The bodies of two people were discovered from a red pickup truck, which was underwater where the Baltimore bridge collapsed. Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search continues for the other four - all presumed dead. Salvage crews are working to address hazardous materials and accident investigators […]
Worried by the increasing incidents of building collapse, the FCT Department of Development Control has met with experts in the building sector to brainstorm on possible ways to address cases of building collapse and abandoned structures in the territory. Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting with members of the professional bodies, the Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima said the meeting became necessary in view of the series of […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has visited the site of the collapsed building and ordered that the landlord be identified and arrested with immediate effect. He also said that the FCT Administration would pay the hospital bills of the victims. The minister who wondered why the villagers were yet to be compensated and resettled, stressed that Government will take over the area and ensure that no further […]
Two people are said to have died in a Two storey building plaza that collapsed in Lagos Street, Garki Village. Confirming the development to journalists in Abuja, the Director General of Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dr Abbass Idriss said thirty Seven person have so far been rescued with two people dead. According to him, the affected persons have been evacuated to various medical facilities. The DG commended the efforts of […]
A railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s northeastern Mizoram state has collapsed, killing at least 26 labourers working on the project, officials said, with many others reported missing. The accident happened at Sairang, a town about 20km (12 miles) from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram which lies in the far east of India, bordering Myanmar. State Transport Minister T J Lalnuntluanga, who was at the site, said […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has called on the Federal and Kaduna state governments to carry out thorough investigation into the causes of the collapse of a section of the historic Zaria Central Mosque. CAN President, Most Reverend Daniel Okoh in a condolence message in Abuja says the investigation will help in preventing such incidents in the future and ensure the safety of worshippers in all places of worship […]
No fewer than four people have reportedly died, while seven others sustained various degrees of injuries when some part of the oldest Zaria Central Mosque collapsed while some worshippers were observing Asar Prayers at about 4.00 pm on Friday. Speaking on the incident at his palace, the Emir of Zazzau, Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli said that the old part of the mosque was the affected area as a result of […]
Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt's capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said. A statement from the public prosecution said the building in the city's Hadayek al-Qubba district "completely collapsed", killing eight people. "Civil defence workers pulled out nine people, among them an injured woman, while the eight others were deceased", the statement added, […]
At least nine persons have been rescued from the collapsed uncompleted four -storey building in Dape, Life-camp area of the Federal Capital Territory. The Director General Of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Alhaji Abbass Idriss gave the confirmation at the site of the collapsed building in Abuja. The incident which occurred in the late hours of Monday, while workers were on the construction site in the swampy Dape area […]
