Atleast one person has been confirmed dead after a building collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island, on Saturday. However, it was learnt that the building collapsed after heavy rainfall at Freeman Road, Lagos Island. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Agency confirmed the collapse in a preliminary report titled, ‘Situation report on collapsed […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families of those who died, sustained injuries, and were affected in the building collapse at Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, with search and rescue still ongoing at the site. Buhari who was pained by this tragic incident, in a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina, on […]
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A three storey building has collapsed on Ibadan street, Ebute-Metta East, Lagos Kokomansion understands. It was gathered that the incident happened around 9:30pm on Sunday, May 1, 2022. As of the time of filing this report, many occupants of the building are still trapped under the rubble as citizens make efforts to rescue them. It […]
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A building which houses several classrooms at Diamond Grammar College, Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has collapsed, killing four students in the process. The tragedy, according to findings by SaharaReporters, occurred on Friday afternoon as students were taking an examination in the school. It was further gathered, That the incident happened […]
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It is was a sad afternoon in Lagos, as a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state collapsed on Monday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, at lead 50 persons, including the owner of the building are believed to be trapped under the rubble. Meanwhile, Emergency responders rescued two persons from the site of a […]
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A Two-storey building under construction in Ikoyi area of Lagos, collapsed on Friday. The building which is located along Glova road had caved in on Friday evening. Reports by Channelstv reveals that many people are still trapped in the building, while efforts were being put together by workers on the site. Femi Osanyitola, the Director […]
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Oke-Osanyintolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the collapsed building is situated at Sharks Squad, LASEMA, enroute Kingdom Hall street, Abijo, along Lekki-Epe expressway. He said that the collapsed three-storey building was under construction, while three people had been rescued. “The three people sustained various degrees of injuries and they have […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday expressed satisfaction with the effort and prompt response of emergency, rescue operators and security agencies at the collapsed building site at Jabi, Abuja. Osinbajo, who visited the scene at about 6.47 p.m on Friday, said that all hands were on deck to rescue and save the lives of those […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Igbosere Lagos State, today adjourned till 10 May 2018 for the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) to explain its role in its building that collapse which killed 116 persons on September 12, 2014. The presiding Judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo fixed the date following the absence […]
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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern-Highlands-province early on Monday, disrupting communications and oil and gas operations. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) the tremor hit near the centre of Papua New Guinea’s main island around 560 km (350 miles) from the capital, Port Moresby, at around 3.45 a.m. local time (1545 GMT […]
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