In 2014, a tragic building collapse in Lagos claimed 115 lives during a pilgrimage
A 2014 pilgrimage to a popular Nigerian guesthouse turned into a national tragedy when a structural failure caused a multi-story building to collapse, claiming over a hundred lives in Lagos.
On September 12, 2014, a guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos suddenly pancaked, trapping hundreds of international visitors. The disaster claimed 115 lives, many of whom were pilgrims from South Africa seeking spiritual healing. It remains one of the deadliest structural failures in modern Nigerian history.
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