Tag: collapsed building
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[UPDATED] Rescue operations commences at collapsed building in Ibadan
Barely two days after a three-storeyed building collapsed in Lagos State, killing 20 people, another building has collapsed at the Bode are of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to reports reaching TNG, people are trapped and are still making phone calls under the rubbles. According to witnesses, no fewer than 23 persons were trapped…
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Pregnant woman, proprietor, 12 pupils, seven others die in Lagos collapsed building
A pregnant woman, the proprietor of the nursery/Primary school and 19 others, including no fewer than 12 pupils died in the collapsed building at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island on Wednesday, witnesses and hospital sources said. However, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said eight persons died, while 34 others were rescued in the…
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Lagos collapsed building: ‘My sister’s three children under rubble’
A woman, Mrs. Aishat Onilenla, said her sister’s three children were still trapped under the rubble of the collapsed three-story building. She said: “My sister’s three children are trapped in the collapsed building. My sister was at the scene, but she had been dragged home. We don’t want her to see the corpse of the…
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Collapsed building: Buhari condoles with affected families, Lagos govt
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that he was extremely saddened by the collapse of a building in Ita-Faji, Lagos State, which claimed lives, including little children. He condoled with the families of the victims and the Lagos State Government. He wished others who were injured, early recovery. “It touches one to lose precious lives…
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Death toll in Lagos collapsed building increases to 8
More bodies have been recovered from the debris of collapsed building in Lagos, bringing the death toll to eight. Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West spokesman for National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, gave the update in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye said that the four-storey building collapsed on Tuesday…
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How mother, daughter died in Lagos collapsed building
Tragedy struck on Saturday during Lagos State’s local council polls as a mother and her daughter were killed after a building collapsed on them. The building, which was under construction at No. 7 Seidu Okeleji, Alaro, Meiran, collapsed, killing the 30-year-old mother, identified as Basirat and her child, Bisoye. TheNewsGuru.com published the report of the…