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The Lagos State Government has given a seven-day ultimatum to house owners on Shoreline Estate, Onikoyi Estate, Park View and Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state to remove their fences encroaching on drainage channels. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, during an inspection of the area at […]
The Lagos Safety Commission (LSC) has shut 19 event centres for safety infractions in the interest of public safety. The Director General, Lagos Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola disclosed this, during an on-the-spot assessment of event centres in the State on Thursday. According to him, the safety assessment exercise is an ongoing effort to promote the […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has solicited artisans’ collaboration to tackle building collapse often caused by shoddy construction and corrupt practices. He gave the charge during a stakeholders’ engagement in Oregun, Lagos, with the theme, “Achieving Building Compliance: A Task for All Stakeholders,” organised by Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) for all artisans in […]
A pedestrian bridge at Alapere Ketu Estate Gate on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway collapsed in the late hours of Thursday after a truck rammed into it, got stuck and caused damage to the entire bridge. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, confirmed this in a telephone chat with PUNCH Online […]
• Project worth billions of naira, delayed for efficiency, says FPRO• ‘We buy our own uniforms, officers’ welfare not police priority’• Lawmakers consider auction of ‘squalid quarters’ Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, disclosed that 2,055 unexploded explosive ordnances were recovered from the 2002 bomb blast site in the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, […]
• Project worth billions of naira, delayed for efficiency, says FPRO• ‘We buy our own uniforms, officers’ welfare not police priority’• Lawmakers consider auction of ‘squalid quarters’ Seven months after handing quit notice to 22,500 police officers living in the 25 barracks marked for demolition by the Lagos State government, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) […]
The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted at Iyana- Isolo overhead bridge between 7:00am and 9:00am on Sunday 10th December, 2023. The closure of the bridge for two hours is to enable the Federal Ministry of Works investigate the level of deterioration of the overhead bridge, says Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, […]
Following the recent demolition of buildings and other structures in Lagos State, Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been urged to beam his searchlight on the officials… Following the recent demolition of buildings and other structures in Lagos State, Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been urged to beam his searchlight on the officials of the Lagos State Building […]
All Nigerian tribes are guilty of buying and building on illegal lands and settling the system. The biggest problem is actually with the leadership that knowingly allows buildings where they shouldn’t be or allow buildings without approvals. If you have built in any major city in Nigeria, you will know how government officials come and mark X […]
DESPITE the inauguration of the Lagos State Trucks and Cargo Operation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to tackle traffic gridlock and restore sanity to the ports’ access roads and Apapa environs, truck drivers, yesterday, blocked the Mile 2-Oshodi expressway, causing untold hardship to motorists and commuters. Though the expressway had witnessed a brief respite, trucks and tankers, […]
