"Interestingly, Taraba, Bayelsa, Gombe, and Yobe states reported their first documented building collapses in 2022. Furthermore, states like Zamfara, Taraba, Yobe, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Sokoto, Gombe, Katsina, and Kebbi have only had one recorded building collapse.

"There were no reported building collapses in 1971, 1975, or 1981. Despite the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Nigeria witnessed 45 building collapses, with Lagos accounting for 18 of these events, or 40% of the total.

According to the research, 2022 was the year with the most building failures in the country.

It stated, "The year 2022 saw the highest number of building collapses, with 62 incidents nationwide, and Lagos accounted for 20, or 32%." In 2023, there were 52 documented collapses across the country, with Lagos again dominating with 17 instances (33%). As of 2024, there have been 11 recorded building collapses, with Lagos having five, Anambra having three, and Kano, Niger, and Plateau having one.

"The first building collapse in Nigeria was reported in October 1974 in Oyo State. The incident featured a multi-story building that fell owing to excessive loading, killing 27 persons. The tallest skyscraper collapsed in Lagos on November 1, 2021, killing 52 people.

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, another four-story structure fell on Lagos Island, trapping an undetermined number of people.

The incident occurred in Iga Iduganran, near the Lagos Oba's palace.

Gbenga Omotosho, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, confirmed the development on his X account.

According to Omotosho, eight individuals were rescued.

"A four-story building fell on Iga Iduganran, Lagos Island. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has rescued eight persons from the rubble. They are struggling to free two more from the rubble. "LASBCA had marked the structure for evacuation," Omotosho explained.

This came less than a week after an 11-year-old girl and three others were killed when a mosque in the state's Papa Ajao district collapsed due to an excavator strike.

The guild's findings revealed that professional incompetence, such as excessive loading, the use of substandard materials, bad design, poor workmanship, and a weak foundation, accounted for a substantial fraction of the collapses recorded throughout the evaluation period.

One of the most devastating incidents occurred on November 1, 2021, when a 21-story building collapsed along Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi neighborhood of Lagos State.

Kunle Awobodu, the founding President of the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, blamed poor laws for the frequent building collapses in Lagos State.

According to Awobodu, many quacks have been emboldened by the fact that regulatory agencies and related apparatuses of government have been unwilling or unable to prosecute and convict people found guilty of professional ineptitude over incidences of building collapse.

He stated, "I was a member of the committee that established some of the agencies." There is a distinction between policy formulation and execution. One of the things we observed was that the building control agency's staffing was insufficient for the size of the Lagos built environment.

"Quackery is also a significant issue. To reduce the frequency of building collapses, developers must submit an approved plan that includes a structural design review to identify abnormalities.