Showing posts with label building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Photos: Seventh Day Adventist building on fire in Lagos
Monday, September 22, 2014
SA minister says death toll at Synagogue building collapse now 115
South African minister, Jeff Radebe today Sept. 22nd, said that the death toll from the Synagogue building collapse has risen to 115. Radebe said this at an airforce base, North of Johannesburg in South Africa where 25 South Africans who were injured in the collapsed building were brought home in a military C-130 aircraft (pictured above) for treatment. He however maintained that 84 South Africans died in the tragedy.
"We understand from our assessment team that the total number of people who have perished is now 115, but those are not all South Africans. South Africans are about 84 that have died" Jeff Radebe told reporters.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Police Uncovers Explosives Buried Inside Building In Bauchi.
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Malaysia accused the United States of building their foreign policy on blood and bones of Boeing-777 victims.
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It seems like Malaysian authorities had enough of seeing and hearing how West is capitalizing and playing political games on blood and bones of their own citizens and harshly rebuked the US. In particular, Malaysian authorities reproached Barack Obama for his accusations towards Russia and pro-Russian rebels.
“Malaysian PM Najib Razak has made a statement in an emergency parliamentary session regarding the “Boeing-777” tragedy” international media reports. According to the media, Malaysia deems public statements and accusations by the US government being “false and premature”.
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Heartless: Man Throws Daughter From 3-storey Building After Catching Her With A Boy
In annoyance, he allegedly tied Aishat’s hands, tortured her and threw her from the third floor of their house at Oroyinyin Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
Source learnt that when Aishat landed on the ground, she hit her head against a metal object and became unconscious.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Photos: Building Under Renovation collapse in Lagos, traps 50 workers, kills 4
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Just In: Gunmen attack & kill over 20 in uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja Read
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Two Killed, One Injured In Abuja Building Collapse
After the relevant emergency agencies rescued the trapped workers, two people were feared dead and one person was critically injured and was rushed to the hospital. The two people that died were identified as Hamza and Friday, while Ganiyu Akande who was critically injured had been taken to the hospital.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Shooting in Florida apartment building, 7 dead
WSVN.com reported that the manager of the West 46th Street apartment building and his wife were among the victims. Police did not identify the gunman or the victims early Saturday.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing, Rodriguez said.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Two People Killed As 2 Storey Building Collapse In Lagos
Woman Jumps from 7 Storey Building with Wedding Dress after Lover Quits On Her
A Chinese woman attempted suicide after her fiancé quit on their wedding day. She was all ready for the big day.
She was at her father’s house waiting for the JEEP that was to take her to the venue for the wedding ceremony.
Her husband to be called her on her cell and dropped the bombshell. She felt humiliated beyond measure.
Couple that with the fact that she was already in her wedding gown. She lost grip of things and decided to kill herself by jumping out of the window in her room in a 7-floor building.
She escaped death by a brink when fortunately, as she jumped; a friend managed to catch her wedding gown on the window and save her
Thursday, July 11, 2013
10 people dead as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos
A 3-storey building located at Oloto street in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos collapsed in the early hours of this morning as residents slept. Ten dead bodies have so far been pulled out of the rubble while 7 people, including two children have been rescued alive. Many people are said to be trapped under the rubble as rescue efforts from the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other agencies continue...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Philadelphia Building Collapse
An industrial building collapsed in downtown Philadelphia and rescue workers rushed to the scene to investigate the damage. The collapse brought down part of the thrift store and what appears to be converted row homes attached to the back of the building. Philadelphia PD say today's building collapse was an explosion, the roads are currently being cleared, police are worried about another explosion.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Building collapse: Lagos bans construction on weekends, public holidays
Following cases collapsed buildings in recent times in Lagos State, the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola said yesterday that it would no longer tolerate building construction on weekends and public holidays.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olutoyin Ayinde, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the activities of his ministry in the last one year.
This, according to him, is to check unscrupulous developers and building contractors who secretly engage in construction of buildings at night, weekends and public holidays in a bid to dodge building and control agents.
The commissioner also said the government would impose appropriate sanctions on owners of about 407 abandoned buildings across the state.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
7 Dead As Building Collapses In Umuahia, Abia
Abuja - Seven people were killed when a building under construction collapsed in Umuahia in the Abia state capital. Efforts by the Red Cross Society and other rescue operations are on-going to rescue people trapped in the building that is situated at the Agbama Housing Estate. This is the latest in a series of recent incidents of buildings collapsing worldwide. There was no immediate comment from the officials attending the scene.
Last week, several people were killed when a church building collapsed in Lagos.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Foursquare Gospel Church building at Ojodu Berger collapses
A three-storey building situated at 14 Bashiru Street Ojodu Berger collapsed this afternoon killing at least one person. Two others have been brought out alive as rescue efforts continue to extract people trapped under the building. The building is said to belong to Foursquare Gospel Church. It was a 3-storey building but the church recently started to add a fourth storey when it suddenly collapsed.
Friday, March 15, 2013
HEARTLESS: Woman Commits Suicide and Takes her Baby with her as She Jumps From Building
The scratches on a 10-month-old’s face are the only sign of his terrifying eight-story plunge from a Harlem window after his mom took him on her fatal leap.
The baby boy, Keston, showed no signs of any major injuries while under observation at Harlem Hospital on Thursday. It was just a day after lawyer Cynthia Wachenheim strapped the baby to her chest and jumped from her Bradhurst Ave. apartment window, sources said.
Wachenheim, 44, landed on her back, absorbing the impact of the fatal fall. An autopsy found that she suffered a fractured skull and broken bones in her wrist and right leg.
Sources said she jumped nearly three hours after her husband, Hal Bacharach, 48, stormed out of the apartment during an argument.
Friday, February 22, 2013
PHOTOS: Patience Jonathan And Protest Against Wole Soyinka Over N4bn Building Scandal
Some "Nigerian Women" rented by Nigeria's first lady and the minister of the FCT Bala Muhmammed were out early yesterday morning on the streets of Abuja for a "staged demonstration" in support of the minister's plan to build a N4 billion mission building for the first lady's pet project.
The women, youths and physically challenged protesters were all carrying placards supposedly written for them abusing Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka. Some of the placards read: "Educated illiterate", "Soyinka: Grammar King without sense", "Abuja has come to stay ".
Sunday, February 3, 2013
9 Year-Old Boy Fights For His Life After Being Thrown Off Of Building Roof
A 9-year-old desperately pleaded, “Stop! Stop!” as a callous teen neighbor dragged him to the roof of their five-story Bronx apartment building and chucked him over the ledge, cops and witnesses said Saturday.
“Mommy! Mommy!” Freddy Martin cried out, unable to move, as he lay on the concrete sidewalk in front of the Nelson Ave. building in Morris Heights, witnesses said.
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