Jigawa building collapse | Photo: NAN
One person has died while seven others sustained injuries after a building collapsed in Kabak village, Kirikasamma LGA of Jigawa state.
Musa Muhammad, information officer of the council, confirmed the incident in a statement via NAN on Sunday.
He said the collapse occurred around midnight on Friday after torrential rainfall.
“I gathered that seven persons got serious injuries while one person died at Kabak village in Kirikasamma Local Government Area,” Muhammad said.
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“The incident happened midnight, Friday, after which five of the victims were hospitalised while the remaining two were treated and discharged.”
He added that Muhammad Maji, chairman of the council, visited the scene and provided N500,000 to cover the medical expenses of the injured, and N100,000 in emergency support for the bereaved family.
The tragedy comes a month after a three-storey building collapsed in Abuja’s Lifecamp area, where a Nigerien citizen was rescued nearly 10 hours after being trapped under rubble.
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In Lagos, building collapses have become disturbingly routine. Between January and June 2025 alone, at least six incidents were recorded in the state, claiming 14 lives and injuring many more.
A recent TheCable feature highlighted how weak enforcement of building codes, substandard materials, and regulatory lapses continue to fuel the crisis.
The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) said Nigeria has recorded more than 650 collapse incidents since 1974, with Lagos accounting for over half of the cases.
Ahmed Dangiwa, minister of housing and urban development, has described the frequency of collapses as a “national embarrassment” and promised tighter oversight.
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