Tag: #Lagos
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5 dead in multi-story building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria: Five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, on Monday. The building was located on Gerald Road in the city’s opulent Ikoyi neighborhood, The site is a construction site for luxury apartments. It is unclear how many were inside when…
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UNICEF raises alarm over acute malnutrition in NE Nigeria
LAGOS, Sep 27 (XINHUA/APP):An estimated 440,000 children in three northeast states of Nigeria are at risk of malnutrition and require urgent humanitarian support, the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Friday. The three worst-affected states are Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, Abigail Nyukuri, UNICEF nutrition specialist, said at media dialogue in Maiduguri, capital of restive…