Experts in the nation’s building construction industry on Tuesday called for the collaboration of all professionals in the sector and related government agencies, to guard against the increasing spate of building collapse in Lagos state. The professionals spoke in Alausa, Ikeja, at a public hearing on the collapsed building at 63, Massey Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos […]
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Collapsed Buildings: Buhari vows to sanction those responsible
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the incessant building collapses across the country, warning that those responsible for such incidents of professional negligence will feel the full wrath of the law. The President gave the warning when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), led by Mr Obafemi Onashile, […]
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Another building collapsed in Lagos
Another building has collapsed in Lagos, a few weeks after 20 persons were confirmed killed in a similar accident. The scene of the latest collapse at 50, Kakawa on Lagos Island, is less than four kilometres from Ita Faji where school children were among those that died. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the building had been […]
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[PHOTOS] Another Building Collapses In Kakawa Street, Lagos Island
Another building has collapsed in Kakawa Street on Lagos Island, bringing to three the number of building collapses witnessed in that section of Lagos in the last two weeks. The building is reported to have been marked for demolition and occupants had vacated before the incident. But it affected the bungalow beside, which reportedly had […]
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Building collapse: Architects, engineers, builders blame govt
The Ita-Faji, Lagos Island building collapse has, once again, brought to the fore the frequency of the problem nation-wide. Concerned citizens are pointing fingers at developers for shoddy construction by adding floors to existing buildings and compromising their integrity. The government, some professionals claim, are culpable because of poor or lack of regulation. OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE […] …
Confusion over reports of fresh building collapse on Lagos Island
FEW days after the Itafaji building collapse in which no fewer than 10 persons, including school children died, there was confusion in the polity, yesterday, following reports that fresh building collapse on Lagos Island, with people trapped.
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Building Collapse: Experts call for strict enforcement of national building code
By Kingley Adegboye
As reactions continue to trail last Wednesday’s collapsed building at Ita Faji Street, Lagos Island, killing several children and injuring scores of others, professionals in the built environment have noted that strict enforcement of building code by developers is the panacea to the unabated menace of building collapse in the country,
Blaming incessant building collapse on shoddy building construction arising from use of sub-standard materials all in a bid to cut corners, the professionals insist that strict enforcement of the code will eliminate quackery from housing delivery while standard buildings will be guaranteed across the country.
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Building Collapse: Expert urges Nigerians to be cautious when seeking for homes
An Architect, Mr Amos Alao, has advised Nigerians to be cautious when considering buying or renting an apartment as there are indices for recognising a faulty building. Alao, the National Secretary, Society of Landscape Architects of Nigeria (SLAN), spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday against the backdrop of recent […]
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