Ikoyi Building Collapse: Drama as relatives fight over recovered bodies at IDH
THERE was a mild drama, yesterday, as two families of the victims of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi in Lagos State engaged in verbal war over the identity of one of the victims of the incident at Infectious Diseases Hospital, IDH, Yaba.
Building collapse: Assembly to go after regulatory agencies
All regulatory agencies in charge of monitoring construction of buildings in the state would now be kept on their toes to guard against incessant cases of building collapse.
Black Democracy Day: How 2 were killed, 14 injured in Lagos 3-storey building collapse
Two people were feared dead while 14 others were rescued alive by emergency respondents on Monday from a collapsed building that happened on Lagos Island.
One dead, 17 rescued, scores trapped as building collapses in Lagos
LAGOS—A three-story building under construction at Richard Abimbola Street, Ilasamaja, Lagos, collapsed, yesterday, killing one and trapping over 20 construction workers.
6 killed in Kenyan hospital wall collapse
Police said at least six people, including four children, were killed in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa on Monday after a hospital wall collapsed under heavy rain.
Stemming Building Collapse: Built environmental professionals seeks Oba Akiolu’s assistance
Bothered by the rising cases of building collapse across Lagos State, particularly the Lagos Island axis, members of the Building Collapse and Prevention Guild (BCPG), a voluntary organisation made of built environment professionals with the mandate to prevent buildings from collapsing, has decided to seek the collaboration of Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, in its quest to tackle the menace.
