At Number 5 Fanny Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island, the balcony of a three-story building collapsed, resulting in at least one fatality and three injuries.
The woman was said to be an illegal occupant of the building as the residents had been reportedly issued an evacuation notice by the Lagos Building...
Reacting to the development, the landlord’s lawyer, Efe Kwakpovwe, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, said: “Not all part of the building is defective. Although you can...
Ms Keegan said her department’s plan would “minimise the impact on pupil learning and provide schools with the right funding and support they need to put...
Construction workers narrowly escaped death when a two-storey building under construction at 17, Olanrewaju Street, Alausa, Ikeja, suddenly collapsed. Fortunately, there was no casualty recorded. Men...
The DG commended the efforts of all stakeholders working hard manually to rescue trapped persons, including members of the community.
Recall that the Lagos State Government, recently introduced CAP and the Certificate of Structural Integrity Programme, CSIP, to bolster regulation of the built sector and enhance...
Five people died in similar circumstances in Douala in 2016 when authorities blamed the poor state of repairs and apparent violations of building regulations.
The building was immediately cordoned off by the agency’s LRT to avoid secondary incident and handed over to Lagos State Building Control Agency, LABCA.
Rescue teams, mainly residents, are frantically searching for the trapped children. The victims were said to be between ages of eight and 12.