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Nigeria:
Over 1,000 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation in Lagos - Expert
Premium Times, 14 March 2019
Kunle Awobodu, the National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), says there are over 1,000 buildings unfit for human habitation in Lagos Island. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Govt Begins Demolition of Over 180 Defective Houses
Vanguard, 15 March 2019
Following the recent collapse of a three-storey building at Ita Faj in Lagos Island on Wednesday which killed over 20 persons including school pupils, the Lagos State Building… Read more »
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Nigeria:
20 People Killed in Lagos Island Building Collapse
Vanguard, 15 March 2019
Lagos State Government has confirmed that a total of 20 people died in the early Wednesday, collapsed three floor building at number 10 Dogara Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Probe Demanded Into Fatal Nigeria Building Collapse
CAJ News, 15 March 2019
Children's rights groups are demanding a probe into the death of at least eight schoolchildren after a building collapsed in Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fast-Track Demolition of Marked Buildings, Tinubu Urges Lagos Govt
This Day, 15 March 2019
The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has urged the Lagos State Government to fast-track the demolition of buildings marked as structurally unfit. Read more »
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Nigeria:
1,000 Buildings Under Threat of Collapse On Lagos Island
Leadership, 15 March 2019
With Lagos residents yet to recover from the shock arising from the collapse of a three-storey building on Wednesday, there are worrisome revelations that another 1,000 structures… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Death Toll in Lagos Building Collapse Rises to 14
This Day, 15 March 2019
With the operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) getting to ground zero at the three-storey residential building that collapsed at Ita-Faji area of Lagos… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'I Lost Three Children to the Building Collapse, the Only Surviving One Has a Broken Leg'
Guardian, 15 March 2019
The tales of woe, lamentation, regret and relief for some continued yesterday at the site of the three-storey building that collapsed at Massey Street, Ita-faji in Lagos Island on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Building Collapse - Health Minister to Visit Survivors Later Today
Leadership, 15 March 2019
The minister of health, Prof Isaac Adewole has arrived Lagos this morning to visits survivors at various hospitals and sympathized with relatives of victims of the collapsed… Read more »