Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 43

Seven more bodies have been recovered from a high-rise apartment building that collapsed while under construction in Lagos, bringing the death toll to 43, a Nigerian Red Cross official said.

Among the dead is Femi Osibona, a director of Fourscore Homes, the real estate company building the 21-storey luxury tower, Segun Akande told The Associated Press.

No survivors have been rescued from the site since Tuesday.

It is not known how many people remain missing but one construction worker at the scene estimated that 100 people were working there when it collapsed on Monday, meaning that 48 people could still be missing.

Distraught families are replacing their hopes with fear.