Abuja's deadly building collapse

 At least two people have died after two unfinished buildings, where hundreds of people were living illegally, collapsed in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

The BBC's Muhammad Abba says at least nine people have been taken to hospital, some of whom are in a critical condition."I heard people shouting for help from beneath the rubble," he said.

Rescue workers are trying to remove the debris to see if any more people are trapped underneath.Work at the buildings had been stopped because they did not meet local regulations.

But hundreds of people still moved into the structures in the Dutse Alhaji district.

Our reporter says it is not clear if any people are still trapped as there is no record of how many people were living in the buildings when they fell down.

Local people think heavy overnight rain may have been a factor in the collapse.

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4 die as church collapses in Ibadan

No fewer than four persons died instantly under the wreckage of a church building that collapsed at Sagbe village, a community in the Akinyele Local Government area of Oyo State on Wednesday night.

The auditorium of the New Covenant church caved in during a heavy downpour which lasted for less than one hour, and the wreckage fell on worshippers who were

observing a mid-week church service which was on-going as at the time.

Pandemonium ensued within the vicinity of the new generation church located behind the Ayanna Petrol Station, almost a kilometre away to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [IITA], as inhabitants of the area ran helter skelter as they made spirited moves to rescue those who were trapped inside.

Eye witness accounts revealed that the sad event occurred at about 7.45 p.m. midway to the service, as the worshippers were engaged in praise singing and dancing, when a big bang was suddenly heard while parts of the building caved in.

Some of the worshippers were trapped in the rubbles while no fewer than four reportedly lost their lives.  Many people sustained varied degrees of injuries from

the incident.

People of the area quickly raced to the place with a view to ascertain what was happening regardless of the rain that had been pouring for over an hour in the area.

It took men of the State Fire Brigade Service and other agencies some time to remove those trapped under the rubble.

Apart from the officers and men of the fire brigade who came on rescue mission, the report said, the people of the area swung into action by contributing immensely to the rescue operation which resulted in the recovering of four lifeless bodies out of the 20 church members trapped in the collapsed building .

Oyo State Governor, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi was among the early sympathizers who stormed at the scene of the collapsed building.

The Governor who arrived the place at about midnight assured that his administration would assist those who sustained injuries in the wreckage .

He however advised that those living along the streams in the state to always avoid indiscriminate dumping of their refuse on the water ways during and after raining

season to avert re-occurence of flood disaster in the state .

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Collapsed Building at Oba Akran Ikeja Lagos

A building located at 114 Oba Akran Road in Ikeja, yesterday morning collapsed without much warning.


The building, which was a cold room, owned by Hano Industry, began to shake a few minutes before it collapsed.

Thankfully there only a few people in the building at the time of the incident and they all managed to escape unhurt.

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6-Storey Building Collapse in Maryland, Lagos

A 6-storey building collapsed yesterday evening in Maryland, Lagos. The Don de Dieu Plaza, which was located at 11, Aderibigbe Street, was occupied by over 10 companies as at the time it collapsed. Over 350 people escaped death as they had been evacuated before the building collapsed.

The evacuation took place because prior to it's collapse, the building shook to its foundation and occupants and neighbours heard a very loud noise yesterday at about 3pm, giving signs that all was not well. Less than two hours after all the occupants had left the building, it collapsed. No casualty was recorded.

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Collapsed building 4 days after: Victims still trapped

 four-storey building collapsed, Tuesday night.

CRIES of agony, desperation and helplessness, yesterday, echoed from the debris of the four-storey building that collapsed at  4, Mogaji Lane in Ebute Ero area of Idumota, Lagos Island as trapped victims tried to reach out to their relations on the other side of the collapsed building.

Their chances of survival, however, remained bleak as rescue teams found it difficult to assess the affected building with earth moving equipment.

Frantic phone calls were made by those trapped in the rubbles. One of the trapped victims, a male, simply identified as Semiu, called one of his relations on phone, begging passionately for quick response. Semiu cried that he was running out of breath.

However, when his number was dialled again, there was no response. This caused an uproar, with the youths blaming government for being insensitive to their plight.

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