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The Lagos State Government has directed occupants of shanties and all illegal structures erected around the jakande Estate and Mayegun axis, Ajah Lagos to quit immediately or have the structures demolished any moment. The Special Adviser to the Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, gave the directive on Sunday, during an inspection […]
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of construction work on the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, spanning 9 States with two spurs leading to the Northern States. Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, announced this during the official handover of the first phase of the project, made up of 47.47 kilometers dual carriageway, to Hitech […]
Hi-Tech Construction Company, a local construction firm, has been constructing the Agric-Isawo road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State for eight years now. However well intended, the construction has impacted home owners in the ways they least imagined. Olanipekun Ogunsanya, 75, acquired a piece of land in Agric in 1978 and erected a building […]
Despite the widespread blackout and the worsening state of electricity supply in Nigeria, the latest figures on the daily load summary of power distribution companies indicate that the firms failed to distribute about 1,769.91 megawatts of electricity between February 1 and 14, 2024. Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, obtained in Abuja on Monday, […]
As the economic downturn continues, all areas of Nigerian lives and plans are also striving to grapple with the situation, as areas like housing and rent are also being affected. Nigerians are used to building with cement, but now have to go for other alternatives, as the price of cement is now on the high […]
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the Red Line Rail Project in Lagos. The project, an intra-state rail service aimed at improving transportation within the city, spans 37 kilometres. The Red Line Rail Project in Lagos, Nigeria, represents a significant infrastructure development aimed at improving transportation within the city. Here are five key aspects worth noting […]
The Federal Government has paid $120m out of the $1.3bn indebtedness to gas companies for the supply of gas to run gas-fired power plants across the country. Nigeria is currently suffering from low power supply because many gas suppliers have reduced, while others stopped supplying the commodity to power-generating companies due to the indebtedness of […]
The Lagos State Government has released notification for the planned total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works. A statement from the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi late Monday, said the total closure Third Mainland Bridge which is to allow the contractor execute a major aspect of the ongoing repair […]
Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, MPP&UD, is charged with the vision of Lagos as a sustainable smart city of choice and the mission of making the state attractive to business through community regeneration and inclusive physical planning. Recently, the Lagos was ranked as the 19th best city to live in the world due […]
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Abiodun Babatunde, has defended the move by the State Government to relocate the Computer village from Ikeja to Katangua area of the state. Speaking during an on-site evaluation of Computer Village in Ikeja on Tuesday Babatunde said the relocation was […]
