Tag: building collapse
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Six members injured as Deeper Life Church building collapses
No few than six members of the Deeper life Bible Church, located at Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos state, were injured on Sunday, sustaining serious degrees of injuries when the building of the Church collapsed during heavy storm while the service was in progress. According to reports, the heavy rain which was later followed by…
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Ikoyi building collapse: COREN submits findings to inquest
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has submitted a report on its investigation into the Nov. 1, 2021 collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Mr Tomide Akinnawo, Chief Engineer and COREN’s Head of Lagos Laison Office, submitted the report while testifying before the inquest.
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Deaths from 2021 building collapse in Nigeria tripled COVID-19 figures – BCPG
The National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Mr Eddy Atumonyogo, on Saturday said building collapse claimed more lives in 2021 than COVID-19 in three years in Nigeria. Atumonyogo said this at Falomo, Lagos, during a walk against building collapse organised by BCPG as part of activities to mark the 2022 Builders’ Day weeklong activities,…
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Collapsed 21-storey building had poor workmanship – SON
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has revealed that the collapsed 21-storey high-rise building located on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, which collapsed on Nov. 1, 2021, had poor workmanship. Two engineers and staff of SON, Mr Kareem Adisa and Mr Ibrahim Aliyu, said this while testifying on Thursday at an Ikeja Coroner’s Court.
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Ikoyi Building Collapse: 5 victims still unidentified
A pathologist, Dr Sokunle Soyemi, has revealed that five deceased victims of the 21-storey building, which collapsed on Nov. 1, 2021 at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, are yet to be identified.
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Death toll in Lagos collapse building rises to 4
One more dead body was on Sunday morning recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos, bringing the total casualty figure to four. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development on Sunday. Farinloye said that out of the two survivors of the collapsed building,…
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Lagos State Government arrests owner of collapsed building
The Lagos State Government says it has arrested the developer of the three-storey building under construction that collapsed at No. 16 Akanbi Crescent, Onike Area, Lagos, on Saturday afternoon. The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, in a statement, said, “the government moved in swiftly to minimize impact at the…
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[UPDATED] Lagos building collapse: Death toll rises to 3, 2 rescued alive
One more dead body has been recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos on Saturday afternoon. This raised the death toll to three, while the number of rescued persons remained two, just as rescue efforts are still on. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed…
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Collapse of 21-storey Lagos building an engineering failure – Council
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has described the collapse of the 21 storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos in November, 2021 as an engineering failure.
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18 victims rescued so far from Pastor Ibiyeomie’s collapsed church building in Delta
Pastor Ibiyeomie’s church building collapses in Delta trapping several worshippers