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The Lagos State Lands Bureau performance dropped in revenue generation by N10.19 billion accruing from land transaction in 2017, representing a 50 percent fall in land revenue. In 2016, the Lands Bureau recorded an all-time high in revenue generation from land transaction as it hit N20.77 billion, but this was half into two in 2017 as it generated N10.579 billion, ...

The Lagos State Government has announced that there will be a further restriction of vehicular movement in Agege area of the state. The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Jimi Hotonu, who announced the restriction in a statement on Friday, said it would ensure that the Pen Cinema Flyover is completed on schedule. According to him, ...

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said the state received over $43 billion worth of investment proposals in the last three years. Prof. Ademola Abass, the Special Adviser, Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment, disclosed this at Alausa, during the agency’s Ministerial briefing to mark the third year in office of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. Abass listed areas investors had shown ...

The Oke-Oko, Oke-Tapa and Isawo communities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have earmarked 10 acres of land for the construction of military barracks in the area. The traditional ruler of the communities, Chief Muse Ibrahim, said that the gesture was in appreciation of the military’s efforts in ending militancy and pipeline vandalism in the areas. Ibrahim told the News Agency of ...

Residents of Wesley area in Alapere, Lagos State have alleged abandonment of a government-financed drainage project by the contractor, making their community more prone to flooding and health hazards. They protested against constant flood in the community when the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transports, Engineer Abdulsallam, was on inspection tour of the reconstruction of Oluwakemi/Ajiboye road expansion. The residents said ...

LAGOS – One major index of social change and development today, especially in Africa, is infrastructure development as particularly epitomized by the construction of roads and bridges. No nation can boast of having achieved development if a large percentage of her roads are impassable. Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that ...

The six governors in the south-west have formally admitted Lagos state into the O’dua Investment Group. Akinwunmi Ambode, the state governor, announced the development on Wednesday, via a statement by Habib Aruna, his chief press secretary. Incorporated as a limited liability company in July 1976, O’dua Investment Company Limited has business interests in Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti states. ...

Stakeholders said Lagos state government has no justification for the increment of land use charge (LUCL) as the economy is biting hard on the masses Fitzgerald Umah, the chairman, Nigerian Institute of Architects urged the government to repeal the Land use charge law (LUCL) to help Lagosians in view of the hardship they were facing Umah said increasing the tax ...

Lagos communities along Agura-Gberigbe road in Ikorodu area of the state, which include Agura, Gberigbe, Igbodu, Ewu-Owa, Mowo-nla, Oke-Agbo, Oko-ito, among others have lamented the bad state of their roads, with residents experiencing restriction of movement when the roads become impassable, especially whenever it rains. Chairman of the community, Pastor Taiwo Kayode, lamented that children can not go to schools ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says his administration is not oblivious of the controversy generated by the revised Land Use Charge Law, and is ready to dialogue to resolve the issues going forward. He spoke on Tuesday at the “Lagos State means Business” forum, where he held a parley with business owners in the state. The revised law has ...