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LAGBAJA: Ilobu Town in Mourning Mood, Suspends Annual Day Celebration
The people of Ilobu community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State where the deceased Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed lagbaja hails from, are in tears describing his death as devastating and a big loss.
Following up on Lagbaja’s demise by Ohibaba.com, reveals that from the family , to the monarch of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olaniyan as well as the town’s people, all are in a pensive mood over the loss.
At the family home of the deceased, the family head, Tajudeen Lagbaja and his wife, including a few others in mourning mood, described Lagbaja’s death as devastating and unexpected.
They said that the deceased General was billed to attend the town’s annual ‘Day celebration’, slated for next Saturday, but which has been suspended indefinitely due to his death.
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Girl, 14, killed by lion in Kenya
The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl’s remains.
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A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, according to the conservation agency.
The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl’s remains.
The lion has not been found but KWS said it had set a trap and deployed search teams to look for the animal.
(BBC)
A four-storey building has collapsed in Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos, with occupants trapped, and some feared dead.
Panic gripped residents when the uncompleted building suddenly collapsed on Saturday.
The building houses the popular Equal Right Restaurant.
The incident happened at about 11a.m., today.
As of press time, men of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, as well as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who had been contacted have arrived at the scene.
See photos below:
An unspecific number of people are believed to be trapped under an uncompleted storey building which collapsed in Lagos.
The building housing Equal Rights restaurant located at Oremeta Street, Ojodu Lagos, went down on Saturday morning.
It is believed, however, that some people are still trapped underneath the rubble.
Details later….
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