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Building collapse: HEDA urges investigation of reinstatement of dismissed Lagos staff

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has voiced deep concerns over reported reinstatement of staff from the Lagos State Building Control...

Building collapse: Prevention is better than cure

“Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but three times is a pattern.” (a maxim.) On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, the Lagos State Government...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Rising oil prices renew coal debate for African SMEs power

African economies are facing mounting pressure from volatile global oil prices linked to the ongoing Gulf conflict, with analysts...
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Navy dismantles illegal refinery in Rivers, recovers 20,000 litres of stolen crude

The Nigerian Navy has deactivated an illegal refining in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State and recovered more...

NCF seeks partnership with students to advance environmental conservation

The Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Joseph Onoja, has called on Nigerian students to partner with...

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