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The pictures here do not do justice to the Oniru Fire Station. I'll go there sometime this week and take more pictures and compare them to my 2021 pictures.

The new Oniru Fire Station in Lekki is not far from my house and I went there in August 2021 and took these pictures and made this post (it was part of a longer post about new infrastructure in that area).

naptu2:
Fire station

At long last they are going to build a proper fire station.


The number of fire stations in Lagos has been inadequate for decades. The Fashola Administration addressed this issue by opening many new fire stations in the late 2000s and early 2010s. However, some of these stations (e.g. the Lekki and Onikan Stations) were basically temporary or make shift facilities.

You can see a red shed and a small bungalow in the third picture below. That was the fire station that was set up by the Fashola Administration, but now the government is planning to build a more befitting station.

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Pictures.

Virtual commissioning of the Oniru Fire Station


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGvXMGsJQn8

The Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) upgraded Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters in Alausa. The DG of LASIAMA talks about the project.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa-Al5dhoe4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UX2lKGJPnA

Picture 1) Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Alausa.

Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs

UPDATE: Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu, today physically commissioned the new fire station in Ebute Elefun, Lagos Island, while he virtually commissioned the Omogbolahan Lawal Fire Station, Oniru and the Ajegunle Fire Station.

Governor @jidesanwoolu also commissioned the upgraded Fire Department headquarters in Alausa.

With the three additional assets, Lagos now has 21 fully equipped fire stations across the State.

The facility expansion programme was part of the recommendations that followed the 2020 comprehensive assessment carried out by the Lagos State Government in the emergency response department aimed at enhancing performance.

Governor @jidesanwoolu said before the end of the second quarter of next year, his administration would add another three fire stations in Ijede, Kosofe and Ijegun.

Governor @jidesanwoolu said the upgrade and rehabilitation of existing fire stations had been done to further consolidate the position of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service Agency as a leading fire fighting outfit in the country.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, @bolajiogunlende, said the Stations were designed to have their dedicated sources of power and water supply, with modern facilities for the convenience of firefighters deployed to the stations.

Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, said the new assets would raise the capacity of the agency in emergency operations, adding that Ebute Elefun station would serve more than 20,000 population on Lagos Island dotted by high-rise buildings.

GM of Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency (@infoLASIAMA), Nike Adekanbi, described the newly upgraded Fire Department headquarters in Alausa as “an edifice built to last”, noting that the building expanded to strengthen the administrative capacity of the agency.

The new administrative building of the Lagos Fire Service, HQ now has 60 offices, with an expanded appliance bay, landscaping, perimeter fence and developed road network which was constructed by the Lagos State Public Works.

https://twitter.com/Mr_JAGs/status/1585315520416735233

Picture 2) Ebute Elefun Station, Lagos Island.
Picture 3) Oniru Station, Lekki
Picture 4) Ajegunle Station

codemaniacs:
Another reason they could have banned Nigeria and so many other countries can be due to Ebol:a in Uganda.. so you been over 30 may not help you.

I think the reason for the confusion is that the UAE has taken various measures against Africans and so people have mixed them up.


She was not affected by the most recent ban (taken in October). She was affected by a decision taken in August after a fight between groups of Nigerian cultists. The UAE decided that Nigerians below 40 years of age can only come to their country on a family visa. That is, they could only come if they already had family in the UAE.

Some Nigerians got family visas, but they had not family in the UAE, so UAE officials detained them at the airport. She was also detained because her sister was not there to receive her. She made a video of the Nigerians that were detained at the airport and the UAE officials that were detaining them. Her sister subsequently came to pick her and the officials released her to her sister.

However, she had already shared the video on Twitter and so the UAE officials were waiting to arrest her when she was leaving their country.

inoki247:
Is either they're trying to cheat the system or na the Visa Agent run the game for them as family....

Some people tried to cheat the system by getting family visas when they were travelling alone, but in her own case, her sister was already in Dubai but was late getting to the airport to pick her. They released her when her sister arrived, but by that time she had already recorded the video and posted it on Twitter.

inoki247:
No be only Nigeria dem ban na almost half of the African countries dem ban....


Buh na we make noise pass first thing na Social Media we don run come dere arr times we need to be calming down you can make your post without posting pictures all countries no dey run the same Law....

Her case came up before the recent ban. This happened after they banned Nigerians below 30 from travelling to the UAE without their family.

More background.

Background.

Context.

More reactions.

Reactions.

Background and previous threads.

Nigerians Arriving Dubai Are Detained And Their Passports Seized (Video)

Nigerian Cultists In Dubai Butcher Each Other (Graphic Video)

UAE Imposes Visa Ban On Nigerians After Eiye, Aiye Cult Clashes.

Dubai: Nigerians May Not Have The Opportunity Of Travelling To Dubai

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission @nidcom_gov

Re:Nigerian jailed in UAE over violation of cyber crime law

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission hereby gives more clarification on the case of a Nigerian lady, Ms Dunchi Lar who was convicted under United Arab Emirates laws for recording and circulating "offensive" video on Social media.

Under the UAE cyber crime law, taking a video or photograph of someone without his/her consent and posting such on social media is an offence punishable with one year jail term or a fine of between approximately $69,000 and $137,000 or both jail term and fine.

Ms Lar made and tweeted the viral video of the UAE official at the Airport.

This law also applies to eavesdropping, recording, photographing, or disclosing audio or video communication of a person without his/her permission, taking photographs or videos of a dead person or accident victim without such person’s consent.

She was sentenced on the 12th of October and has 15 days to appeal the judgment.

Ms Dunchi Lar can still appeal the ruling and has been assured of moral and consular support by the Nigerian Mission in Dubai.

E-signed
Abdur-Rahman Balogun
Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit NiDCOM, Abuja.
23rd October, 2022.

https://twitter.com/nidcom_gov/status/1584274637122195456

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