Two persons were pronounced dead yesterday after a perimeter fence of a building collapsed on the site workers at Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent in Wuse 2, Abuja. The Director-General Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Abbas Idriss, confirmed the incident. While giving…
Journalists denied access to Banana Island collapsed building site
Journalists seeking to visit the site of the collapsed seven-storey building in Banana Island, Lagos State have been denied access to the estate. The reporters from various media houses including The PUNCH, Channels TV, TVC, Arise, Guardian and others, have…
7-storey building collapses in Lagos
A seven-storey building under construction on Banana Island, Lagos State, has collapsed, trapping several workers. Daily Trust learnt that emergency responders have been mobilised to the scene of the building collapse. The Lagos Territorial Head of the National Emergency Management…
2 feared dead, 40 trapped as 2 storey building collapses in Abuja
Two people have been feared dead and over 40 others suspected to be trapped under the rubbles of a two storey suspended building which collapsed on Thursday at 7th Avenue, Gwarinpa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. At least, seven people…
Indian rescuers scramble after building collapse in Lucknow
Rescuers in India were searching on Wednesday for at least five people believed to be trapped under rubble after a four-storey residential building collapsed in the northern city of Lucknow. At least 30 people were living in the Alaya apartment…
1 dead as building collapses in Lagos
One person has been confirmed dead after a storey building collapsed in the Aromire area of Ikeja, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 6:35 pm on Wednesday evening. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State…
LASBCA partners artisans on building collapse
Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) is seeking synergy with artisans on how to stop building collapse. Its General Manager, Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, stated this during the training on artisans’ upskilling organised by the agency in Ikeja. He said this…
Another 3 storey building collapses in Ibadan
Barely four weeks that a five storey-building hotel collapsed in Bodija Area of Ibadan, another three storey-building has collapsed again in same area on Sunday night. The affected three-storey building according to an eye witness collapsed on Sunday midnight around…
Town Planners not responsible for building collapse – Lagos NITP
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has maintained that its members are not to be blamed for the incessant building collapses in the state. Adejumo, the outgoing state chapter chairman, while addressing journalists during…