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Share LANRE ADEWOLE seeks all angles to the Lagos anti-graft law and the vexed issues surrounding it. On Monday, April 19, 2021, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, signed into law, the state anti-corruption law, joining a motley of states already operating such law through their anti-corruption commissions or agencies with little or no noise, mainly due to the non-interference of their work, with the statutory functions and responsibilities of federal government-controlled anti-graft bodi...

Share Lagos State government on Thursday said it has demolished 259 distressed and dilapidated buildings across the state, adding that a total of 29 collapsed building incidences were recorded in the last two years. The state government also disclosed that a total of 7,800 buildings that failed to comply with the physical planning laws of the state were sealed. The State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, revealed while speaking during the ministeria...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Local Government is the closest level of government to the people in Nigeria. The Nigerian Constitution in the Fourth Schedule lists out the many functions of local governments, some of which include; construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains, public highways, parks, markets, gardens, open spaces, amongst others. These functions show that local governments are essential to the advancement of the welfare of the people. Unfortunately...

Insecurity: Lagos bans illegal occupation of abandoned, uncompleted buildings On By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following rising tension over security in the country, Lagos State Government has henceforth prohibited illegal occupation of abandoned buildings and buildings under construction in the state. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who announced this in a statement on Friday, stated that it was part of measures to prevent the state from being plun...

The government said that no worker should stay back beyond 6:00 p.m. within premises of buildings undergoing construction.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  The Lagos State Government has prohibited illegal occupation of abandoned buildings and properties under construction as part of measures to address security challenges. Dr Idris Salako, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. Salako said the measure became necessary due to security challenges in the nation. “Lagos State Government has observed with dismay the security challe...

NaFAA Boss Speaks at IMO -UN Webinar on the Need for Ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Africa NaFAA Boss Speaks at IMO -UN Webinar on the Need for Ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Africa The Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), Madam Emma Metieh Glassco is selected to serve as speaker at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)-United Nations Webinar on the Ratification and Implementation of the 2012 Cape Town Agr...

  The Lagos State Government has sealed 5 Container Terminals along the Kirikiri coast for operating illegally without recourse to the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law. The sealing of the Container Terminal facilities, which are becoming ubiquitous along the coastlines of the State, was the outcome of a special enforcement exercise coordinated by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development in conjunction with the Lagos State Waterways Authority(LASWA) The...

Translate Apapa gridlock: Lagos traffic team, NPA, identify six parks for truck holding bays On By Olasunkanmi Akoni The newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team, by Lagos State Government, to resolve gridlock in Apapa, and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team have identified seven holding bays for trucks at various locations around the metropolis for the purpose of decongesting Apapa and environs of gridlock. The team made the discovery during their first...

INVESTIGATION: How Lagos agencies sided with land-grabbers, displaced hundreds of families In the morning of December 31, 2020, truckloads of police officers, Lagos State officials and thugs descended on a mechanic yard to carry out the demolition, allegedly acting on a ‘judgment. 9 min read Gloom, despair, and misery filled the air as Lagos agencies demolished Monkey Village, an informal settlement at Opebi area of the state on December 31, 2020. The bulldozer assigned for th...