Tag Archives: Lagos

LAGOS – To maintain an effective transportation system across the Lagos Metropolis, the Lagos State government has announced the temporary closure of Creek Road, from Mr. Biggs to Warehouse Road junction, in Apapa from Friday, May 8, 2020, to Friday, May 15, 2020, for the resumption of the on-going construction by HITECH. A statement issued at the weekend by the state ...

In a bid to prevent recurrence of floods that ravaged the community for a greater part of last year, residents of Isheri Estate in Lagos and Ogun states have called on the two-state governments to do a proper channelling of the community as well as provide basic infrastructure in the area.  Chairman of Riverview Estate Residents and Stakeholders’ Association, Mr. ...

Two buildings on Friday collapsed at Okota and Lagos Island areas of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. On 12 Alasepe Street, off Community Road, Ago Palace Way, Okota, a three-storey building under construction collapsed, with one person trapped, who was later rescued while on Lagos Island, a two-storey building collapsed at Agarawa area. Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, ...

A man, yet-to-be-identified, was trapped under rubble as a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Ago Palace Way axis of Lagos State on Friday. The Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this, noted that emergency officials were already at the scene and making efforts to rescue the trapped person. Oke-Osanyintolu, however, gave an ...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, cautioned operators of event centres, property owners, religious centres and other places of attraction to desist from compounding traffic gridlock on roads around their locations. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement, read the riot act to owners of event centres and places of attraction to desist from activities that could ...

A section of Balogun market in Lagos has reportedly been gutted by fire. The market caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday, November 2019, after traders resumed their sales for the day. https://twitter.com/KennedyEssah/status/1191652902391209984 As at the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained. https://twitter.com/TolaBrown/status/1191649314810081280 More details shortly… Credit: Pulse

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of three properties linked to Kola Aluko, located in Lagos and Abuja The EFCC told the court that the property in Lagos was purchased with the sum of 55 million dollars while the two properties in Abuja was purchased with the sum of 18 million dollars and N350m ...

Residents of Isheri North Government Reserved Area, also known as the Isheri North Residential Scheme, Lagos State, are currently lamenting the flooding of the area, located along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The residents appealed to the state government to come to their aid, stating that since the flooding started in late August, many residents had been forced to leave their homes, ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared a state of emergency on highways and carriages in state of disrepair in Lagos State. In a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday, the governor’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings with eight multi-national engineering firms, which began a few weeks back. Akosile disclosed that Governor ...

Some residents of the Igbogbo/Bayeku community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Monday protested against the demolition of their buildings by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration. The protesters, led by the chairman and secretary of the community’s association, Jacob Arogundade and Taiwo Folarin, demanded compensation from the state government. Arogundade said out of over 700 properties that were demolished ...