Tag: Ketu

Seven-Year-Old Boy Dies In Lagos Fire Incident, Mall Saved

Ganiyu Amodu

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy who died in a fire incident on Thursday in Ketu area of Lagos. The Director of the service, Margaret Adeseye, made this known in a press statement that was issued on Thursday. Adeseye said the fire engulfed two bungalows at 19, Adekanbi Street, off Alli Street, Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos. She said: “Due to delay in distress call, the raging fire caused severe damage to the buildings and a male child of about seven years…

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TRAGEDY! How Flood swept away two toddlers in Lagos + WHY PARENTS SHOULD CARE

Damola Oyede

  Hope of seeing their children alive again is shattered for parents of two toddlers swept away by flood in Ketu area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as officials ended search and rescue operations. The two toddlers were swept away into the canal by flood during torrential Saturday evening rain at Oyebanjo Street, Ketu. Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the tragedy that occurred at around 8pm on Saturday, cautioned parents and guardians to take extra care of their wards during…

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