Tag: Director General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu

3 Nigerian Students Beat 68,000 Applicants, Win N5m Microsoft Contest Prize

Abibat Babalola

The event which was recently conducted by Agro Tech Hackathon aimed to award a grant of N2.5 Million, N1.5million and N1 million for the top three best teams respectively. The event was held at the Microsoft African Transformation Office, Kings Tower, Ikoyi, Lagos State on the 28th of June, 2022. The Team Software Chasers is comprised of three students who are all from the Computer Science Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The team was led by Muhammad Auwal Muktar, the current president of the National Association of Computing Students…

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Death toll in Lagos three-storey building collapse hits Seven + PHOTOS

Damilola Olonade

  The death toll in the Lagos three-storey building collapse has hit seven. Director General /Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who declared this in an update sent to Platforms Africa, noted that the seven fatalities in the collapsed Building at No, 60 Odo Street, Obalende Eti-Osa, included 6 men, 1 woman. “Additional Update on Collapsed Building at No, 60 Odo Street, Obalende Eti-Osa. Update on Collapsed Building at 2000hrs. “The operation on the above is ongoing,” LASEMA boss said. “Initial findings…

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How Lagos gas explosion killed 8, injured 37, destroyed 41 houses, shops + PHOTOS

Precious Ibekwe

  The early morning gas plant explosion which rocked Lagos on Thursday has killed eight people; burned and injured 37 others; and destroyed 25 houses and 16 lock up shops. Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who declared this at the scene of the explosion, added that 3 vehicles and 3 motorcycles popularly called Okada were also razed. This explosion, which occured at a gas station in Baruwa area of the metropolis, came barely two weeks after the Ajuwon Iju Isaga gas explosion that killed…

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