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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Many people are feared dead in Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital Lagos as residents of a building that collapsed in the Ebute Metta neighborhood were trapped under the rubble, local media reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur personnel are on the ground at the scene and rescue operations ongoing,\u201d Nosa Okunbor, spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, told local website The Punch.<\/p>\n

No casualties in the building collapse have so far been confirmed by Nigerian authorities, according to The Independent website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: Many people are feared dead in Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital Lagos as residents of a building that collapsed in the Ebute Metta neighborhood were trapped under the rubble, local media reported. \u201cOur personnel are on the ground at the scene and rescue operations ongoing,\u201d Nosa Okunbor, spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":6378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[826,210],"class_list":["post-27812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-building-collapse","tag-lagos-state"],"yoast_head":"\nMany feared dead from Lagos building collapse - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Many people are feared dead in Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital Lagos as residents of a building that collapsed in the Ebute Metta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Many feared dead from Lagos building collapse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Many people are feared dead in Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital Lagos as residents of a building that collapsed in the Ebute Metta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-25T13:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Lagos_collapsed_building.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Many feared dead from Lagos building collapse\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-25T13:48:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\"},\"wordCount\":87,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Lagos_collapsed_building.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"building collapse\",\"Lagos state\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/many-feared-dead-from-lagos-building-collapse\",\"name\":\"Many feared dead from Lagos building collapse - 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