The death toll in the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, has increased to 21. The building crumbled around 2pm…
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Rescuers search for survivors after 10 killed in Lagos building collapse
Rescuers search for survivors 24 hours after building collapse Building was sealed off in June over structural issues Developer claims he has developed buildings in Britain LAGOS, Nov 2 (Reuters)…
BREAKING: IGP arrives scene of Ikoyi collapsed building
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has arrived the scene where a building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The IGP on Tuesday came in an entourage…
Report: Sanwo-Olu suspends building agency boss as Ikoyi building collapse death toll rises to 15
The death toll from the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi has risen to 15, the National Emergency Management Agecny said on Tuesday afternoon. “We have recovered more bodies….
Collapsed Lagos building was sealed for 4 months over anomalie— Obafemi Hamzat
Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says construction at the collapsed building in Ikoyi was once stopped after it failed a structural integrity test. He said the Lagos State…
Three Benue farmers accused for ‘armed robbery’
They were arraigned before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. Three farmers, Kofi James, Kofi Kenneth and Aondona Uzer, were on Monday…
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom after 10 days
A Catholic priest abducted by armed men in Umuahia has regained his freedom after 10 days in captivity. Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie was released on Saturday, according to…
#EndSARSmemorial : Turtured Uber driver to CP as N500m rogue cops’ arrest demanded
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; scene of the incident and Lagos CP, Hakeem Odumosu Dedotun Clement, the Uber driver brutalised by security agents who fired tear gas canisters to disperse…
South-South: Pipeline explosion kills 20, injure many
Two Die At Police Roadblock Again, pipeline explosion from illegal refining of petroleum products in Rumuekpe community in Emohua local council of Rivers State has reportedly killed 20 persons. This…
24-year-old graduate waiting for NYSC call-up lured, raped and killed by unknown Men
A young female trader was allegedly raped and killed by unknown men in Makurdi, Benue State. Joy Onuh Ogochuckwu, a graduate of the Department of Mass Communication, Benue State University, Makurdi, was…