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Nigeria building collapses: Why Lagos constructions keep crashing down

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Lagos has seen at least 90 buildings falling down in the last 12 years , leaving more than 350 people dead.

One of the most notorious incidents was in 2021 , when a 21 -storey block of luxury flats under construction collapsed, killing 42 people.

Lagos ’s population is booming and is now estimated to stand at more than 20 million .

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has recorded 19 building collapses so far this year .

The final total is likely to be the highest in the past decade .

Alleged political influence is a barrier to pursuing prosecutions in Lagos .

The head of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria recently said that the country lacked the capacity to properly investigate what is going on.