Three Casualties After Lagos High-Rise Fire

Three bodies have been recovered three days after the fire at the Great Nigeria Insurance building on Martin Street, Lagos Island.

According to a casualty report released by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, the deceased include one adult female and two males, who were recovered from the collapsed structure.

Eight males, including a firefighter, sustained varying degrees of injuries. They were released after treatment at the hospital.

Additionally, three males and two females with minor injuries who received first aid at the scene of the fire incident were subsequently released.

Search and Rescue efforts involving LASEMA Response Teams, NEMA, Red Cross and LASG Fire and Rescue Service are still ongoing, to locate other reportedly trapped victims in the affected building.

PDP questions Okpebholo’s claim of $250m investment deal.

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Monday Okpebholo to provide detailed explanations on the $250m agreement recently signed with the European African Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

In a statement on Sunday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Daniel Osa-Ogbegie, said the governor’s announcement had “become a source of embarrassment to Edo people,” adding that the opposition party would no longer allow opacity in the state’s fiscal dealings.

The Edo State Government had on September 25, 2025, announced that the governor signed the $250m agreement during the Edo State Global Investment Summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

According to the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, the deal with EuroAfrica CCI—an umbrella body of chambers of commerce in 98 countries—was a framework for strategic investment in Edo over the next three to five years.

But the PDP said the administration must come clean on the specifics. Osa-Ogbegie declared:

“We will demand clarity on the governor’s claim of a $250m investment from Glasgow that has become a source of embarrassment to Edo people at the moment. We will question the abandonment of projects initiated under the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki, and we will shine light on fiscal management practices that appear to ignore transparency and responsibility.”

The party stressed that while it respected constituted authority, its allegiance remained with Edo people.

“Where government policies uplift people, we will support them. But if governance becomes oppressive, wasteful, or deceptive, we will stand with the people,” the spokesperson said.

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Fashola Weighs In On Lagos Street Naming Controversy, Warns Against Erasing History.

Former governor of Lagos State and ex-Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, has called for the preservation of Lagos history to avoid distortion and promote values, particularly as the discussion on street naming in Lagos continues to create controversy.
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He stated this on Tuesday at the public presentation of “Discover Lagos State: A History Puzzle Book (Volume 1)” held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

At the event, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, also echoed the importance of documenting the state’s history, hailing the Lagos State Records and Archive Bureau for the timely presentation of the book.

Fashola referenced the works in the digital archives of the University of Glasgow, noting that the past works of the university’s staff and students played a role in influencing the historical development in other countries, even in the area of landmarks.

He said records also contain information about the first Nigerian students at the University of Glasgow at the time, including Dr Issac Ladipo Oluwole, who was enrolled in 1913 and graduated in 1918.

Referencing the archive, Fashola said, “Dr Ladipo Oluwole returned to Nigeria to become the first African medical officer of health in the Lagos colony.

“He pioneered school health services, with school inspection and vaccination of children in their schools, and started the first Nigerian school of hygiene at Yaba in Lagos in 1920. So that’s the Ladipo Oluwole. But the records were kept well in Glasgow, Scotland.

“So those of us who drive through streets such as Ladipo Oluwole Street in Ikeja will probably now understand and contextualise the contributions of such a man and why it was considered such a high honour to immortalise him by naming a street in his memory.

“But it is perhaps instructive that we are discussing street naming and street unnaming and I keep my gunpowder dry,” he added.

“Today I reiterate those words about street naming and Dr Oluwole and with a greater conviction to reinforce my message that the preservation of our history and the documentation of our progress should be taken seriously,” Fashola said.

Mid-Air Terror Scare: easyJet Passenger Shouting Bomb Threats Tackled by Fellow Travellers

Panic erupted on an easyJet flight from London Luton to Glasgow on Sunday, July 27, 2025, after a 41-year-old man shouted bomb threats and religious slogans, forcing passengers to tackle and restrain him mid-air.

The man, who reportedly yelled “Death to America, Death to Trump” and “Allahu Akbar,” was pinned down by quick-thinking passengers after shouting about a bomb on the plane. He was arrested upon landing and charged, according to Police Scotland, which confirmed the matter is now being handled by counter-terrorism officers.

Footage shows the suspect being subdued while passengers searched his belongings, demanding answers. One woman urged, “Check everywhere—not just his pockets!”

The flight crew praised for swift action, while easyJet reaffirmed their commitment to passenger safety.

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