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The Lagos State Government on Sunday gave a four days relocation notice to all squatters under the Obalende bridge as well as illegal motor parks operators and buses who have moved to the main road. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab in company of his Transportation counterpart, Oluwaseun Osiyemi issued the ultimatum. […]
The Lagos State Government on Sunday gave a five days quit notice to different squatters under the Ijora Causeway bridge and Lagos Blue rail Line over head bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal. The quit notice was given […]
The General Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, talks to VICTOR AYENI about the recent ban on styrofoam in the state and the agency’s plans to tackle pollution across the state Last week, the Lagos State Government announced a ban on the distribution and use of polystyrene (styrofoam) and other […]
The Lagos State Government through the state Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed off a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and six other establishments over noise pollution. LASEPA also sealed Dominion City Church, Red Bar, Farm City, The Odyssey Apartments, Acuma Event Centre and Fortunes Shortlet Apartment. Recall that the agency […]
The U.S.-Nigeria Trade Council (USTC) has raised alarms, stating that the abrupt prohibition of single-use plastic containers by the Lagos State Government will pose a significant financial burden on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) within the state. Mr. Titus Olowokere, the President of the council, expressed these concerns in a statement released on Tuesday […]
The Lagos State Government has sealed Oke-Afa market, Isolo, and Katangua market, Abule Egba, for violating waste disposal regulations, including sundry unhygienic practices around the markets, which constitute grave environmental infractions. This information is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Folashade Kadiri, Director, Public Affairs, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). LAWMA said that the […]
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency ( LASEPA) has shut down nine hotels and a company over noise pollution and other environmental violations. The government said the closure of the facilities was in line with its mandate to safe guard the environment from pollution and other violations. LASEPA, in a statement on its X handle […]
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) on Wednesday denied breaching any court order restraining it from demolishing 600 houses at 6th Avenue, Festac Town in Lagos State. The agency made the denial during proceedings in a case of alleged demolition of 600 buildings and partial demolition of 700 buildings in spite of a court order. The […]
There is an ugly rash of sand filling of the Lagos Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean going on that should concern Lagos residents, particularly homeowners and businesses in the neighbourhood of these disturbing activities. Bennett Oghifo writes For what it is worth, some believe it is a good business decision to create land from the Lagos Lagoon […]
AS the rest of the world makes progress in its fight against open defecation, Nigeria is still miles away. Trailing India as the second worst country struggling with the menace, it does not seem like there is any end in sight. In Nigeria, the menace stinks to the high heavens, a perpetual stain on the […]
