LASEMA
13 Jan
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed attending to 1,675 incidents between January and December, 2024. In a statement, yesterday, the Head, Public Affairs of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor
13 Jan
Recent events have reignited concerns about the preparedness of rescuers in managing emergencies in Lagos State. The state, including its waterways, remains unsafe, poorly secured, and lacking in swift responses to accidents and other crises.
12 Jan
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA) has revealed that it attended to 1,675 incidents between January and December 2024. In a statement on Sunday, the Head, Public Affairs of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said of the 1,675 attended to by the agency in 2024, 167 incidents were recorded attended in December 2024, which effectively…
11 Jan
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Saturday revealed that two male adults who fell into a diesel reservoir along Ikosi-Oregun Road in Lagos have died. LASEMA, in a statement, said following distress calls received via the CRM on the 767/112 Emergency Toll-Free Lines at 1037hrs, it activated the state's Emergency Response Plans and its…
28 Dec
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has enjoined residents to be safety conscious to prevent any form of emergency or disaster during this Yuletide.
24 Dec
Lagos State Government has threatened to shut down any motor park that refuses to comply with the state's zero tolerance for noise pollution, reaffirming that it will enforce the law against noise pollution vigorously during this Yuletide.
19 Dec
One person was confirmed dead yesterday following a multiple auto crash on Kara Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Guardian gathered that the crash involved an articulated truck laden with several rolls of coils of steel and a 40ft container.
18 Dec
There's currently a gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Seven Up bus stop in Lagos State down to Kara Bridge in Ogun State caused by multiple accidents. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the accident on Kara Bridge saw that it involved a truck conveying rolled steel coils and another truck hauling a container.…
17 Dec
One person was confirmed dead and four others rescued during a collision involving a J5 Ford bus (FKJ 724 YC) and a Mercedes truck (FKJ 746 YC) at Ilubirin, inward Sura, along the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos .
5 Dec
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday said it attended to 141 incidents across the state in November. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement. He, however, said that the number of recorded incidents by the agency in November was lower compared with the number…
28 Nov
Several offices including the main studio were burnt following the fire incident at a building which houses Radio Nigeria in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) in a statement signed by its Permanent Secretary Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu on Thursday, however, said no casualties were reported at the fire scene.…
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