No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly injured after the collapse of an uncompleted five-storey hotel building in the early hours of Thursday in Ibadan. The affected building was adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika…
Sanwo-Olu appoints Bamgbose Martins new Commissioner for Physical Planning
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Engr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins as the new Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development. Bamgbose-Martins is replacing Dr. Idris Salako, who tendered his resignation letter last Monday, barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building…
3-storey building collapses in Abuja
A three-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja. According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the incident happened at about midnight on Friday. The building, which was under construction, collapsed at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado…
One escapes death in Lagos collapsed building
A female adult has reportedly escaped death at the scene of a building collapse which occurred at Number 15, Oke-Arin Street, Ilupeju/Palm Grove in Lagos State. The abandoned two-storey building reportedly collapsed to ground Zero in the early hours of…
Iran building collapse: Protesters turn on government over disaster
Protests against authorities in Iran in the wake of a deadly building collapse are continuing a week after the incident, videos on social media show. Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets nightly across Khuzestan province, where the unfinished building…
Lagos records zero conviction in 145 building collapse cases, NDLEA arrests notorious drug dealer and more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Lagos records zero conviction as 213 die in seven years, 145 building collapsed in 13 years (Punch)…
Anambra sets up panel to probe building collapse
Following the collapse a few days ago of a four-storey building under construction at Number 9, Ezenwa Street, Onitsha, the Anambra State Government has set up a panel to probe the incident. A statement by Commissioner for Information & Public…