Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Survivor Appeals to Lagos Govt to Foot Medical Bill
[Premium Times] An official at the hospital told this reporter that the patient's bill, which is N29,600, has not been paid since he was brought to the hospital.
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Nigeria: Ikoyi Collapsed Building – Lagos Assembly Wants Compensation for Bereaved Families
[Premium Times] The House expressed worries over frequent incidents of building collapse in the state
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Death Toll Reaches 44
[Premium Times] Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the scene of the accident on Saturday, had put the death toll, as of that day, at 42.
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Death Toll Rises to 42, Survivors Now 15
[Premium Times] "We have additional six people that we have also been able to identify that they were on-site and they were treated at the police hospital in Falomo so, we have a total of 15 survivors."
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Corpse of Developer, Osibona, ‘Retrieved From Rubble’
[Premium Times] There is no official confirmation yet on Mr Osibona, but a close friend of his, Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation Magazine, mourned him on his Instagram page.
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Sanwo-Olu Names Survivors, Says ‘Mistakes Were Made’
[Premium Times] "This is an event that one can say that indeed mistakes were made from all angles and this is an event that truly really shouldn't be happening in a modern-day city like Lagos State."
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Death Toll Rises
[Premium Times] On Monday, it took over four hours for excavators and other heavy equipment to arrive at the site.
Nigeria: Lagos Govt Backtracks, Says Collapsed 21-Storey Building Got Approval
[Premium Times] "The approval was done about three years ago, it is not something new, it is the construction that failed apparently from what we can see."
Nigeria: Lagos Building Collapse – ‘Owner Got Approval to Construct 15 Floors, but Built 21’
[Premium Times] "He got an approval for a 15-storey building and he exceeded his limit. I am on ground here and the materials he used are so inferior and terrible."
Nigeria: At Least 50 Persons Trapped’ in Lagos Building Collapse
[Premium Times] Emergency responders are yet to arrive at the scene, as of the time of filing this report.
