Tag:Building Collapse

Disaster Risk Management

Emergency responders recover two bodies at Lekki building collapse

Emergency responders have recovered two dead bodies from the rubbles of a building that collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, September 4, 2022,...

Michael Simire - September 4, 2022

Real Estate

Stakeholders attribute incessant collapse to non-compliance to building laws

Stakeholders in the building industry have attributed incessant building collapse to bad design, faulty construction, foundation failure and extraordinary loads on such structures. The stakeholders...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Lagos building collapse: Death toll rises to 10 – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday, May 2, 2022, said that the death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in the Ebute...

Michael Simire - May 3, 2022

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Why Meiran building collapsed, by Lagos government

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, July 23, 2017 attributed the building collapse that occurred at 7, Saidu Okeleji Street, Meiran in Agbado Oke-Odo...

admin - July 23, 2017

Human Settlement

I lose sleep over building collapse in Lagos, says Anifowose

Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Abiola Anifowose, has said that the incidence of building collapse in the state gives him...

admin - May 4, 2017

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Row, criticisms trail Makoko Floating School collapse

A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its recent collapse, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were...

admin - June 16, 2016

Human Settlement

How government can end building collapse in Lagos

Bothered by the incessant collapse of buildings in the bustling city of Lagos in Nigeria, town planner and planning advocate, Yacoob Abiodun, who resides...

admin - April 1, 2016

Real Estate

Lagos to demolish other defective Lekki Gardens buildings

The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday directed that stability test be conducted on all buildings constructed by Lekki Gardens to ascertain their...

admin - March 15, 2016

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