United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Lagos following mid-air jolt, six hurt

Jan 25, 2025, at 04:19 pm

At least four passengers and two crew members were injured after a United Airlines flight from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia made a sudden in-flight movement, media reports said.

Nigeria: Four die in Lagos building collapse

May 22, 2022, at 11:11 pm

Lagos: A three-storey building collapsed in an upmarket part of Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos on Sunday which left at least four people dead, media reports said.

Nigeria: Lagos building collapse leaves 8 people dead

May 03, 2022, at 01:03 am

Lagos: At least eight people have died as a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state, media reports said on Monday.

Pipeline explosion kills at least 2 in Nigeria's economic hub

Jan 20, 2020, at 05:53 pm

Lagos/Xinhua/UNI:  At least two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday.

Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, faces ‘unacceptable’ water and sanitation crisis, UN expert warns

Dec 23, 2016, at 03:13 pm

New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Fridaycalled on the Nigerian Government to increase funding for water and sanitation in next year’s budget to address the needs of 21 million residents of Lagos, the country’s largest city, which continues to grow while access to basic services dwindles.