At Banana Island in Lagos, a seven-story structure collapses.

According to NEMA, several construction workers are confined inside the building while it is being built. On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, a seven-story building in First Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, collapsed. The tragedy happened after some of the workers had left for the day at around 3 o'clock when the structure under construction collapsed. The News Agency of Nigeria was informed that workers were trapped under the debris by Ibrahim Farinloye, the Lagos Territory Coordinator for the National Disaster Management Agency (NEMA), who confirmed the occurrence. He claimed that every emergency agency was en route to the event site. to start the rescue mission. The incident recorded 46 fatalities, including the owner of Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, while 15 others were rescued.