6 Dead After Building Collapses in Nigeria’s Largest City

Rescue workers and security personnel gather at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Oniru, Lagos, Nigeria, on Sept. 4, 2022. Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

ABUJA, Nigeria—Nigerian authorities on Monday sought to arrest a property developer after a seven-story building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Lagos, the country’s largest city, killing at least six people.

Meanwhile, the Lagos Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development submitted his resignation in the aftermath of Sunday’s tragedy, amid growing pressure and condemnation over the frequent building collapses in the state.