An unconfirmed number of persons was on Saturday evening trapped while others may be feared dead when a block of flat collapsed in the Sango Police Barracks, Ibadan the Oyo State capital A source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the incident. The source, who said the agency got the alert …

When I received an alert that a building has just collapsed within the precincts of Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, I hesitated. Incredible! I became a doubting Thomas, making frantic phone calls to that vicinity in order to verify the videos sent to me. Building collapse within the most expensive terrain, a community well-organised or deemed well organised in Nigeria sounded …

A seven-storey building under construction has collapsed in Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The incident happened on Wednesday around past 3 pm. It was gathered that building caved in when some of the construction workers on site had closed for the day. Some of them were however injured as a result of the collapse. The spokesperson for the …

The unfortunate incident of building collapse at 11, Oba Idowu Oniru Road, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, 4 September, 2022 has again exposed the inaccuracy and lack of understanding in the use of the terminology, ‘STOREY’ in this part of the world.  The collapsed building was referred to severally in the media as a seven- storey building, while …

Lagos State Government has concluded arrangements to deconstruct the three uncompleted high-rise structures on the site of a 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, last November. The structures have failed integrity tests, prompting the state government to embark on a controlled deconstruction to bring them down. At a media briefing in Alausa- Ikeja on Thursday, the state Commissioner …