Tag: Ijegun
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Explosion: Ijegun community seeks security patrol, fire service station
Some residents of Ijegun, Lagos State, which recently suffered an oil pipeline explosion, have called for regular security patrol, establishment of a fire service station and rebuilding of a canal in the area. The residents spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) following a recent attempt by vandals to open another pipeline…
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Explosion: We don't want to be known for disasters, Ijegun monarch tells visiting Senate committee
The Onijegun of Ijegun, Oba Nureini Olomitutu, said on Friday that activities of vandals and other criminals were threatening lives in the area. He spoke when members of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Pipeline Vandalism visited his palace in Lagos. The committee, led by Sen. Ibrahim Gobir, was in the Ijegun area on an investigative…
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Residents foil fresh oil pipeline fire at Ijegun
Barely five days after a deadly pipeline fire that killed over a dozen people at Ijegun town, north of Lagos, residents of the community have foiled another pipeline vandalism. Ijegun, which has been having recurring pipeline vandalism since May 2008, is in the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. A News Agency of…
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BREAKING:Many feared dead as Oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun [VIDEO]
Residents of Ijegun, a suburb in Lagos woke up to the explosion of a pipeline that has stirred panic within the vicinity with many losing their lives. The explosion started on Thursday morning at about 1am in an attempt for the pipeline vandals to siphon the fuel Footages captured by Pastor Osaro Ogbebor show the…
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Breaking: Tank farm fire rocks Lagos as residents flee [Video]
A tank farm has exploded leaving residents of Ijegun in Navy Town, Ojo area of Lagos state to flee for safety. An eyewitness told TheNewsGuru that the Ijegun depot burst into flame at about midday after a diesel tanker carrying 33,000 fuel derailed and fell. The eyewitness said the fire has spread to other tanks…