[Vanguard] Lagos -- Ten persons, including a 17-year-old girl were rescued under the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed at 15, Iga Idungaran Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, yesterday. Fortunately, there was no fatality.
[This Day] A four-storey building has collapsed trapping several people adjacent to the Palace of the Oba of Lagos at Lagos Island, the state government has confirmed.
[Premium Times] The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, confirmed that eight people have so far been rescued by the LASEMA team.
[Premium Times] The report had captured the suffering of residents, majorly farmers, in the interconnected agrarian communities.
[New Zimbabwe] A group of youths involved in environmental protection and conservation has lobbied the government to stop the proposed construction of 23 cluster houses on a wetland in the Eastern border city of Mutare.
[Vanguard] Owerri -- The Imo state government on Wednesday ordered the stoppage of a gas construction plant in Umuriem Autonomous Community, Nekede in Owerri West Council Area of Imo state.
[Premium Times] "This means that Nigeria recorded more than two building collapse monthly. This is a worrisome trend that needs to be reversed."
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government at the weekend disclosed that it was targeting the construction of about 50,000 housing units annually, stressing that it currently has 6,612 units being developed nationwide.
[Premium Times] The mosque on Yusuf Street, off Ladipo Road, Papa Ajao, collapsed while prayer was ongoing.
[Nyasa Times] Members of the Malawi Allied Building Contractors Association (Mabcata)--who were supposed to demonstrate Thursday against the Roads Fund Administration (RFA) for delaying to pay them K14 billion dating back to January this year--shifted ...
