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The Lagos State Government has declared zero tolerance for illegal  structures without building permit in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Nureni Akinsanya, on Thursday said the state planned to sanitise the building construction industry and would no longer tolerate illegal structures. Akinsanya, who made this known at a stakeholders’ workshop on ‘Physical Planning ...

The Edo State Government is set to commence the demolition of illegal structures erected on government property, including public schools and waterways in Benin City and other major settlements in the state. The Commissioner of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Erimona Edorodion, announced this in a statement on Thursday. The exercise will also affect roof eave-extensions and structures erected ...

Officials of the Development Control of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) have removed illegal structures in Kpadna village, a settlement in Utako, Abuja. The officials comprising operatives of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), and Department of State Security stormed the busy settlement few kilometres from the Jabi Motor park with a ...

The Lagos State Government and the Building Collapse Prevention Guild have called on stakeholders in the built environment and members of the public to join forces with the government to stop the incessant collapse of buildings in the state and the country at large. They stated that people could do this by reporting cases of illegal construction and defective structures ...

The Lagos State Government has expressed worries over the rising number of religious worship centers in residential areas across the state. The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, said he had observed with dismay the proliferation of religious worship centers and nite clubs in various residential areas, especially on the Victoria Island and Ikoyi metropolis and called for caution ...

Akwa Ibom State Government has concluded plan to demolish thousands of illegal structures erected within Uyo, the state capital. The State Commissioner, Ministry of Lands and Town Planning, Ime Ekpo disclosed this. The commissioner who said this while fielding questions from newsmen in Uyo, said already demolition squad or committee had been set up by the ministry to pull down ...

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has embarked on public sensitisation to inform residents that all buildings in the state must have valid building approval plan. Mr. Olalekan Shodehinde, the General Manager, LASBCA, made this known at a sensitisation through the Lagos metropolis of Yaba, Tejuosho and Oyingbo area of the state. Shodehinde said that almost all the structures ...

The management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command has launched an aggressive cleanup initiative to reclaim Customs land from illegal occupants and land grabbers in Seme area of Lagos State, as well as rid the land border community of impostors and touts. According to a statement signed over the weekend by the Seme Customs Command Spokesman, Selchang Taupyen, ...

“The Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) says it will commence demolition of 400 illegal structures built under high tension electricity lines in the state.” PM NEWS The General Manager of the board, Mr Matthias Hata, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Thursday that the houses had already been marked for the exercise which would commence within ...

According to Vanguard, LAGOS State Government said it will soon start demolishing all illegal structures on land within the Lekki Free Zone (LFZ). The state’s Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Co-operatives, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, said in a statement that private estate developers and land grabbers have illegally encroached on the land and are to face the wrath of the law. ...