SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSES IN BANANA ISLAND, LAGOS

No fewer than seven persons were rescued from the rubble of a seven-storey building under construction that collapsed on Wednesday on First Avenue, in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi, Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report, emergency responders, who stormed the scene for rescue operation, were said to still be searching for the whereabouts of a victim that had been trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed structure. PUNCH Metro gathered that construction workers were performing their daily tasks in the building that had been under…

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