Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, bemoaned the  number of collapsed buildings across the country, saying state governments, town planning authorities and building-controlled agencies must step up regulatory standards...

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bolmarmic Nigeria Limited, Paul Afolaji Abolaji, has preferred solutions to incessant building collapse in Nigeria,

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and the entire people of the state over the lives

The Kano State Government on Thursday embarked on the demolition of structures erected on waterways at strategic places in Kano metropolis to avert flooding. The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, who is also the Chairman of the Task Force Committee on Sanitation, said that the decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting.…

At least, two people were feared dead following the collapse of a shopping complex in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Piqued by incessant construction failures, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), has called for stiffer penalties, including death sentence for erring professionals, who cause building collapse.

Iranian police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan where a tower block collapse killed 28 people, local media reported on Saturday. A large section of the 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in Abadan, Khuzestan province, crumbled on Monday in one of Iran's deadliest such…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said that the death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in the Ebute Metta area has increased to 10.

Lagos State Government has read a riot act to building developers demanding that they have names, pictures and addresses of workers on site.

The President, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Olutoyin Ayinde, has said that the failure to punish those who violate building ethics encourages substandard buildings that collapse frequently.

One more dead body has been recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos on Saturday afternoon. This raised the death toll to three, while the number of rescued persons remained two, just as rescue efforts are still on. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed…

To reduce incidences of building collapse, cost of property development and enhance quality in housing development in the state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said plans are in the offing to build the competence of local artisans and craftsmen in the state.