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The Lagos State Government has served a 24-hour quit notice on all the traders at the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) shopping complex in Computer Village in Ikeja. The vacation order notices have been pasted on shops at the complex by the Lagos task force. It was learnt that the government gave the quit notice […]
Amidst economic hardship and frustration by citizens, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has announced the increase in the cost of waste evacuation of refuse effective January 2024. The approved new tariff sent to customers by a LAWMA agent, Doset Will Investment Limited, reveals that residents of Lagos will now pay double the formal […]
The Lagos State Government at the weekend urged stakeholders to embrace Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a critical tool for environmental management. Addressing a stakeholder’s engagement on mainstreaming Environmental Impact Assessment and safeguard instruments into developmental initiatives at Alausa, State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab said the move was necessary to […]
The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi has warned churches, event centres, night clubs and others against noise pollution during this Yuletide period. He also congratulated the Christians in the State for witnessing another celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, praying that God would grant them long life to […]
Lagos State Government Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy, OCCE, has launched a Yuletide awareness campaign, tagged: ‘#LetOurLagosBreathe’. According to Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser to the Governor on Climate Change and Circular Economy, the campaign aims to highlight different activities that people engage in during the Yuletide, and demonstrate how these activities impact the […]
The Lagos State Government has begun the removal of illegal street gates permanently closed to traffic around Lekki Phase 1 area of the state. The government had issued ultimatum to gated streets owners in Lekki area to open them for traffic or face the consequence. Lagos Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab […]
Lagos vows evacuation of distressed structures, three die in collapsed building The bodies of two middle-aged adults (male and female) and a 12-year-old boy were recovered on Friday when a two-storey building collapsed in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State. The Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the […]
The Lagos State Government has demolished illegal structures erected on drainage alignment in Parkview Estate and Banana Island area of the State. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab disclosed this on his X handle on Wednesday. According to him, the Lagos enforcement team of the ministry began the removal of the illegal structures on Tuesday to […]
• Deforestation may worsen as cooking gas soars by 164% in five years• Waivers to cost govt N10.5 billion in revenue loss• N250b CBN intervention fund fails as import continues• Stakeholders seek new interventions to halt importation Nigerians spend about N1.5 trillion on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) yearly, an amount that may be exceeded next […]
koyi Crescent in Lagos is in the midst of a miasma of despair and urban distortion. Bennett Oghifo reports on the potential destruction of Lagos’ ecosystem, the spurning of the state government’s efforts at tackling climate change and the likelihood of crashing the value of an upscale neighbourhood in Ikoyi as speculators and developers sand-fill Lagos lagoon, […]
