{"id":64478,"date":"2025-04-19T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64478"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:55:38","slug":"tragedy-strikes-as-lagos-building-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/19\/tragedy-strikes-as-lagos-building-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes as Lagos Building Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panic and sorrow gripped the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State on Saturday morning after a building housing a local restaurant, Equal Right, collapsed on Oremeta Street, leaving many feared dead.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident, which occurred around 8 a.m., caught occupants and nearby residents by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described a thunderous crash as the structure gave way, trapping people beneath the debris.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders swiftly mobilized to the site, joining forces with local volunteers in a desperate search for survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Shovels, bare hands, and heavy equipment were employed to clear the rubble as hopes remained high for those still trapped.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and passersby stood in tense silence, watching and waiting for news, while officials worked tirelessly to manage the unfolding crisis.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, the number of casualties remains unconfirmed, but officials say efforts are ongoing to rescue those still believed to be under the ruins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Panic and sorrow gripped the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State on Saturday morning after a building housing a local restaurant, Equal Right, collapsed on Oremeta Street, leaving many feared dead. The tragic incident, which occurred around 8 a.m., caught occupants and nearby residents by surprise. Eyewitnesses described a thunderous crash as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64480,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64478\/revisions\/64480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}