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Nigeria church collapse kills 40 people, injures 124
That's a bad sign, right? [Iran Press TV] At least 40 people have died in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a huge church building collapsed in the country's southwest, rescue authorities said."Now 40...[people are] dead," Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest coordinator of the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said on Sunday, adding that rescue operations continue on Sunday. This is while nearly 124 people were pulled out from the rubble of the structure, the megachurch of one of Nigeria's well-known evangelical preachers. The two-story building, located in the expansive compound of the enormous church complex, collapsed on Friday afternoon while undergoing construction work to add extra floors. The building is believed to be a guesthouse for foreign followers of T. B. Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-15 |
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