Tag Archives: Lagos State

A 68-year-old Estate Agent, Samuel Adewunmi, was on Friday docked before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos over alleged forgery of certificate of occupancy of a church property Adewunmi was also accused of selling a landed property valued at N250 million, belonging to the Cherubim and Seraphim Sacred Mount Zion Church. The accused is facing a four-count charge bordering on ...

Property theft- A 26-year-old security guard, Friday Okon, on Monday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing his employer’s valuables worth N2.9 million. He was, however, released on bail in the sum of N2.9 million. Okon, who resides at Road 15, Alabeko Street in Lekki area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and ...

Landowners at Nitel Estate, Awolowo Road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, have alleged that some landowners in the area built on their land in violation of a subsisting order by a High Court. They said there were two orders that restrained parties to the dispute on the land from doing anything on the land, but said some people ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday approved the construction of a bridge at the Fagba intersection to ease the perennial traffic gridlock and reduce travel time within the axis. Ambode approved the construction of the Fagba Bridge after an inspection of the ongoing construction of Pen Cinema Flyover, where he observed the need to holistically address the traffic ...

A 30-year-old man, Idowu Ogunseye, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly setting his brother’s house on fire. Ogunseye, a resident of Ajegunle, Lagos, with no stated occupation, is being tried for arson. The prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 15 at Alakuko, Lagos. He ...

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has urged the Lagos State Government (LASG) to provide land for the National Housing Programme in the state. Fashola made the call at the 2018 Ramadan Lecture of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADS), Lagos Branch, in Lagos. He said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was working assiduously towards making life ...

Report has it that the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has promised to deliver 14,187 housing units before the next two years, across the state. Meanwhile the governor, who spoke yesterday, through Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said this would be achieved through a joint venture partnership, under its housing programme tagged: Lagos Affordable Public Housing (LAPH) initiative. Through ...

As part of efforts to grow its market reach and sustain the current trade exchange between Nigeria and China, Longrich, a Chinese firm on Tuesday lay foundation to a $20 million factory at the Lekki Free Zone, Lagos. The factory is the first of its kind to be sited by the Chinese firm outside the shores of China. Alex Jia, ...

The Lagos State Lands Bureau on Tuesday said that over N11.85 billion had been approved as compensation for property owners affected by the alignment and right of way for construction, reconstruction and dualisation of roads. The Special Adviser to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode on Urban Development, Mrs. Yetunde Onabule, disclosed this to newsmen at the ongoing Ministerial Briefing to mark the ...

Lagos State Government on Thursday said the phase six of the Eko Atlantic City, in Victoria Island will be completed in October 2019. Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dr. Babatunde Adejare disclosed this at a ministerial press conference in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Adejare stated that the flagship project designed to stand on 10 million square metres of land reclaimed ...