•Wahab and a bulldozer pulling down structure at Maryland The Lagos State Government has said that property owners whose structures hindered the flow of drainage in Mende in the Maryland area of the state were served “requisite notices” before their buildings were removed from the System 1 Drainage Right of Way. Commissioner for Environ...
The Lagos State Government has given a 48-hour quit notice to illegal occupants of abandoned Ikoyi Towers in Lagos Island. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab gave the notice yesterday during an inspection of some sites, including the federal government-owned Ikoyi Towers, reports Channels TV. “We were al...
•The discovered illegal apartments under Lagos bridge The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has said the government discovered 86 apartments under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, where tenants pay N250,000 annual rent. Posting videos on his X account yesterday, Wahab said the 86 partitioned r...
•Emergency workers moving some flood victims to safety in Lagos State The Ogun State Government has asked residents in floodplain areas to relocate to safer ground before the rain commences fully. The rain, according to the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), would commence in March and e...
•Governor Diri of Bayelsa State Iniruo Wills, a former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Environment and an environmental activist, has accused Niger Delta governors, ministers, and senators of abetting the region’s ongoing environmental pollution. Wills made the assertion at a legal and environmental experts’ roundtable organised by “We The Peop...
An American Based Nigerian Scientist, Peter Ofuje Obidi is exploring the recycling of carbon into biofuel in order to reduce carbon emission into the atmosphere which is responsible for climate change that is affecting the economy of Africa adversely. Obidi is a doctorate degree candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Sci...
A joint committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari, to appear before it on May 8 over an investigation into environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil producing communities. The Chairman of th...
Electric poles and cables worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday, as a result of a rainstorm in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. This incident has plunged over 40 communities in the council area into darkness till the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) can fix the damaged poles and cables, reports [&hell...
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Terlumun Utsev has warned that 148 Local Government Areas ( LGAs) in 31 states fell among highly probable flood risk areas for 2024 while 249 LGAs in 36 states including FCT fall within the moderate flood risk states He issued this warning during the official unveiling […]
•Babajide Snawo-Olu The Lagos State Government has opened an amnesty window for house owners to obtain planning permits on completed buildings. This was contained in a statement issued today by the Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, Engr. Oluwole Sotire. According to the statement, property owners and developers of existing (com...
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