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The Lagos government has ranked Agege, Akoka, Ojo, and Ketu as the worst areas with air pollution. High-brow Banana Island was adjudged as one of the most ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ areas in Lagos. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) disclosed this on Thursday in an air quality index on its official X handle. […]
Lagos Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab on Tuesday told members of the Lekki Residents Association that the decision to remove inner street gates in Lekki 1 was taken in the larger interest of all residents of the state. Wahab who spoke at a stakeholders meeting convened by his transport counterpart, Mr […]
Residents in the Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State have lamented the conversion of the rail tracks in the area to an illegal dumpsite. Our correspondent who visited the area on Tuesday observed how the rail tracks were clogged with solid garbage and how commuters covered their noses as they passed. Some of the […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from yesterday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, forecasts sunny skies on Monday with a hazy atmosphere over the northern region and the north central states. “Patches of cloud in a hazy atmosphere is anticipated during the morning […]
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has responded to 6,442 incidents in 54 months. This spanned June 2, 2019 to December 31, 2023, under the Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu-led administration. According to data released by Head, Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor, yesterday, 1,461 incidents were recorded between January 1 and December 31, 2023, with […]
The Lagos State Building Control Agency has condemned the increasing attacks on its enforcement officers when carrying out their official duties. According to LASBCA’s General Manager, Mr Gbolahan Oki, some officials of the agency were recently attacked while on a routine monitoring exercise around Musical Village, Awolowo Road, in the Ikorodu area of the state. […]
NIGERIA recorded its first rainfall of 2024, yesterday, as light showers washed some parts of Lagos, the nation’s economic capital. For about 20 minutes, areas like Ishashi, and Iba LCDA, Surulere, Anthony Village, Ojuelegba and Akoka among others had light showers that were almost immediately replaced by sunny weather. Specifically, at University of Lagos, Akoka, […]
Residents and pedestrians along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the continuous open defecation on the reconstructed drainage system. PUNCH Metro reported that the trend had become rampant as miscreants defaced the road median with faeces, thereby causing pedestrians who cross the expressway to cover their noses. Our correspondent who monitored the sanitary situation on the expressway […]
The Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday, reiterated that the demolition of the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos, was duly approved. PUNCH Metro reported on Monday that shop owners counted their losses following the demolition of the complex in the early […]
Traders at the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos counted their losses following the demolition of the complex on Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that demolition took place in the early hours of Sunday with armed security operatives supervising the operation. The Chairman, Computer Dealer Association, in Computer Village, […]
