Tag: Lagos building collapse

It’s 7 Floor-Structure, LASEMA Contradicts NEMA on Lagos Building Collapse

Ganiyu Amodu

. Gives Casually Figure, other updates on Ill-Fated Banana Island Mansion   The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has contradicted the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the number of floors in the building that collapsed in Lagos on Wednesday evening. While NEMA said the structure wax a three storey, LASEMA, in a statement to Platforms Africa, declared that it was a seven floor building. Here below is the statement LASG INVESTIGATING COLLAPSED BUILDING IN BANANA ISLAND An unapproved 7-floor building under construction has collapsed in Banana Island, Lagos…

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Ruins, death, rescues as three-storey building collapses in Lagos + PICTURES

Damilola Olonade

  Six adults have, so far, being rescued in a three-storey building-collpase in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, which killed a male underage. The incident was said to have occurred about 3:00 am at 20, Freeman Street, Lagos Island. Platforms Africa reports that emergency responders have since arrived on the scene and are helping with rescue and recovery efforts.

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