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BUILDING CODE: 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 ...

Another building has collapsed at Oke-Arin area of Lagos Island. This is coming four days to a building collapse that happened at Ita Faji Lagos where many lost their lives, including school children. It was gathered that several people are trapped in the latest building collapse which occurred at No 57, Egerton Square, Oke Arin, Lagos Island. READ ALSO: Collapse ...

Plans are underway to allow pension contributors access 25 per cent of savings in their respective Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) for mortgage finance. The new arrangement is to enable the federal government close over N16 trillion housing deficit in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in November 2018 hinted that Nigeria’s present housing deficit stood at a staggering 20 ...

The tragedy that befell residents of Itafaji area of Lagos Island, where a building collapsed, leading to the death of school children and some adults, with several others injured and hospitalized, has gotten worse. In the wake of the tragedy, the government has directed the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), to commence the process of identifying defective buildings in ...

Totowu residents in Ogun state have cried out over total darkness, insecurity in the area It was gathered that the community has been in total darkness since 2014 A resident of the area, Afisi Eniafe, said armed robbers take advantage of darkness in the community to unleash terror on the residents After years of living in darkness and insecurity, residents ...

Residents of Igbo-Ilogbo, Ayobo, Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos, have cried to the authorities, particularly the police and the Lagos State government, to rescue them from the hands of hoodlums and miscreants threatening their lives. It was gathered that residents woke up yesterday (Thursday) morning to a rude shock as hoodlums numbering over 100 allegedly stormed the area ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday, warned developers in the territory to desist from arbitrary change of land-use or face prosecution and demolition. Director, FCT Department of Development Control (DDC), Muktar Galadima, gave this warning while addressing newsmen during the inspection of a property the department had earlier sealed off. The property, Crystal Oasis Limited, a beverage factory ...

A Lebanese engineer, who was kidnapped in Kano state on Tuesday, has been found dead. The late expatriate, a construction engineer, was abducted by unknown gunmen while inspecting an underpass bridge at Dangi roundabout, Zoo road in Kano. While his driver was killed on the spot, he was whisked to an unidentified location. The deceased was an official of Triacta ...

The Nigerian Society of Engineers has urged Nigerians to engage the services of qualified building engineers. The group made this call following the recent building collapse that happened on Lagos Island The society said employing the services of good engineers is necessary for investments and the protection of lives Wales Lagunju, the chief examination officer of Nigerian Society of Engineers ...

Mr. Kunle Awobodu, the National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), says there are over one thousand buildings in Lagos Island that are unfit for human habitation. Awobodu made the disclosure in an interview on Thursday in Lagos. He said that BCPG had brought such distressed buildings to the notice of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) for demolition. ...