S.Africa says death toll in Nigerian building collapse rises to one hundred and fifteen

Rescue workers watch as an excavator removes rubble at the site of a collapsed building at the Synagogue church in Ikotun-Egbe neighbourhood in Lagos
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The death toll from the collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos has risen to 115, South African minister Jeff Radebe said on Monday, urging the heavily-criticised Nigerian government to investigate the “tragedy”.

Minister in the Presidency Radebe said 84 South Africans who were part of visiting church groups had died in the Sept. 12 incident. He was speaking at an air force base north of Johannesburg where 25 South Africans who were injured returned for treatmen

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