16 rescued as storey building collapses in Lagos

Sixteen people were rescued alive on Thursday after a storey building collapsed in Satellite Town, Lagos, triggering a large-scale emergency response and an ongoing search for possible survivors trapped beneath the rubble.
The incident occurred on Old Ojo Road, near Alakija Bus Stop, off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said it had received a distress call at about 11:37 am and immediately dispatched emergency personnel from the Ijegun-Egba Fire Station to the scene.
Firefighters arrived within minutes and commenced rescue operations at the site of the collapsed structure, which was reportedly occupied by several residents at the time of the inci...