•LUCKY ONES: Some of the pupils rescued from the rubble…yesterdayl No fewer than 18 persons died yesterday when a four-storey building collapsed on Lagos Island. Forty-one others were injured. The incident occurred at No 14, Massey Street, Opposite Oja, Ita-Faaji. The building, housing Ohen Private Nursery and Primary School on its third floor, caved in […]

A three storey-building collapsed at Ita-Faji on Lagos Island on Wednesday with many deaths and scores injured. Residents of the area asked the  Lagos State government to ban the construction of high-rise buildings. The government, however, said buildings within the vicinity would be subjected to integrity tests and any which failed the test would be […]

Lagos State Government has disclosed that the collapsed three-storey building on Massey Street, Ita- Faji, caved in due to addition of more structures on existing building. The State Government added that the building, which was marked as distressed in 2017, experienced foundation failure when the bearing capacity of the soil could not sustain the added […]

Lagos State Government says 20 victims of the collapsed school building located at Itafaji in Lagos Island, are receiving treatment in some hospitals in Lagos. Dr Titilayo Goncalves, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health (MOH), made the disclosure at a news conference at the hospital on Wednesday. Goncalves said that some of the […]

Winners in the last National Assembly elections will be issued with certificate of returns on Thursday. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the 102 Senators- elect will be issued with their certificate at 10 am while the 338 Members of House of Representatives-elect will be issued theirs by 2pm. Going by the list […]

say collapsed building marked for demolition accuse government officials of taking bribes to stop execution Some residents of Ita-faji have appealed to the Lagos State government to stop developers from constructing houses beyond three storeys. They lament the high number of lives that have been lost to the collapse of such buildings in the past. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Federal Government is doing its best to correct and reverse the terrible mismanagement the country had experienced. He added that “with some luck, our best will be good enough.” The President spoke while receiving a delegation of non-career Ambassadors, who came to State House, Abuja, to congratulate him on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that he was extremely saddened by the collapse of a building in Ita-Faji, Lagos State, which claimed lives, including little children. He condoled with the families of the victims and the Lagos State Government. He wished others who were injured, early recovery. “It touches one to lose precious lives […]