Nigeria: Again, Another Building Collapses in Lagos, Kill Four
[This Day] Four persons, Wednesday, died and five others were injured after a two-storey building collapsed at Flour Mill Estate, Magbon in Badagry area of Lagos State.
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Nigeria: Marginal Increase in Prices Drive Cement Manufacturing Companies Profit By 43%
[This Day] A total of three major cement manufacturing companies in Nigeria jointly reported N523.7 billion as profit before tax in the nine-month period of 2021, an increase of 43 per cent from N365.46 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2...
Nigeria: Building Collapse in Nigeria – Concerns and Practicable Remedies
[This Day] Building collapses are not uncommon around the world. Many countries, including USA, have had their fair share of failures which have resulted in the collapse of buildings. Recently, on June 24, 2021, a 12-storey beachfront condominium compl...
Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse – Matters Arising
[This Day] I was at a reception for our brother and colleague, Dele Momodu, a life-long reporter, author, publisher, media-preneur, community chief, politician, public intellectual, Chairman/CEO of Ovation Magazine, Ovation Carol and Boss Magazine on S...
Nigeria: Bayelsa Expresses Satisfaction With Completion of 10 Internal Roads
[This Day] Yenagoa -- As part of measures to improve road infrastructure in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Government yesterday said it had completed 10 internal roads, six nearly-completed ones while four others will be awarded at the at the end of the mo...
Nigeria: Buhari – We’ve Invested Massively in Roads, Rail, Power, Airports
[This Day] Paris, France -- President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his administration had invested extensively in critical infrastructure and economic projects, stressing that the possibilities being created through the investments for Nigerians and...
Nigeria: Expert – Nigeria Faces 22 Million Housing Deficit By 2030
[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria will experience a 22 million housing deficit in the next nine to ten years time if nothing is done to address the increasing demand occasioned by increasing number of citizens, Chief Executive Officer Matrix Court, Mr. Tamba...
Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu’s 360 Degrees Wahala
[This Day] Until last week Monday, I had never heard the name Femi Osibona. But within a few hours of the collapse of his Ikoyi 21-storey building in Lagos, I came to learn a great deal about the late proprietor of the '360 Degrees Towers'. From the 'p...
Nigeria: Two More Bodies Recovered From Collapsed Ikoyi Building
[This Day] Two more bodies have been recovered from the site of the collapsed high-rise buildings in Ikoyi, bringing the number of the dead to 45.
Nigeria: Quality Control – Why Roads, Buildings, Infrastructure Collapse in Nigeria
[This Day] Prof. Sunny Eromosele Eboh is the founder of Mudiame University and Managing Director of Mudiame International Limited. Eboh speaks about the many challenges surrounding quality control and the implications for building and infrastructure co...
