Ikoyi building collapse
16 Jun 2022
Lagos State government on Thursday said that the land where the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi would be taken over by the state government. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, who stated this, said that the state government is taking over the land in line with the state physical…
18 Feb 2022
A forensic expert, Dr Richard Somiari, has informed an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that one of the five hitherto unidentified victims of the Nov. 1, 2021, 21-story building collapse at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos
11 Feb 2022
The Lagos State Building Control Authority (LASBCA) revealed before an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that late Mr Femi Osibona, Managing Director of Fourscore Heights Ltd.
23 Jan 2022
Even with the torrents of bad news daily pervading this country, Nigerians are unlikely to forget in a hurry the killing of 45 persons following the collapse of 21-storey building in Gerrard Road...
6 Jan 2022
The Investigative Panel set up by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to probe the collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos has finally submitted its report 60 days after it was inaugurated.
16 Dec 2021
Power outage on Thursday stalled the coroner inquest investigating the circumstances that led to the Nov.1 collapse of a 21-storey building located on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
25 Nov 2021
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and his Katsina State counterpart, Aminu Masari, yesterday, paid a sympathy visit to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the tragic Ikoyi building collapse.
25 Nov 2021
The official death toll in the Ikoyi building disaster early this month has been put at 45, a numbing figure no matter how we look at the incident.
23 Nov 2021
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said that his administration had put in place policies and programmes to prevent building collapse in the state.
18 Nov 2021
The main challenge of a satirist is that he’s either constantly being misunderstood or unwittingly misleads his audience when he makes too much fun of a serious matter.
16 Nov 2021
The poignant and thought-provoking statement, posted above was made when the respected civil engineer was the guest lecturer at the Maiden Edition of the annual lecture series
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The sudden termination of 44 human lives occasioned by the collapse of a 21-storey building under construction on Gerard Road, in the affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood of Lagos is yet another horrifying tragedy that will forever deface...
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