Building collapse

April 12, (THEWILL) - A seven-storey building under construction has collapsed in Lagos. A statement by the Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said the building collapsed at Banana Island, Ikoyi,...

February 02, (THEWILL) - At least two persons have been confirmed dead after a two-story building collapsed in the Gwarimpa Area of Abuja. According to eyewitnesses, the uncompleted building collapsed around 12pm on 7th Avenue, Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja, on...

January 25,(THEWILL) - The Chairman, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr Uwem Akpan, said the society has set up a committee to monitor construction sites in Uyo city and across the State, as a measure to check quackery and...

September 23, (THEWILL) – A three-storey building has collapsed at Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The building caved in on Friday afternoon, as emergency workers begin a frantic rescue operation to save those trapped...

September 18, (THEWILL) – Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has ordered a strict probe into the immediate and remote causes of the building collapse at 7 Imman Street, off Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The governor also...

September 12, (THEWILL) – Emergency responders have rescued nine persons from a sinking building, in the Maryland area of Lagos. Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday. He said, “NEMA received a...

September 08, (THEWILL) – Less than a week after a seven-storey building collapsed in Lagos, another 5-storey building under construction, has collapsed on Thursday, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The collapsed building is adjacent to a new generation...

September 05, (THEWILL) - Emergency workers  have recovered one additional corpse  from the rubbles of a seven-storey building, which collapsed in Lagos on Sunday. THEWILL had reported that a seven-story building in Oba Idowu Street, Oniru, collapsed in the Victoria Island...

September 05, (THEWILL) - The death toll from the Lagos building collapse has risen to five, emergency officials said on Monday. THEWILL had reported that a seven-story building in Oba Idowu Street, Oniru, Victoria Island collapsed on Sunday. Some of the workers...