By AFP More by this AuthorA three-storey mainly residential building has collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, killing eight people and injuring 23 others who were rescued and taken to hospitals, the emergency services said on Monday. The three-storey building collapsed late Sunday at Ebute-Metta area of the sprawling city of over 20 million people, Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told AFP. It was a three-storey building. In January, three people, including two children, were killed and another 18 rescued when a church collapsed in southern Delta state. Building standards have been in the spotlight since a high-rise building under construction collapsed in Lagos in November last year, killing at least 45 people.

Source: Daily Nation May 02, 2022 09:39 UTC