers are providing security against hoodlums who might want to use the situation as a cover to carry out nefarious activities.

As at the time of compiling this report, rescue operations was already in progress at the site of the uncompleted two storey building.

RRS operatives, officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are already on ground to ensure the rescue of people who may be trapped under the rubbles and forestall any further escalation of the current situation.

The officials on ground are yet to ascertain if there are any casualties. We shall bring you more details as they come in.

More pictures of the collapse can be seen below:

Tragedy averted by LASEMA officials as a petrol station in Bariga went up in flames

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Staff Reporter

There was pandemonium in Bariga community yesterday, December 14, 2015, after a filling station located at Pedro bus stop caught fire.

While residents and other commuters battle to put off the fire, it took the timely intervention of the Emergency Response Team of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other rescue officers to quench the inferno.

During the inferno, part of the filling station was razed. Also, a nearby building was partly affected.

See some photos from the scene below.

MMM Crash: Lagos Emergency Agency Issues Suicide Prevention Notice

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Staff Reporter

Following the announcement by the Nigerian handlers of the popular Ponzi scheme, MMM, that the mavro accounts of its participants which includes Mainlanders and a myriad of citizens from other parts of the country will be frozen until the new year, the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) has issued a public notice for residents across the state.

The news of the frozen accounts is coming few days after handlers of MMM which thrives on providing and getting help within a community promised its participants in Nigeria a 50% bonus for any help provided during the yuletide season.

Before now, participants of the Ponzi scheme are only entitled to a 30% bonus on mavro and 10% interest on any referral.

According to LASEMA who responded to a tweet by a concerned Nigerian who predicted that suicide rates in the country will spike due to the panic and effect the MMM crash will have on its participant, the agency disclosed that residents should quickly dial the dedicated 112 emergency line if cases of such is noticed in any part of Lagos.

You will recall that participants of the Ponzi scheme were thrown into panic in the early hours of this morning after its administrators announced via a statement obtained by the press that as a result of “the New Year season, the system is experiencing heavy workload.”

The statement further explains the freezing of accounts that “moreover, it has to deal with the constant frenzy provoked by the authorities in the mass media. The things are still going well; the participants feel calm; everyone gets paid – as you can see, there haven’t been any payment delays or other problems yet – but!.. it is better to avoid taking risk. Hence, on the basis of the above mentioned, from now on all confirmed Mavro will be frozen for a month.”

“The reason for this measure is evident. We need to prevent any problems during the New Year season, and then, when everything calms down, this measure will be cancelled,” the statement reads.

Since the news of the frozen accounts broke online, the fear of participants losing their money has increased. Also, it should be noted that the scheme crashed in other parts of Africa such as Zimbabwe and South Africa with participant’s accounts wiped clean when something of this nature occurred.

Flash: Lagos Governor sacks Lagos State Emergency Management Agency boss

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Staff Reporter

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked Mr Michael Akindele, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) with effect from Sept. 14, 2016.

The Head, Public Affairs Unit of the agency, Mr Adebayo Kehinde, disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos, that Akindele had been replaced by Mr Tiamiyu Adesina.

Kehinde said that the governor appointed Adesina, as the Acting General Manager of the agency with effect from the same date.

Adesina’s appointment was contained in a letter written by the Head of Service, Public Service Office in the State, Mrs Olabowale Ademola.

Adesina started his career at the Governor’s office, Secretariat, Ibadan in 1982 and later worked in various capacities in both the public and private sectors including the Lagos State Library Board.

He also worked at the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPMN).

Adesina also worked at the National Theatre as an Assistant Chief Marketing Officer/Head of South-South Zone, Calabar, before he retired in May 2016.

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