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Nine people killed in building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria
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- Twenty-seven people were rescued with injuries of varying severity; governor orders safety checks on surrounding area.
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- Another 27 were rescued with injuries of varying severity, the state’s commissioner for information said on Friday.
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Twenty-seven people were rescued with injuries of varying severity; governor orders safety checks on surrounding area.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A rescue worker searches through the rubble of the building that collapsed in Lagos, killing nine people [Kazeem Sanni/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026At least nine people were killed when a three-storey residential building collapsed in Lagos on Thursday, say authorities in Nigeria.
Another 27 were rescued with injuries of varying severity, the state’s commissioner for information said on Friday.
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