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 …