Building Collapse

The Lagos state government has restricted construction activities at building sites across the state to the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., from Mondays to Saturdays. According to a statement by the ministry's director of…

Four bodies have been recovered from the collapsed two-storey building at Oriwu Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. On Wednesday, two bodies were recovered from the accident site, and six individuals were rescued by emergency…

Report has shown that a 5-storey under construction has collapsed at Basden Street, Fegge, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State. According to information, the building, was meant to serve commercial purposes after…

Report has shown that some building collapses at the Ochanja market in Onitsha. it is also gathered that evacuation and rescue are still ongoing at the site, while 5 persons are stucked underneath. ...more details…

By Christian ABURIME Following the tragic building collapse at Odu-Igbo Market, Ochanja, Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, conducted an emergency visit to the site. Addressing a large crowd at the…

Some stakeholders have reiterated the importance of insuring public buildings and buildings under construction to avoid future building collapse. They spoke during the National Insurance Conference 2023 on Monday in Abuja.…

The Lagos government on Thursday appealed to artisans, developers, and built environment professionals to support initiatives to reduce building collapse. Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) general manager Gbolahan Oki made the…

A three-storey building has just collapsed at Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The spokesperson of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor told Peoples Gazette that emergency responders are on their way to…

No fewer than seven persons were feared injured when an uncompleted four-storey hotel building collapsed on Thursday in Ibadan. The collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of…

The death toll at the seven-storey building that collapsed at Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki, Lagos, on Sunday has risen to four. Excavators of emergency response agencies searching for corpses at the site retrieved two more bodies from…