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  • Building collapses, kills 3 children in Sokoto

    A building has collapsed, killing three children of same parents in Adarawa area of Dange town in Sokoto State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the structure caved in as a result of wind and rainstorm that occurred in the early hours of Sunday.

    The victims of the disaster are:  Zahara’u, Yusuf and Zainab Abu-Malam , aged 15,  9 and 7 years respectively.

    The Chairman of Dange-Shuni Local Government Area, Alhaji Magaji Bodai, told NAN in Dange on Tuesday that two of the children died on Sunday while the third one died on Monday at a hospital following injuries sustained from the incident.

    He said he had since visited the area and condoled with the family of the victims.

    The chairman described the incident as an act of God and prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and for the family to bear the  loss.

    Bodai said he had ordered the immediate rehabilitation of the collapsed building.

  • Four feared killed as building collapses

    No fewer than four persons were feared dead and three others injured in a building collapse in Moboreje, Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State, last Friday.

    Sources said occupants of the dilapidated house were taking fresh air outside when the tragedy occurred.

    After the incident, the victims, it was learnt, were rushed to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital (LAUTTH), Osogbo, the state capital, where four of them were confirmed dead.

    Three critically injured others were reportedly receiving treatment.