One person has been confirmed dead at the scene of the two-storey building that collapsed on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State on Saturday.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed this in a statement on Saturday, adding that 13 people have been rescued.
There was pandemonium when the building housing a local restaurant collapsed at about 8 am, leaving an unspecified number of people trapped beneath the rubble.
A resident in the area, who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said the building had been under construction.
The resident said that no sooner had some of the workers at the restaurant arrived than it caved in.