The Buji Local Government Council of Jigawa has confirmed the death of a 30-year-old man and his two-year-old son in a building collapse that occurred in Madabe village. The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, who confirmed the information in Dutse on Monday, said the 25-year-old mother of the boy survived the incident. Safiyanu said that the surviving mother is responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital. He explained that the incident which led to the collapse of the building occurred on Sunday night during a heavy downpour. Also speaking, Badaruddeen Tijjani, the spokesman…
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FCT: 4 rescued, as another Abuja building collapses; many trapped
Barely less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 and injuring 132, four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja yesterday morning. It is also 11 days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja. Unconfirmed number of other people are trapped in the rubble. As of press time yesterday, one person was reportedly still trapped in the rubble of the residential building, located in the Kubwa area of the…
Read MoreLagos: Many feared dead as seven-storey building collapses
A seven-storey building has collapsed at Banana Island in Lagos State. The building, located in the posh neighbourhood of the State, is under construction when it collapsed with many workers are trapped beneath the rubble. It was however gathered that emergency responders are being mobilised to the scene of the incident. The Lagos Territorial Head of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident in a brief update Wednesday evening. “A report of 7 Storey building under construction was just received at Banana Island. Workers trapped. We are mobilising…
Read MoreDelta: 10 dead, many others trapped as church building collapses during first service
A building housing the Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili-North local government area, Delta State, has collapsed, trapping an unspecified number of worshippers, with over 10 deaths recorded. The building, which is being used for the first time, reportedly collapsed during yesterday’s evening service, at about 5:55 p.m. About eight persons have been rescued unhurt, while four persons have been rushed to the Asaba Specialist Hospital. At the time of filing this report, Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah; the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ononye Mordi, a team of…
Read MoreShock, panic, as high-rise building collapses in Ikoyi, Lagos
..Four dead, 4 rescued from rubble ? NEMA No fewer than four persons have so far been rescued yesterday, while four others were brought out dead from the rubble at the 21-storey high-rise building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. According to reports at the scene, workers and neighbours scrambled to dig people out of the rubble of the collapsed building, according to reports. The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, was also sighted at the scene. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA) said they…
Read MoreCollapsed building claims 7 lives in Lagos – LASEMA
The Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has confirmed that seven people died in a collapsed building in Lagos on Sunday. Oke-Osanyintolu made the confirmation as the LASEMA Response Team tried to clear the debris of the building. He said that the uncompleted building, at 60 Odo Street, Obalende, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, partially collapsed and injured 15 people. “Immediately we received a distress call at about 4:30p.m. on the incident, we activated our emergency response team and all responders headed for the scene. “Rescue…
Read MoreFour dead as uncompleted building collapses in Lagos
Four yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives on Sunday when a three-storey building collapsed in the Obalende area of Lagos Island, Lagos State. Eight other persons were injured, according to reports. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident. He noted that the affected three-storey building located at 62, Odo Street, Obalende, Lagos Island, was under construction when it collapsed. He said, “Upon arrival at the incident scene, a three-storey building under construction was discovered to have self-collapsed. The cause of the collapse is yet to…
Read MoreWhy building collapse will persist in Nigeria – NIOB
The Nigerian Institute of Building, NIOB, has said that the incidents of building collapse will continue in Lagos State in as much as developers continue to perform the function of building engineers. Speaking during the survey of the first story building in Nigeria which was built in 1842 (Shitta Bey Mosque) and Water House by Candido Da Rocha, which was built in 1946, the President of NIOB, Kunle Awobodu, said that all these buildings were built before Nigeria gained independence but yet they are still durable while many buildings nowadays…
Read MoreMany feared dead in Abia building collapse
A three-storey building under construction along Azikiwe Road, in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, at the early hours of Wednesday morning collapsed after a torrential rainfall on Tuesday night, killing two persons on the spot, even as it reportedly trapped five others in the rubble. It was, however, gathered that one person was rescued from the rubble and rushed to the hospital where he is receiving treatment. It was learnt that the deceased and the survivor of the collapsed building were alleged destitute who usually take refuge in…
Read MoreTwo dead as building collapses in Lagos
A building collapsed Saturday in Lagos and killed an adult and a child. The two-storey residential building under renovation collapsed overnight killing two and injuring eight, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Saturday. “The incident happened around 2:00 am. The building was under renovation by a property developer when it caved in,” Ibrahim Farinloye of NEMA said. “We have recovered two bodies and rescued eight people who were seriously injured from the debris,” he added. Farinloye said the death toll would have been higher if the building had…
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