{"id":70078,"date":"2025-07-09T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70078"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:40:25","slug":"fire-razes-iyabo-ojos-lagos-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/09\/fire-razes-iyabo-ojos-lagos-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Razes Iyabo Ojo\u2019s Lagos Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, Iyabo Ojo, narrowly escaped tragedy on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, when a fire broke out at her Lagos office around 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which caused significant damage to the building, fortunately claimed no lives.<\/p>\n<p>Ojo, in an emotional Instagram post, shared a video of the aftermath, thanking the Lagos State Fire Service and her staff for their swift response in containing the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This just happened today\u2026 My office building caught fire,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Thankfully, no lives were lost. The devil tested us today, but God said no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, officials suspect electrical faults, a common cause in such cases.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, Ojo reassured fans of her resilience: &#8220;With God on my side, we will bounce back bigger and better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights the vulnerability of businesses to fire outbreaks, even those owned by high-profile personalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, Iyabo Ojo, narrowly escaped tragedy on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, when a fire broke out at her Lagos office around 7:00 PM. The incident, which caused significant damage to the building, fortunately claimed no lives. Ojo, in an emotional Instagram post, shared a video of the aftermath, thanking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":70079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-70078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70080,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70078\/revisions\/70080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}