•Police tear-gas protesters Pandemonium broke out as men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command, in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, fired teargas, today, to disperse hundreds of protesters participating in the peaceful demonstration against demolitions of Makoko and Iyana-Oworonshoki areas of the state. The incident took pl...
•The protesters Residents of Makoko, the historic waterfront community built on the Lagos Lagoon, staged an emotional protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday, decrying the ongoing demolition of their homes by state government officials, which they claim has far exceeded agreed safety limits. The protest is coming amidst confusio...
•Nigerian Senate A motion seeking to investigate alleged land grabbing, demolitions, salaries, sewage disposals and other administrative issues in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) suffered a setback on the floor of the Senate today after it was ruled procedurally defective. The motion, sponsored by Senator Ireti Kingibe, was presented as a ...
•Kalu, Sanwo-Olu and Tinubu Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has lamented the demolition of buildings at the Lagos Trade Fair Complex, describing the exercise as heartbreaking. Kalu spoke yesterday during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Abia State for the commissioning of projects executed by the Governor Alex Ot...
Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general (names withheld), yesterday, attacked and chased away development control officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to the […]
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike The Senate today sought an investigation into the recent demolitions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has set up an investigative committee to look into the matter. The committee will also invite the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to appear before it to explain the reasons behind the demolitions, which have [&he...
•FCT protest Residents of Ruga Community, along the Lugbe-Airport Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and stop the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, from carrying out further demolitions in the area. It was reported that a Special Ministerial Task Team of the FCT Administration had, on Wedn...
•Minister Umahi The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has announced that the federal government plans to pay N2.75 billion as compensation to property owners affected by the demolition required for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway today, Wednesday, May 1. Umahi said that the highway is projected to stretch from channel 0 to ...
•Peter Obi With the ongoing gale of building demolitions in Lagos State and other parts of the country, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has urged governments at all levels to show compassion and not multiply the pain of the poor. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) today, […]
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