•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has announced plans to demolish all buildings marked as structurally distressed around the site of the collapsed three-storey building at Alakija, Satellite Town, as part of measures to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. The government also vowed to prosecute the owners o...
•Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State Bayelsa State would soon establish an agency to regulate activities that result in erosion and other environmental menaces on its waterways. This followed the recent Supreme Court judgment affirming the rights of Bayelsa and Lagos states over the control and management of activities above the surface on th...
The Lagos State Taskforce has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to street traders, illegal occupants, and operators of makeshift structures along the Alaba Rago axis of the Mile 2–Badagry Expressway to vacate the area. The directive is part of renewed efforts by the Lagos State government to enforce environmental laws and the ban on street trading [&...
•Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab The Lagos State government has issued a public reminder for the monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise on Saturday, June 27, 2026. In a statement today, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, urged residents to clean their home...
•Flooding No fewer than three persons were reportedly killed after a heavy downpour triggered severe flooding across parts of Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday evening. The victims were said to have been swept away by raging floodwaters that overwhelmed drainage channels and major roads within the commercial city, reports Vanguard. Residents...
•Vice President Kashim Shettima The National Economic Council yesterday approved N83.21 billion for the implementation of an Anticipatory Action Task Force to mitigate the impact of flooding and other climate-related disasters nationwide. This came as the Council held its 158th meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Aso...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has intensified its crackdown on street begging and related public nuisances, with 226 beggars apprehended during a fresh enforcement exercise carried out across the state. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a po...
•Flood The Lagos State government has warned that some parts of the state may experience heavy rainfall, rising water levels, riverbank overflows and flash floods between June 14 and June 21, 2026. The State Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Mahamood Adegbite, citing a flood prediction update issued by the F...
•Obuesi Phillips The Executive Director of SWEEP Foundation NG and Convener of the Waste in the City Initiative, Amb. Obuesi Phillips, has said hunger, as well as insecurity and waste are killing the democracy Nigerians are celebrating on June 12. Obuesi spoke in his message to mark the 2026 Democracy Day, saying Nigerians need good […]...
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested over 15 suspected environmental offenders around the Jibowu railway corridor in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post shared on his verified X handle today. The suspects were apprehended for allegedly ...
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