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,…
At least seven people have been confirmed dead in the building collapse in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Many other occupants of the building sustained injuries, the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Department (FEMD) said. Nkechi Isa, the FEMD spokesperson, told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday that the official death toll from the collapse is seven. The…
No fewer than 40 people are trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed on Saturday in the Sabon Lugbe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. As of press time, sympathizers and emergency workers are on-site, working to rescue those still caught beneath the debris. The building, reportedly under construction, collapsed in the…
A two-storey building has collapsed on Amusu Street, in the Orile Iganmu area of Lagos State. The incident happened in the early hours of Monday. As seen in a video trending online, the building caved in as residents nearby scampered for safety. An official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency who confirmed the incident…