Two Died In Building Collapse In Lagos

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Two kids born of the same mother were killed on Wednesday when a building collapsed at number 26 Jakande Estate in Isolo Lagos.

A National Emergency Management Agency source said the mother of the children was also injured.
NEMA, Red Cross, Civil Defence with the aid of Lagos State Ambulance Services  have since evacuated the building and deposited  dead bodies at the mortuary.
                                                   

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The Lagos State Building Control Agency [LASBCA] has ordered all occupants of structures near the collapsed building at the Jakande Estate, Isolo in Lagos State to vacate their premises in 48 hours.

Most buildings within the vicinity have structural weaknesses and signs of imminent collapse.

Police officers who visited the site promised the residents that they would be temporarily rehabilitated, but where they are to be relocated had not been announced as of the time of filing this report. Kids died in the collapse and their mother was also seriously injured.  She is receiving treatment in a hospital.
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Two Died In Building Collapse In Lagos

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Nigerian Pilgrim In Saudi Arabia Mistakens Window For Door, Dies After Fall From High Rise Building

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Another pilgrim from Bauchi State performing 2012 Hajj died in Medina, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, our correspondent reports.
The pilgrim died after falling from a high rise building. And this brings to two the number of the state pilgrims who have died in the holy land this year.
The deceased was believed to have mistaken a window for the door of his room, and thus fell off the window to his untimely death.
A reliable source said the deceased had performed ablution for prayers and was about to leave for the mosque when he opened the window and fell from the high rise building to the ground.
The source further said that people immediately rushed to the scene to offer him medical assistance but he died on the spot.

Flood: Primary school building collapses in Bayelsa

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A building in a community primary school in Tombia in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has collapsed following the flood which submerged the town, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Chief Christian Otobotekere, the Amananaowei of Tombia, disclosed this when Dr Sylvanus Abila, the state Commissioner for Environment, and his team visited the area on a flood impact assessment tour.

Otobotekere appealed to the state and Federal governments to do everything possible to prevent flood water from ravaging the town.

He suggested the dredging of the community water channel and filling potholes dotting the town.

Meanwhile, Mr Lot Bino, a youth corps member at the Community Primary School, Tombia, said that the school had been shut down due to the flooding which had made learning impossible.

NAN reports that the commissioner’s team also visited Biseni and Kalama communities in Yenagoa Local Government area.

At Biseni, an indigene, Mr Nath Scot, noted that the flood had become an annual problem, forcing some residents to flee their homes while others bailed water from their houses daily.

Scot called for immediate assistance from the Bayelsa State Government.

Responding, Abila appealed to them to remain calm with an assurance that efforts were ongoing to provide relief materials to the affected communities.

NAN reports that several communities in six of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa had been submerged.Toru-Orua community in Sagbama local council, hometown of Gov. Seriake Dickson, was also affected.

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