Tag Archives: Building Collapse

A witness in the ongoing matter filed by the Lagos State Government against the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), over the collapsed building that killed 116 worshipers in the church on September 12, 2014, Architect Dayo Olatunbosun Fabiyi,  has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere that the SCOAN building was in generally good conditions with no defections ...

A non-governmental organisation, Spaces for Change, has asked the Lagos State Government to publish the report of the committee set up to investigate the Ita-Faaji building collapse. The group, otherwise known as S4C, said the five-man panel of enquiry set up in March 2019 to investigate the cause of the Ita-Faji building collapse and proffer remedial measures to prevent similar ...

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) Lagos Chapter, has called on the Lagos State Government to facilitate adequate control and monitoring of housing developments across the state. The NITP Chairman, Mr. Bisi Adedire, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. Adedire said that proper monitoring and supervision of buildings had ...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has engaged stakeholders in Kaduna on proper building measures to avert further building collapse. This is as a result of the recent cases of building collapse being witnessed in the country. Speaking at the sensitization programme organised by SON in collaboration with Leading Ideas International Limited, the Director-General, SON, Osita Aboloma assured Nigerians that ...

Another Ibadan building collapse: Eight people escaped death on Tuesday when a building collapsed at a construction site in Oyo State. The incident occurred on Eleyele Road beside the Polo Ground in Ibadan, the state capital. Although no death was recorded, some construction workers at the site were trapped under the rubble. Emergency workers were said to have rushed to ...

President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), QS. Obafemi Onashile has attributed increased cases of collapse of buildings in the country to defective construction laws still in use. Onashile stated this at the Southeast zonal two-day workshop, with the theme: “Construction Industry Health and Safety Management”, held at Newton Hotels, Owerri, Imo State, recently. The event was attended ...

The effect of building collapse on Nigeria economy has taken a toll on both lives and property of the citizens. Aside from the trauma, the devastating effects on property are better imagined than beheld. Speaking on the menace of building collapse in the country, the Standard Ogranisation of Nigeria (SON), said about 3,210 persons were killed and property worth N4.5 ...

A major landslide has occurred in Odi, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, destroying houses in the community. Community sources said the landslide, believed to have been caused by water erosion, occurred on Sunday and has thrown the community into mourning because of the houses and property that have been destroyed. Investigations revealed that the Chief Whip of the ...

Acting Head of the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Dr. Yusuf Lanre Shuaib-Babata, has blamed the pervasive corruption in the country for the incessant building collapse in recent times. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Monday, the don, who lamented the repeated collapse of buildings in the country with the resultant loss of lives and properties, ...

We’ve heard so many tales of landlords and their shenanigans. Someone once opined that the reason landlords behave the way they do is that LORD in their name while they treat their tenants like the ANT in their name. So back to our question, whose responsibility is it to fix your leaking roof? This question should have been a very ...