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The recurring tragedy of building collapse in Lagos has come under scrutiny as stakeholders have spotlighted the consistent collapses in Lagos State, with another one happening yesterday, Thursday, 3rd July, 2025.

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Lagos State Government has urged occupants of marked distressed buildings across the State to immediately vacate them pending the arrival of the demolition team of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA). Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, made the appeal on Monday following the collapse of a distressed three-storey building located on 50, Kakawa Street, Campos, Lagos …

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The Lagos State Government on Sunday attributed the building collapse which occurred at 7, Saidu Okeleji Street, Meiran in Agbado Oke -Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State on Saturday to heavy loads placed on the building as well as substandard materials used for the construction work. Reacting to the collapse, the State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and …

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While the last may not have been heard about the case that came up after a collapsed facility that killed over a hundred people at the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), another building under construction today, came down in Lekki area of Lagos, killing about four people. National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), South-west zone, confirmed that four people died …

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