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  • Two die in Ondo road crash

    Two persons were feared dead yesterday when two trailers had a head-on collision on the dreaded “Oke Maria” in Oka-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State.

    Eyewitness said the ever-busy Abuja road was blocked for several hours, leading to diversion of traffic to Okene-Ayere-Akunu-Ajowa-Ikare-Akungba Akoko and Isua-Ise-Ikare-Akungba Akoko route.

    Men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) at the Oka-Akoko outpost restored normalcy and towed the vehicles away to ease traffic flow.

    The Ikare Unit Commander of the FRSC, Jimoh Basiru, said his men had removed the bodies to Iwaro-Oka General Hospital’s mortuary.

    Akoko Police Area Commander, Razak Rauf, decried incessant road crashes on the same route.

    He attributed the carnage to recklessness and lack of regard for road signs.

    The area commander also hinged the problem on the topography of that spot.

    The paramount ruler of Oka-Akoko, Oba Yusuf Adeleye, regretted that the road had claimed many lives and aroused regular prayers among the road users.

    The monarch said the rehabilitation of the road by the state government was not a licence for drivers to overload and engage in reckless driving.

    It was learnt that the two drivers of the ill-fated trailers survived the accident and ran away.

    Last week, 20 passengers also died on the same route – between Epinmi and Isua-Akoko – and the affected vehicles were burnt into ashes.

  • Two die of Lassa fever in Abuja

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) yesterday said two of the three confirmed cases of Lassa fever died within three months.

    The Director of Public Health, Health and Human Services, Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

    According to him, 38 suspected cases were reported and investigated; three were confirmed and two deaths recorded.

    He explained that the only case of Lassa fever reported in Abuja Municipal Area Council in March died.

    The director said the remaining victim in FCTA, who has been under surveillance, was discharged having exited the incubation period.

    He urged residents not to panic at the development but rather take their personal and environmental hygiene serious.

  • Two die, three injured in accident

    Two people died yesterday and three were injured in an accident on Lagos-Sagamu Expressway.

    A Golf car, marked FKJ 764 XB, a mini-truck, registered as ABG 352 ZD and an unmarked bus carrying musical equipment were involved in the crash.

    It occurred when the bus ran into the truck in a bid to avoid colliding with the car.

    The driver of the bus and a passenger died.

    Spokesman for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, attributed it to careless driving.

    He said the injured were taken to Idera Hospital, Ajaka, Sagamu, and the bodies kept at Fakoya Hospital, also in Sagamu.

     

  • Two die as building collapses in Agege

    Two females, a 35-year-old and an 11-year-old girl by names Toyin Ogundimu and Sherifat Olalere, have died when a building collapsed at 9, Agbede Street, Markaz, Agege, Lagos, while one Mustapha Salaudeen was rescued and treated at the scene by the ambulance crew of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA.

    The building which was said to be old and distressed came down yesterday afternoon.

    Speaking to The Nation, the General Manager, LASEMA, Adeshina Tiamiyu, said the agency received a distress call via the emergency toll free number on at about 10.48 am concerning a building at No. 9 Abeje Street Markaz Agege. “This eases up the rapid activation of the agency’s Response Team to the scene of incident. Investigation carried out by the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of incident revealed that a distressed storey building suffered partial collapse at the backside,” he said.

    Explaining that other occupants of the building were immediately evacuated, he advised occupants of residential buildings in the state not to ignore wreckage and cracks signs of building. He urged them to always respond to such promptly by calling the emergency toll free line 112/767 to avoid incidents such as this.

  • Two die in rival gangs clash in Bayelsa

    Two die in rival gangs clash in Bayelsa

    Two persons have been reported dead following clashes between rival gangs at Ondewari, a coastal settlement in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State

    NAN learnt that most of the residents fled and observed the New Year in the bushes where they are hiding.

    A residents and renowned environmentalist, Mr Alagoa Morris, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the community has been deserted since the crisis commenced on December 30.

    According to him, two persons were killed last July in similar clashes.

    Morris urged relevant security agencies to intervene and restore peace to the community.

    “Our pain is that this crisis was avoidable; the community leadership had cried out to state government and drew the attention of the security agencies to the raging issues bordering on pipeline surveillance jobs at oilfields in the area but nothing happened.

    “The situation would have been nipped in the bud, but here we are, four youths have been lost to the oil industry induced conflict that has left the community in a mourning mood.”

    According to him, efforts are on at the community level to resolve the crisis.

    Chief Peresho Erefawari, Acting Paramount Ruler of the community decried the frequent clashes by armed gangs in the area and urged the state government to halt the bloodshed.

    “The clash was caused by protest by some youths in the community who are aggrieved over their exclusion in the petroleum pipeline protection jobs in the area.

    “We have tried in vain to broker truce so that peace will prevail but to no avail,” he said.

  • Two die of Lassa fever at LUTH

    Two die of Lassa fever at LUTH

    •Resident doctor infected as hospital traces 100 LUTH workers

    Two patients treated for Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) died within few days of admission in the past one week, it was learnt yesterday.

    Each of the two patients presented very late and died in spite of efforts to save them.

    The first was a 32-year old pregnant lady with bleeding disorder, who died after a stillbirth. Post-mortem examination had been conducted before her Lassa fever status was eventually suspected and confirmed.

    No fewer than 100 different hospital workers exposed to the index case are being monitored.

    A resident doctor from the Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, who took part in the autopsy, was later confirmed with the disease and is on admission and responding well to treatment at the Isolation Ward of LUTH.

    Prof. Chris  Bode, the Chief Medical Director of LUTH visited the Isolation Centre of LUTH yesterday in company of his top management staff and spoke with the doctor and staff to boost morale and assure them of the hospital’s support.

    He enjoined workers to maintain a heightened level of alert in the wake of the new outbreak and observe universal precautions in handling suspected cases of the viral hemorrhagic fever.

    LUTH has always worked closely with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health in handling a number of diseases of public importance such as rabies, cholera, Lassa fever and the diarrhoea disease outbreak at the Queen’s College.

     

     

     

     

     

  • Two die of diarrhoea in Lagos

    Two persons have died of diarrhoea in Lagos State, Commissioner for Health Dr Jide Idris said yesterday.

    One died in Somolu; the other in Oshodi. They died at home.

    Idris told reporters in Alausa, Ikeja, that the diarrhoea was caused by the contamination of water sources with faecal from faulty septic tanks and soakaway following heavy rainfall.

    According to him, “following the heavy rainfall in the state recently and the aftermath flooding of some areas, the ministry has been receiving notifications on upsurge of acute diarrhoea diseases in some local government areas.

    “Twenty-Seven cases have been line-listed by the Epidemiology/Disease Surveillance Officers as at today (yesterday), regrettably two deaths were recorded from the 27 cases.

    “Six cases were recorded in Somolu, one of which died. Four were managed at Somolu General Hospital, one was managed at a private hospital, another one was managed at Mainland Hospital, while one died at home.

    “Two cases were recorded in Oshodi-Isolo. One was managed at a private hospital and he is alive, while one died at home.

    “Fourteen cases were reported at Surulere and managed at Randle General Hospital. No death was recorded.”

    He said two cases were managed at mainland hospital; the patients are alive. The three cases managed at Gbagada general hospital are all alive.

    He said samples of well water were collected and sent to the Lagos State Drug Quality Control Laboratory.

    “It has become necessary to remind the general public once again that acute diarrhoea disease with or without vomiting is caused by a bacteria disease transmitted through ingestion of food or water contaminated with infective faeces.”

    Idris urged the public to maintain hygienic condition, adding that the government have instituted measures towards quick containment and control of the disease.

    “The medical directors of our general hospitals have been placed on alert and fact sheets on diarrhoea forwarded to both public and private hospitals. Our community health workers, especially the medical officers of health, health educators, disease surveillance/notification officers, environmental health officers are in the community striving assiduously towards quick containment and control of spread of the disease.

    “Chlorination of water supply has been intensified, awareness campaign is on-going and cases are being promptly diagnosed and appropriately managed in our hospitals.”

    He advised people to wash their hands with soap and water frequently and boil their water before drinking, among others, to prevent the spread of the disease.

  • Two die in multiple vehicle crash in Jos

    A multiple-vehicle crash at the Polo Roundabout in Jos, Plateau State capital has left two people dead and several others injured. The crash which occurred Wednesday evening was allegedly caused by a truck which suddenly developed break fault. Eye witness said the truck containing bottled drinks rammed into a bullion van belonging to a first generation bank and two other vehicles.

    The truck loaded with supplies was heading to Gombe from Kaduna when it suffered brake failure when approaching the Polo Roundabout, Jos, hit two vehicles before crushing the bullion van which had three occupants. The crash occurred during the rush hour and after a downpour as people were trooping out of places where they had taken shelter from the rain. Security agents including members of the Federal Road Safety Corps were at the scene and helped to get the injured to hospitals, control traffic and clear the road, which was littered with broken bottles.

    The roundabout is a major one as vehicles coming from the north central as well as southern parts of the country have to pass through on their way to the north eastern and north western parts of the country as well as other communities in the state. Witnesses said the driver of the bullion van and the escort, a sergeant of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the bank died on the spot while the third occupant of the van, an employee of the bank sustained injured and was taken to the Bingham University Teaching Hospital for treatment. Two other vehicles involved in the accident were damaged but the occupants escaped death with the airbag protecting one of the occupants.

  • Two die, six injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

    Two die, six injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

    Two persons were at the weekend killed and six others injured in a multiple accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The accident occurred around 6:30am, at Kara Bridge, Isheri. It was gathered that a trailer marked JJC572XG and laden with 10cm iron rods colluded with an Xterra Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number LND151XG and three commercial vehicles.

    The accident was said to have led to an explosion of one of the commercial buses marked EPE606XH, which was later put out by emergency workers.

    Two of the buses, The Nation gathered, were interstate transport vehicles and had full passengers in them.

    It was gathered that the accident was as a result of mechanical fault from the heavy duty truck.

    A source who hinted on the accident said the injured victims were rushed to the hospital after having administered first aid treatments.

    The source said officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS), Fire Service, Nigeria Police and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were at the scene to control the situation.

    Bodies of the victims were taken by FRSC officials, who also ensured free flow of traffic.

    Efforts to get reaction from the FRSC Sector Commander, Hygenus Omeje, failed at the time of filing this report.

     

  • Two die, 14 injured in building collapse

    Two die, 14 injured in building collapse

    A bricklayer simply identified as Baba Ibeji and a nine-year-old girl died yesterday when a three-storey building collapsed at 9, Daddy Alaja Street, Oke Arin, Idumota, Lagos Island.

    Fourteen persons were injured in the building which fell around 7am. Scores were said to be trapped in the debris. The injured have been taken to hospital; the bodies were handed over to bereaved families.

    Officials of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and Nigerian Red Cross were among responders at the scene.

    The face me I face you building housed many residents; the ground floor consisted of shops. Some Mallams were said to be living on the ground floor. Bricklayers, it was learnt, pass the night in the building.

    The Nation gathered that the building which is on a canal is under renovation. A trader, Sodiq Musa, said many people were yet to be rescued; adding that some of those rescued said they were yet to see some of their relatives.

    “They were renovating this building with people still living in the house and it was about eight bricklayers that were working on the building. Many people were injured. I saw two of the ambulances filled with injured victims and the rescuers are still at the scene. Some people are still on the ground and first floor and until the rescuers clear the rubble on the second and third floors, they cannot get to where other victims are trapped,” Musa said.

    He said the dead were a bricklayer and a girl, who lived with her parents. The girl’s parents, he said, were injured.

    An oil trader, Mr HazeezBakare, said the building was on a canal filled with dirt.

    “This area is swampy and that was why the building collapsed. People must have been living in this house for over 40 years. They were meant to demolish the house and build it again instead of the renovation. They must have told the occupants to leave the building for the renovation to be done, but they cannot afford another accommodation, that must have been why many of them remained in the building while it was being renovated. Being a public holiday, many of the occupants would be in the house when the building collapsed,” he said.

    LASEMA General Manager Adesina Tiamiyu said: “The agency received a distress call at about 7am concerning a collapsed three-storey building on the Island, which prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s ERT and other responders which include the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, LASBCA, National Emergency Management Agency, police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to the scene.”

    The 14 injured were moved by the LASAMBUS and LASEMA response team Ambulance to Mainland Hospital. He said two bodies were recovered from the debris and handed over to their family members for burial.

    Tiamiyu said preliminary investigation showed that illegal work was being carried out on the building already inhabited by people. He said investigation would be conducted to ascertain the circumstances that led to the collapse.

    Tiamiyu advised owners and developers to adhere to building and physical planning laws to avert disasters.