Sunday , September 14, 2014 Linda Ikeji at 2:47 PM Death toll now 40 in Synagogue building collapse, NEMA says

The National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) says the death toll in the Synagogue
Church building collapse in the Ikotun area of
Lagos has risen to 40.
"It’s now 40 dead,” NEMA southwest coordinator
Ibrahim Farinloye, told AFP by text message.
124 people have so far been rescued alive from
the rubble of the building said to be a guesthouse
for foreign followers of the church. The building
collapsed as construction work was going on to
raise the 2-storey building to a five storey
building.