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Three die in Lagos building collapse

5 months ago864 min

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday confirmed the death of three site workers on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the incident happened at No 13, Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos. He said that the three males who were recovered dead...

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Building collapse: Lagos government affirms there were no fatalities, intensifies its investigation

2 years ago602 min

No fatalities were reported in the seven-story building fall on Banana Island, Ikoyi, according to the Lagos State Government. Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy, revealed that 25 individuals had been recovered from the scene at the time of the report, with no one still trapped beneath the rubble. Omotoso added that the site has been divided into quadrants, and that search operations have been finished in quadrants two and three, which have...