The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) met with stakeholders on Wednesday, to review the level of preparedness, response, and recovery of victims during possible building collapses. The meeting was a fall out of the two-storey building that collapsed…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu ordered the demolition of some buildings in Banana Island over defective structures, and another building collapse has been recorded in the state. The building which is a three-storey building under construction collapsed on Sunday,…
Wednesday’s Banana Island building collapse in Lagos has returned attention to the danger to the lives and properties of Nigerians. The Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mukaila Sanusi, said…
Denis Mathew In a bid to curb the myriad of building collapse in the country, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has gazetted laws that will guide the practices of Structural Engineers in the country and…
By Ogaga Ariemu Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria(HURIWA) on Monday, bemoaned the successive number of building collapses across the country, saying State Governments, town planning authorities and building-controlled agencies must step up regulatory standards to…
By: Ajibola Taiwo In the recent past, the media have been awash with news of collapsed buildings across the country. Devastations caused by these incessant collapses are not limited to material and financial losses, but even the ultimate loss of…
The spates of building collapse in Nigeria has over time assumed a very worrisome state as many lives have been lost and huge properties/investments wasted. The incessant building collapse in Nigeria is posing serious challenges to all citizens, including those…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has rescued five adult males in the rubbles of the three-storey building located at four, Alayaki Lane, Lagos Island, which collapsed on Saturday, 21st May, 2022 during the heavy rainfall. Consequent upon the…
With the tragedy at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, still fresh in the mind, 2022 began when a three-story building in the state’s Yaba region collapsed, killing at least five people. Two months later, Lagos State was back in the news after…
