An undisclosed number of persons were reportedly trapped after a building collapsed in Lagos in the wee hours of Monday. This was disclosed in the situation report released by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye. The affected building has been identified as a two-storey building located at 54 Cole…
Tragedy has struck in the Idumoza community, Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, where a hotel under construction collapsed and killed its owner, identified as Andrew Isesere. The remains of the deceased owner were reportedly pulled out of the rubble on Sunday morning. According to eyewitnesses, the building collapsed last Friday, trapping…
A three-storey building has reportedly collapsed in Abedi, Sabongari area of Kano State allegedly following a heavy downpour. According to an eyewitness, Yahya Ibrahim who confirmed the incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, following a heavy downpour in the area. It was stated that several occupants may be trapped beneath the rubble, though…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two people have been confirmed dead following the collapse of the fence of the Kwara Hotel, in Ilorin. It was gathered that the fence at the hotel premises was under construction before it collapsed and killed two workers. One other person who was among those buried under the rubble of the…
Two persons have been confirmed dead and 22 others rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in Lagos on Saturday morning. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh gave the figures when he visited the scene of the collapsed building at 10, Oremeta Street, Ojodu Berger. The Nation gathered that the building caved in…
A multi-storey building under construction on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State collapsed on Saturday morning, trapping an unknown number of people beneath the rubble. The structure, which housed a restaurant on its ground floor, caved in around 8 am. So far, five people have been rescued from the rubble. Speaking at…
At least one female student was killed, while 5 sustained injuries after a classroom wall collapsed at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Potiskum, Yobe state, on Thursday. Multiple sources told Daily Trust that the unfortunate incident happened when the victims were in the classroom. ‘‘This unfortunate incident happened around 12:30 pm when most of the…
A building collapsed in Lagos yesterday, leaving one person dead, four rescued, while others are trapped beneath the rubbles. The building, located at Ikota, Lekki area of Lagos State, was a two-storey affair still under construction. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA; Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service; Nigeria Security and Civil…
The owner of the collapsed building in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Pa Bibire Lamidi, lost five of his children and grand children in the incident. Some of the patients of the Octogenarian as also died when the building collapsed. The one-storey building located at Jegede, Olunloyo, Ona Ara Local Government Area collapsed around 2am on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that no fewer than 10 persons have reportedly lost their lives while seven other victims were rescued in a building collapse incident at Jegede Olorunsogo in Ona Ara local government area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital. According to Tribune Online, the sad incident occured at 2 am on Thursday. Confirming the incident,…