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Fire kill 3 children in Lagos

Published

8 years ago

December 28, 2016

Three children of the same parent on Wednesday died 24 hours after they suffered severe burns from the fire incident that engulfed their apartment in Ikotun Egbe area of Lagos. A correspondent who visited the scene gathered that the children died in a hospital where they were taken for treatment on Tuesday.

A very reliable source of the family said that one of the victims died shortly after they were brought to the hospital. The source, who identified them as Chiamaka, Emmanuel and Chiagozie Ifediba, said they are below 10 years of age. It said that the fire which started around 2 p.m. on Tuesday was caused by power outage inside their single room apartment at 15 ,Ikuna Str. Liasu Road, Ikotun Egbe. “ One died at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and the second one died 12. 30 a.m. on Wednesday, ‘’ the source said, adding that their father was late. According to the source, their mother, Mrs Ngozi Ifediba, was not at home when the fire started.

Mutiu Wasiu, a tenant in an adjacent building to the affected house also told NAN that the door to the room was locked when the fire was noticed. He added that the room’s window was forced open before the victims were brought out. Wasiu said that the children, who were found unconscious and covered in smoke, were rushed to a nearby hospital in the area. “It was a terrible experience for me; I see no reason why someone will lock her children inside the house to buy something. “It is only God that can save the children because the state we found them was not palatable,’’ he said.

Francis Simon, a resident of the area, said that the children would have been rescued on time, but that their neigbours who were more concerned about saving their property before the fire escalated. Simon said that the fire was eventually put out before the arrival of fire service personnel. “We managed to put the fire out with the help of outsiders and passerby,” he said. Also at Do-alllars hospital where the children were taken for treatment, relatives and sympathises were seen discussing the accident. Confirming the incident, Mr Razak Fadipe, Director, Lagos State Fire Service, said that the information they received on arrival at the scene was that the victims’ mother locked them in. “ She was said to be cooking and left them inside to purchase some items in a nearby shop when the incident occurred,’’ Fadipe said. He also said that the children were in critical condition when he visited the hospital on Tuesday.

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Breaking: Plane crash kills ten people

Published

1 year ago

August 17, 2023

Sahara Weekly

Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people

A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.

A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.

The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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2 years ago

September 25, 2022

Sahara Weekly

Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday

At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.

The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.

He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.

“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

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3 years ago

June 12, 2022

Sahara Weekly

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

By Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday

A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.

He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’

Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.