•The collapsed building A three-storey building has collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State, with several people feared trapped beneath the rubble. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 11:40 am today, and the exact number of persons trapped could not be immediately ascertained, reports The PUNCH. As of the time of […...
•Rescue workers at the site of the building collapse, today Six persons have been injured following the collapse of a two-storey building under construction in Jikwoyi, within the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The building caved in around 11 a.m. today while workers were on site, triggering an emergency respon...
•A collapsed building Many construction workers were today trapped while others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a two-storey building under construction collapsed along the busy Oyemekun Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital. As at the time of filing this report, it was unclear whether the incident resulted in any fatalities, repor...
•The collapsed building today A two-storey building has collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, leaving an undisclosed number of people feared trapped. The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, in a situation report, said that the agency received a distress call in the wee hours of today, reports Channels [&hel...
•Building collapse A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in the Yaba area of Lagos State. The ill-fated building, located at 333 Borno Street, Alagomeji, caved in last night. This was confirmed in a statement today by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) via its official X handle, saying four adult males have been...
•Building collapse Two persons were confirmed dead yesterday, while 14 others were rescued alive from the rubble after a three-storey building with a penthouse under construction collapsed, on Oriwu Street, in Lekki area of Lagos. But the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, said six persons were rescued. The victims were labourers...
•Late Abubakar Lawal Ugandan police said yesterday they were investigating the death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal who fell from a shopping mall balcony in Kampala. The 29-year-old striker played for local premiership club Vipers, reports AFP. He fell from the third floor of Voicemall Shopping Arcade early yesterday, police said in a s...
A fire outbreak today gutted part of a seven-storey commercial building belonging to AG Leventis, Iddo House, Iddo, via Oyingbo, Lagos, destroying property worth millions of naira. According to an eyewitness, the fire started at about 11 a.m. and affected the archive room on the first floor, measuring approximately 108 square meters, reports V...
•Collapsed building A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Rivers State. The building which was on the third floor collapsed, this morning, at Iriebe Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. At press time, no casualty had been reported but, it was gathered that workers had resumed work on the site when the...
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service today afternoon averted a fire outbreak at 48 Breadfruit Street, Apongbon, Lagos, from consuming other properties. According to an eyewitness, the fire began at approximately 12:24 p.m, reports Vanguard. The blaze, which originated from the second floor of a three-story building primarily housing various...

