Tag: collapsed building
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Collapsed Church: Delta State receives panel’s report
Delta State Government has received the report of the panel of Inquiry constituted to establish the cause of the collapse building housing a branch of the Salvation Ministry along Okpanam Road, Asaba
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Lagos collapsed building: Body of IT student recovered, as death toll rises to 5
The body of a student on industrial training was, on Sunday evening, recovered from the collapsed three-storey building at Yaba area of Lagos, thus raising the death toll to five. Zonal Coordinator, South-West of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos. A relative of the IT student,…
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Crisis Management: Information not provided on collapsed building in Lagos strange – Emekekwue
The President, Delreeve Konsult Limited and the former Director and Global Head of Communications and Events Management at Afreximbank,
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The Metaphor of Building collapse and the fate of Nigeria – Hope Eghagha
Hope Eghagha The collapse of that feeble twenty-one storey building in Ikoyi Lagos last week left the nation in palpable shock more because of the circumstances of the tragedy than the fact itself. For, in the last ten odd years, there have been too many buildings that went down and took lives with them. On…
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How construction firm predicted disaster for Lagos collapsed building, withdrew services last year
Prowess Engineering Limited, the company that started the construction of the 21-story building under construction that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday withdrew its services from the building as early as February 2020. This was according to a letter written by the company communicating the withdrawal of its services to the client. The company withdrew…
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How collapsed building owner got approval for 15 floors, constructed 21 with ‘terrible, inferior materials’ – Lagos building agency
The General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, says the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building, under construction in Ikoyi, was given approval to construct only 15 floors. Mr Oki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone that the owner of the property has been arrested and would face…
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Building collapses in Lagos community, kills owner
A two-storey building under construction in a Lagos community collapsed on Tuesday, killing its owner, identified as Pastor Daniel Obasi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the building is located at No. 77, Tapa Road, Oke-Ojo at Isawo community in Ikorodu, near Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator of the Southwest Zonal…
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Four family members perish in collapsed building in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that four members of a family died in a collapsed building at Saberi area in Gwale Local Government Area, on Monday. The Spokesman of the Service, Saidu Mohammed, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in Kano, said that three other victims were rescued alive from…
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Collapsed building: Over 100 buildings marked for removal in Magodo
The Lagos State Government has marked over 100 buildings for removal in Magodo area of the state following the collapse of a building which killed a mother and her three children. The woman and her three children died last Saturday after a house built on a hill collapsed on another at Otun Araromi area of…
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[Photos] Four killed in Magodo building collapse
Four persons have been confirmed dead after a house built on a hill collapsed on another in the Otun Araromi area of Magodo-Isheri. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Femi Oke-Osayintolu, who confirmed the casualty figure to our correspondent, said the tragedy struck around 8:00 a.m. He said some injured victims trapped…