Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) were reported to have been demolishing another house beside the building when the incident happened with many believed to have been trapped. The Lagos Island building that collapsed while it was being demolished However, when the Pulse team visited the scene of the reported collapse, it […]
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Lagos government confirms 20 died in school building collapse, 45 survived
The Lagos State government has revealed that a total of 20 people died in the three-storey building that tragically collapsed on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The building, located at Massey Street, Opposite Oja, Ita-Faaji, collapsed around 10am on Wednesday, trapping almost 100 people, many of them children as it housed Ohen Private Nursery and Primary School. The […]
Sorrow tears and blood- Many dead, hundreds injured at collapsed building in Lagos Island (Photo Essay)
Hundreds of school children and people were trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building at Ita-Faaji in Lagos Island. The raw emotions of the rescue operation can be seen in these pictures. On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, around 10 a.m, a three-storey building at Ita-Faaji in Lagos Island collapsed. In the building was a […]