Several people have been trapped as a one-storey building collapsed in Minna, the Niger State capital. The building which is located at in Sabon Gari area of Minna collapsed on Friday, May 17, 2024. Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital. At the time of filing this report, the manual evacuation of the debris has commenced, and the authorities said machines would be …
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A three-storey building collapsed at Ita Faaji Market in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State during a downpour. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the building collapsed around 10.15 am on Thursday, February 22, 2024. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency responded to the scene of the incident and conducted a thorough assessment. He said it was observed that the structure collapsed on its own without external factors. The …
The death toll from the building collapse at Ebute Meta, Lagos State, has increased to three. The building collapsed on Friday morning, Dec. 22, on Herbert Marculley Way, Ebute Meta. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the territorial coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the death toll to newsmen in Lagos. The body of a 12-year-old boy and the bodies of two adults —a male and a female— were recovered from the rubble of the two-storey building. Farinloye added that …
A man who remained a virgin till the age of 71 has managed to barricade himself inside his home for 55 years to avoid women. Callitxe Nzamwita erected a 15-foot fence around his home in Rwanda to keep women and members of public away from him. The 71-year-old admitted he was “really scared” of women coming up to his home, hence the isolation. Despite his fear, it is local women who are keeping the man alive …
A young woman’s d3ad body has been found in a latrine inside a Catholic church in Kenya, but the details surrounding her death remain unclear. Josephine Karimi, a 24 year old woman who had recently started working as a secretary for a Catholic Church association in Kenya, mysteriously went missing on June 28. After a thorough investigation involving the police her body was found on Monday, July 3 in a pit latrine on the church premises. The …
A storey building collapsed in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state at about 7am today June 8. Thankfully no life was lost in the incident. According to reports, the uncompleted building located around PZ Estate, Onijagun, caved in without giving any sign. Eyewitnesses say the building which has been erected to the roofing stage, had been abandoned for over 10 years and had provided temporary accomodation to some motorcycle riders before they were sent away …