Tag: banana island
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Lagos govt to carry out demolition on Banana Island
The Lagos State Government has announced that it will begin marking illegal buildings on Banana Island for demolition, by Monday.
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Lagos Govt demolishes illegal structure in Banana Island
The Lagos State government on Saturday demolished an illegal structure on Banana Island, constructed on unauthorised reclaimed land to obstruct drainage paths.
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Just In: Again, another building collapses in Lagos
A five-storey building at Ladipo Oluwole Street, GRA, Apapa area of Lagos, has collapsed. The building which was under construction was said to have collpased following a thunderstrike. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have sealed the building. Asimiyu Tiamiyu, a volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) in…
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Sanwo-Olu orders demolition of 3 buildings in Banana Island
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the demolition of three two-storey buildings in Banana Island following the collapse of a seven-storey building in the area. Sanwo-Olu gave the order on Saturday during his visit to the site of the collapsed seven-storey
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Banana Island: Brokers condemn builders’ negligence
The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) on Thursday expressed regret over the collapse of a seven-storey building at Banana Island in Lagos State. The seven-storey building, under construction at Banana Island, Ikoyi, collapsed on
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Updates: Lagos govt to probe unapproved collapsed Banana Island building
…says no fatality Lagos government is set to probe into what led to the collapse of an unapproved seven-storey building located in Banana Island. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement issued and signed by a deputy director, Public Affairs,Mukaila Sanusi on Wednesday In the statement, Sanusi said: “An unapproved 7-floor building under…
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UPDATE: Seven rescued, one missing at Banana Island collapsed building
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) revealed that seven persons were on Wednesday rescued at the site of a seven-storey building collapse in Lagos. Speaking on the new development, Director of LSFRS, Mrs. Magret Adeseye, said one of the victims trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building remain missing.
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BREAKING: Eight-storey building collapses in Banana Island, many feared killed
Many feared killed as an eight-storey building situated inside the luxurious Banana Island in Lagos State collapses. The building, sources said, is Joe Faraday’s site with ongoing construction works inside it. A source said while it is unsure what triggered the collapse, concreting was ongoing on the sixth floor before the collapse. A terse statement…
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More reactions trail death of Davido’s son, as police free six and detain two
Following the tragic death of Ifeanyichukwu Adeleke, (popularly called Ifeanyi) son of Nigeria’s famous singer, Davido and his third babymama turned fiancee, Chioma Rowland, more reactions have continued to pour in. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) asserts that the safety of children in a premises with swimming pool should be paramount to the house owner, which ideally a…
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Banana Island Drowning: When swimming lesson goes berserk for Davido’s son, Ifeanyi
Barely four days after Nigeria’s Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, took his son, Ifeanyi Junior, on swimming lessons in his Banana Island house, the two-year-old boy on Monday evening went underwater for a very long time, leading to his death. Davido could be seen in a video on Ifeanyi’s page having fun in the…