Tag Archives: Lagos State Governor

“As the 2017 World Habitat Day is marked around the world, the United Nations Habitat has projected that the number of Africans that will live in slums will rise to 1.2 billion by 2050. Delivering a goodwill message at the celebration of the 2017 World Habitat Day by the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, the United ...

Premium Times reports that the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday handed over 120 generators to Lagos police command to power all police formations across the state, with a pledge of continuous support to security agencies to ensure optimal performance. Speaking at Lagos House in Ikeja while handing over the generating sets to the police, the Governor reiterated the ...

Business Post reports that the Council of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers has been urged to regulate values and rates of land across the country. This appeal was made by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja when he received members of the Council. The delegation visited the Minister ...

According to PM News, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday disclosed that Oshodi-Ikeja International  Airport road reconstruction will begin in September. The governor disclosed this at the 3rd Quarterly Town Hall Meeting at Badore area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The governor said the road would be developed into a 10-lane road befitting an international road. Ambode also disclosed that ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday launched Cleaner Lagos Initiative, CLI and the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, to tackle the problem of environmental nuisance in Lagos. At the launch which held at the Agege Stadium, Agege area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Ambode said the CLI was billed to take the State into the desired future as far as ...

“Revamping of the nation’s decaying infrastructure in every area including Power, Works and Housing was part of the campaign promises of the current administration. MUYIWA OYINLOLA in this report examines how the Federal Government has fared in these key areas two years after”- Leadership The last Presidential election was one of the most keenly contested in recent times. The then ...

“The Incorporated Trustees of Word of Life Bible Church has asked a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, to order the state government to issue it with building permit for its plot of land in Victoria Island, having paid all necessary fees assessed by the state in respect of the planned structure.”- The Guardian In a suit marked LD/3040/14 before Justice Christopher ...

“As with most commercial cities, land, as a resource, is desirable and crucial to everyone. This accounts for the high premium charged either as rent or land sale in Lagos. But alongside this comes the challenge of land administration in Lagos State, especially as it concerns land grabbers, and title documentation. The state government says it has put in place ...

“Access Bank Plc has sued the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, for allegedly allocating a piece of land belonging to it to a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim (retd.). The contentious land is located at No. 7 Ojora Street, Ikoyi, Lagos. The bank, in a suit marked, LD/3767/LWM/2016, claimed that though the land belonged to ...

Vanguard reports that a legal practitioner, Mr. Destiny Takon has petitioned Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the travails of Coker estate residents in Oworonshoki, Lagos. By a deed of conveyance dated June 6, 1970, the late Chief Coker was said to have taken possession of over 80 acres of land at Oworonshoki and Ifako-Gbagada, Lagos, which was registered in his name. ...