•Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has named some new government buildings after former governors of the state as a mark of honour and recognition of their contributions to the development of the State. Two of the buildings, named after the immediate past Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and a former [&h...
The federal government’s decision to demolish buildings within a 15-metre setback from the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to accommodate service lanes has sparked fresh anxiety and debate among property owners, professionals and investors over the design integrity, planning, and execution of one of Nigeria’s most ambitious road infrastructure p...
•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the arrest of a developer and the demolition of buildings illegally constructed on plots allocated to foreign missions in the diplomatic zone of Katampe Extension, Abuja. The affected land, located in the Diplomatic Zone of Katampe Extension in the FCT, ...
•Taiwo Oyedele The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has said that land, buildings and rent are now fully exempted from Value Added Tax (VAT) under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025. Oyedele explained that the new law, which has already commenced, was designed to reduce the cost of housing, […]...
•Demolished buildings Thousands of persons were today rendered homeless, with businesses and worship centres demolished in Agric Bus Stop, Owusu 1 Community Development Area (CDA), Ikorodu, Lagos. When our correspondent visited the area today, officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) were seen demolishing the buildings wit...
•Destroyed residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, independent Bangladesh’s first president and father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, today Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina today, hours after students with excavators began demolishing a museum of her fa...
The Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority, Mr Oyetunde Ojo, has announced that the FHA has begun rehabilitating roads in Festac Town, Lagos, starting with 1st Avenue. This is as he noted that structures with integrity issues in the town will also be demolished, reports The PUNCH. He stated this yesterday, Thursday, August 22, [&he...
•A victim It was a weekend of agony for residents, students and parents of Saint Academy located in Busa Buji community in Jos as a classroom building collapsed trapping hundreds of students sitting for exams on Friday. Again, less than 24 hours after and over 200 hundred kilometres away, another residential building collapsed in Kubwa [&helli...
The federal government has announced that the demolition of buildings situated within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will commence tomorrow, Saturday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Korede Keisha, disclosed this during a press briefing held in Lagos yesterday. Keisha urged all residents whose houses have be...
•Sanwo-Olu More buildings will be demolished to allow for proper cleanup of the Dosumu market, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said today, Thursday, April 11. He spoke when he visited the scene with some members of the State Executive Council, reports The Nation. The governor had earlier ordered a stop of commercial activities in all markets in [&...

