•Landmark Beach The management of Landmark Resort Beach says it has initiated the refund process for customers impacted by the recent demolition of portions of its properties by the federal government. According to a statement posted on its X account today by Landmark Africa, the parent company of Landmark Resort Beach, refunds are being facil...
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...
•Wike The Igbo Community Assembly (ICA) Apo, Abuja has given the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, a seven-day ultimatum to issue a public apology to the Igbos or face the wrath of all Igbos and the gods of Igboland. The demand for the apology is sequel to alleged derogatory comments made […]
Justice Hamza Muazu of an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, yesterday, berated authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration for disobeying an order of the court that restrained them from demolishing an estate owned by Praco International Ltd. The multi-billion naira estate located in the Asokoro/Kugbo axis of the FCT is being...
Natives and residents of Iddo-Sarki community along Airport Road, Abuja, were gripped with panic following the mounting of demolition signposts by the Nigerian Navy (NN) in the area. Our correspondent who visited the community observed that the signposts had an inscription which read: “This land belongs to the Nigerian Navy, Park and leave. Al...
•Wike Convener of Concerned Nigerians and Human Rights Activist, Deji Adeyanju has blamed the demolition of shanties and poor people’s homes for the rising insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Convener who berated the Minister of FCT, Nyesome Wike over rising insecurity, kidnapping, maiming and killings in Abuja, however call...
The children of Madam Muniratu Saka-Itogbe (nee Abdulsalam Balogun), have drawn the attention of the Lagos State Government and the Inspector General of Police to the forcible takeover and demolition of their mother’s property located at No. 24, Olojo Drive, Ojo Town, Lagos State. The children said the ongoing reconstruction of a new structure...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has faulted the federal government’s planned demolition of about “200 houses” in the Nuwalege community of Abuja to make way for the expansion of the presidential fleet. In a post on his X account yesterday, Obi said he was shocked and […]
•Iwuanyanwu President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has called on federal government, through the Housing Authority (FHA) and other agencies involved in demolition exercise at Abule-Ado in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, to pay compensation to the victims. The area where the demolition exercises were carried out was...
•Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted a garnishee order freezing not fewer than 24 bank accounts belonging to the Kano State government, over N30 billion compensation to Incorporated Trustees of Masalachi Eid Shop Owners and Traders Association, for demolition of their shops in the state. Jus...