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Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu

December 15, 2025

Lagos moves to strengthen emergency preparedness at grassroots

Mr Oke-Osanyintolu urged residents to act responsibly, stressing that emergency management was a shared responsibility.

LASEMA’s Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu
October 27, 2025

One dead, 26 rescued as building collapses in Lagos: LASEMA

Search and rescue operations are still ongoing at the site, with combined teams of LASEMA, NEMA, and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.

LASEMA
October 2, 2025

NEMA, Lagos lead gathering on emergency preparedness in Nigeria

The director-general of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, described the event as a defining step in strengthening Nigeria’s disaster management architecture.

SEMA conference
September 16, 2025

Yaba Building Collapse: LASEMA assures public of safety, continues investigating cause

LASEMA’s permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, gave the assurance on Monday evening in an interview with newsmen at the scene of the Ebute Meta building collapse.

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June 16, 2025

Building under construction collapses in Lagos

Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said the incident occurred during the decking phase of the construction.

Collapsed building in Lagos
May 28, 2025

Death toll rises in Lagos building collapse

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has recovered three dead bodies in the building that collapsed in Ikorodu on Tuesday.

collapsed Building
May 27, 2025

One dead, many trapped as another building collapses in Lagos

The LASEMA permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this known in a statement, said they got a distress alert at 2:02 p.m.

A two-storey building collapsed in Kubwa
April 21, 2025

Death toll rises to seven in Lagos building collapse

Mr Oke-Osanyintolu added that the total number of people rescued had increased to 13.

Ojodu-Berger building collapse
April 1, 2025

LAWMA official killed as minibus collides with waste truck  

On Tuesday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said a minibus collided with a Lagos Waste Management Authority truck.

LAWMA truck crash
March 23, 2025

Fire guts storey building in Lagos

Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said LASEMA activated the state’s emergency response plans from its command and control centre in Alausa, Ikeja.

Fire incident