A tragic incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the Ikota area of Lekki, Lagos, where a two-storey building under construction collapsed, trapping an unconfirmed number of workers under the rubble. Emergency responders, including the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), and … Read more
Mr Evans Bipi, Rivers Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development says no death was recorded in a collapsed three-story building that occurred in Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Commissioner on Sunday in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr Emeka Idika, said that the affected building under construction … Read more
Seven construction workers have been rescued from the rubble of a three-storey building that collapsed on Saturday at Aboga along the Igwuruta-Etche road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The building, which was under construction, caved in at about 1:30 pm, leaving seven of the nine workers present at the site with varying … Read more
The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL) has urged block moulders and other stakeholders in the built environment to prioritise quality over cost to avoid building collapse. The General Manager of LSMTL, Mrs Olayinka Abdul, gave the advice at a grassroots advocacy forum against building collapse, on Wednesday. It was organised by the Building Collapse … Read more