It was a tragic scene yesterday when the body of an 80-year-old petty trader was recovered from the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in the Oyingbo area of Lagos Mainland. The octogenarian was a sole casualty in the incident, which occurred at about 8:00a.m.

The Libyan capital's most powerful armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city's worst violence this year, raising fears of a wider escalation.