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."
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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.
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Nigeria: Lagos High-Rise Collapses, Burying Workers

[DW] A 21-story building under construction in the Nigerian commercial capital has collapsed, burying workers. Emergency crews and neighbors are digging frantically in an attempt to save people trapped in the rubble.
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Nigeria: One Dead, Two Rescued in Lagos Building Collapse

[Premium Times] The rescue was before the arrival of emergency responders of NEMA, LASEMA, and officials from the Lagos State Building Control Agency
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Nigeria: Ikoyi Collapsed Building – We Approved 15 Floors but Owner Built 21 Floors – Agency

[Daily Trust] Gbolahan Oki, general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has disclosed that the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, was given approval to construct only 15 floors.
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Nigeria: Death Toll in Lagos Building Collapse Rises

[Premium Times] Excavators from the relevant agencies were still being awaited as of 5.45 p.m. while crowd control remained a challenge at the scene.
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Nigeria: Reconstructing 21 Federal Roads Is Good, But…

[Vanguard] With less than 2 months to the end of the year, many people must by now be eagerly awaiting the promised review of Nigeria's Revenue Allocation Formula. Of course, it is a subject that has over the years lacked any measure of empiricism.
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Nigeria: Federal Roads – FG Owing Ogun Over N300bn, Says Abiodun

[This Day] Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has revealed that the federal government was owing the state over N300 billion as money spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads across the state.
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Zimbabwe: Cifoz Provides Secure Building Options

[The Herald] The Construction Industry Federation of Zimbabwe, CIFOZ, is a non-profit construction contractors association that operate offices out of both Harare, located at the Conquenar House in Eastlea, and Bulawayo, where their operations are based out of Famona.
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