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Lagos Building Collapse Claims Eight Lives as Rescue Operations Continue. 26 Victims Rescued Alive as Multi-Agency Teams Intensify Search in Alakija Tragedy.   LAGOS, NIGERIA – The iNews Times | A devastating Lagos building collapse has claimed eight lives, including that of an infant girl, after a three-storey shopping complex gave way in the Alakija area along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on…

Lamentations as death toll in Lagos collapsed building reaches 19, nine rescued, 50 still trapped

Sanwo-olu suspends LABSCA boss, IGP visits, Gbajabiamila, Obaseki empathises with victims • Another building caves in It was a pitiable sight, yesterday, as residents and victims’ families watched rescuers pull out 19 dead bodies out of the rubble of the 21-storey building, which collapsed on Monday at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Some family members gathered in clusters at the scene to pray for…

Lagos to demolish 70 distressed buildings

Photo/NAN The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) said it has identified and marked 70 noticeably dilapidated and highly distressed buildings within the state, which would be removed to further prevent building collapse that could lead to loss of lives and property. Speaking during the demolition of a partially-collapsed structure at No. 19, Church Street, Lagos Island, the General…

Ajayi’s family writes Lagos agency over land grabbers’ intrusion

Some months after the death of the founder of First Foundation Hospital, Dr Olutosin Ajayi, a lawyer, Mr. Akinjide Isola, has called on the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) to intervene over intrusion on the deceased’s property by land grabbers, destroying structures erected on the land in Opebi area of Ikeja.

According to the lawyer, less than a month after Ajayi died, armed hoodlums…

Lagos to demolish 50 buildings, intensify environmental monitoring

The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to remove about 50 distressed buildings in the state to tame cases of building collapse.

The government disclosed that in the last one year, it had removed about 70 distressed buildings, noting that more would be removed soon.

General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Abiola Kosegbe, said this during an interview with The…

Lagos issues notice to demolish 102 distressed buildings

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), yesterday, said 102 out of about 500 identified distressed buildings in the state have been marked for demolition.

The state also advised all tenants/occupiers of the structures to evacuate immediately, as demolition would commence after the expiration of a seven-day notice already issued.

The General Manager of the agency, Biola Kosegbe,…

Lagos issues notice to demolish 102 distressed buildings

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), yesterday, said 102 out of about 500 identified distressed buildings in the state have been marked for demolition.

The state also advised all tenants/occupiers of the structures to evacuate immediately, as demolition would commence after the expiration of a seven-day notice already issued.

The General Manager of the agency, Biola Kosegbe,…