Tag Archives: Lagos State

Citing security concerns and flagrant abuse of its building regulations as its main reasons, the Lagos State Government on Tuesday clarified its decision to demolish illegal structures and shanties erected along the river banks and under high tension cables across Lagos.  Vanguard reports that Lagos State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, while addressing journalists at the Bagauda ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has warned operators in the construction sector, such as developers and contractors to adhere strictly to building regulations and control, adding that the government would no longer tolerate flagrant disregard of the law, as part of measures to eliminate the incidences of building collapse in the state. Vanguard reports that Ambode, who was represented by his Deputy, ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode , the governor of Lagos State  made it known yesterday that through the construction of 114 roads which his administration, in collaboration with local councils across the state, embarked upon early this year, over 55,000 direct and indirect jobs were created. Ambode who was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau at the official commissioning ...

In furtherance of creating a better environment in Lagos, the Lagos State Government commences the Oshodi-Isolo Model City Plan. The Guardian reports that the proposed new plan promoted by the State’s Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development through an urban and regional planning firm, Vistaplan consulting would involve the evaluation of the level of performance in the area of infrastructural ...

As the clamp down continues on the atrocities of blood-thirsty militants that recently besieged some communities in Lagos and Ogun state, especially the riverine areas, Governor Ambode of Lagos State has come out to lend his voice to the unfolding drama. The treacherous hoodlums who usually leave trails of sorrow and sadness in their wake, might bitten more than they ...

Land grabbers won’t be called land grabbers if their activities were legal. According to WIKI, Land grabbing is the contentious issue of large-scale land acquisitions: the buying or leasing of large pieces of land in developing countries, by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals. This article looks into the menace of land grabbers in Nigeria and how their activities affect the common ...

Land use administration in developed countries is carried out with ease and this is due to their adoption of E-government. However the situation is not the same in some developing countries and Nigeria is no exception. This article addresses concept of ICT model in Land use administration. Land remains pivotal to any meaningful development of man and his society. The ...

Construction work has commenced on the expansion project of Adebare Road and the Ogudu interchange bridge and others in Kosofe area of Lagos State. The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Ganiyu Johnson, said at a stakeholders’ meeting that the contractor, Messrs Timfat Ventures Limited, was back to the site, with equipment and personnel fully mobilised. The project is expected ...

Ikorodu town – initially a massive forest lying a few kilometers north of the Lagos Lagoon, and less than 10 kilometers north of the Atlantic Ocean, was once a walled City. This article is the second and concluding part of “ What you should know about Ikorodu”. It bridges the gap between the old and the new. Read part one ...

The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to review the Ikeja Model City Plan, which became operational in 2010. According to a statement by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, the review is part of the state government’s efforts to create a better environment where infrastructure will be adequate and of a standard that befits the status of ...