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NSCDC orders vacation of distressed houses as building collapse kills Osun woman

2024-09-20

A resident of Ifetedo, simply identified as Ogunyemi, told PUNCH Metro on Thursday, that operatives of the NSCDC, responding to the distress call, rushed to the scene of the incident. This call was made in the wake of the death of a resident of Ifetedo in Osun State, identified as Idowu, after a building collapsed on her in the town on Tuesday. The Osun State commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Michael Adaralewa, has ordered all occupants of weak and distressed buildings in the state to vacate such structures before tragedy occurs. “Officers and men of the NSCDC Ife South Division, upon getting information rushed to the scene of the incident for rescue operation. “The Osun NSCDC Commandant, Dr. Michael Adaralewa, is using this opportunity to call on occupants of weak and dilapidated buildings in the state to vacate such structures before tragedy occurs.

Man escapes death as fire guts vehicle in Lagos

2024-09-20

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Damilola Oke-Osanyitolu, said in a statement on Thursday that its personnel received a distress call around 2 a.m., adding that the car was already razed when it arrived at the scene of the incident. Fortunately, no lives were lost, and no injuries were reported.” Oke-Osanyitolu further stated that the LASEMA’s Response Team, aided by officials from LASTMA, LCCI, and the Nigerian Police Force, worked to recover the burnt vehicle. The statement read in part, “The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency received distress calls at 2:10 am via its 767/112 Toll-Free Lines and swiftly deployed its Shark Response Team from the Lekki Base. A yet-to-be-identified male adult escaped death on Thursday after his Mercedes Benz C-Class car went up in flames at the Ikoyi-Lekki Link Bridge, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred due to an electrical spark in the engine unit.

How policemen assaulted me over N100 extortion – Rivers driver

2024-09-20

Friday, a father of four, told our reporter on Thursday that the police officers attacked him, broke his car’s side mirror and threatened to shoot him along the NTA area of Ozuoba in the Obio/Akpor LGA, just when he was about to close operations on Wednesday. The taxi driver also said at one point the officers threatened to shoot him and called on the police authorities to caution their men on stop and search duties. The distraught driver said he had three stranded passengers whom he assisted from the Obiri-Kwere area to Ozuoba when he encountered the policemen at about 7pm on Wednesday. A taxi driver identified as Umo Friday has accused some policemen at the Choba Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State of assaulting him after he refused them from extorting N100 from him. Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, had yet to reply to a text message sent to her as of the time of filing this report.

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