MANY FEARED DEAD AS ANOTHER BUILDING COLLAPSES IN LAGOS STATE

Many people were early hours of Wednesday feared dead after a building in the Onipanu area of Lagos State reportedly collapsed. The affected building is said to be at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, said the structure collapsed to ground zero in the early hours of the day. He explained that no life was lost to the incident, although one man was injured, adding that the building had been cordoned off. Wednesday’s incident is the latest in the chains of building collapses recorded in Lagos as the government works to stop the trend.