Nigeria, April 20 -- Five people have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building collapsed in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State on Saturday.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), which initially reported one death during Saturday's rescue operation at the incident site, updated Sunday morning with news of four additional fatalities.

The agency's Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a statement Sunday morning that five adult fatalities had been recovered and taken to the morgue, so far. Apparently, the number of rescued individuals remains at 13, as reported on Saturday. Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said the survivors were receiving pre-hospital care.

"All first responders remain on the scene to continue...