•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state, citing environmental risks. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the directive in a press release issued today. Wahab said the ministry observed with con...
•Power transmission line The Lagos State Government has announced plans to remove illegal structures built under high-tension cables in the Makoko community, Yaba, Lagos. The move comes after the state, through the Office of Urban and Regional Planning, removed dilapidated buildings and shanties at the Oworonshoki end of the Third Mainland Bri...
•Dowen College and Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State Government has ordered the sealing of Dowen College in Lekki Phase 1 after waste traced to the school was found to have been improperly disposed of. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, described the incident as a clear disregard for environmen...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has directed all operators in the hospitality business, such as hotels, event centres and night clubs, to secure the approval of both the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), to ensure effective parking and traffic...
•Lekki area of Lagos and a borehole The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.” While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated...
•Emergency workers moving some flood victims to safety in Lagos The Lagos State Government has issued a fresh warning to residents in parts of Lekki, Ikorodu and Ajegunle areas of the state to relocate from lowlands to highlands to avoid being victims of flooding. “Those around the Ajilete axis of Lagos, that’s Ajegunle, they have […]...
•Housing estate No fewer than 176 estates in the Eti-Osa, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, and Ajah axis of Lagos have been blacklisted after being deemed illegal by the state government. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of Physical Planning, Oluwole Sotire, in a statement released yesterday. The Lagos State Government revealed tha...
•A blocked drainage in Lagos With the Lagos State government’s ban on certain single-use plastics (SUPs) taking effect on July 1, 2025, local manufacturers have kicked against the policy, stating that small businesses and producers will be adversely affected. However, environmentalists said they are in support of the ban, citing the need to pr...
•Peter Obi at the scene of his brother’s demolished building in Lagos The Lagos State Government today denied any involvement in the demolition of a property in the Ikeja area of the state, which the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, claimed belonged to his brother. This was disclosed in a statement […]
•Illegal abattoir in Agege, Lagos The Lagos State Government has shut down an illegal abattoir discovered on Succo Road in Oko-Oba, Agege, seizing contaminated meat and arresting suspects involved in the operation. The action, announced by Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, is part of intensified efforts to cl...
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