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Environment

Kwara Donates Land for Federal Fire Service School, Regional Office
7Aug By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, News, Nigeria

Kwara Donates Land for Federal Fire Service School, Regional Office

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has agreed to allocate land for the establishment of the proposed Federal Fire Training School and regional office for the north central to be sighted in Ilorin, the state capital. In a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Wednesday said additional fire service stations would be established in the northern senatorial district to complement the ones in Ilorin, in the central, and those in Omu Aran and Offa in the south. The Governor announced these on Tuesday when the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service Dr Liman Ibrahim paid a courtesy visit on him as part of the ongoing 10th national council on fire hosted by the Kwara State Government. AbdulRazaq said the government would also embark ...
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LASG Warns Residents Against Alteration of Approved Designs
5Aug By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

LASG Warns Residents Against Alteration of Approved Designs

Lagos State Government has issued a warning to the residents of state-owned housing Estates to desist from modifying the approved designs of structures within their environment. The Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Housing, Mr. Wasiu Akewusola gave the warning on Monday during a meeting with the representatives of the Residents Association of Abraham Adesanya Estate at the State Secretariat, Alausa. He said "It is in the best interest of all residents of government-owned estates to stop alteration of structures of buildings in government-owned estates. Such alterations or reconstructing include restyling, an extension of, and additions to existing facilities and in some extreme cases increase in levels of buildings". Akewusola observed that these alterations are deviat...
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Three-storey Building Collapses in Lagos
29Jul By Debo Omilani1 Comment
Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Three-storey Building Collapses in Lagos

A three-storey has reportedly collapsed in the Ososa area of Bariga, Lagos State. The building collapsed around 9.30pm on Sunday. According to the Eye witness, six people had been rescued, and that many more might be trapped in the rubble. Residents said men of the Lagos State Fire Service were already on the ground, but were unable to gain entry yet, because the road to the scene is really bad. He said, “I stay around the area; the building that collapsed is a residential building and the incident happened around 9.30pm. People are still there, but rescuers have been able to pull out about six people. An official of the Lagos State Fire Service, who spoke on condition of anonymity as at the time of filing the story, said rescue operation had yet to commence as he and his colle...
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Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects
29Jul By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects

The Ogun state governnor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commenced extensive palliative measures on the 32Km Sango ,/Agbado/Oke Aro -Ojodu Abiodun road. The Sango-Ojodu-Abiodun road is one of the roads which was awarded and abandoned by the immediate past administration in Ogun state. According to the governor, the socioeconomic activities along this axis has been greatly affected due to the neglect of the road based on claim of paucity of funds by the previous government. The road which cut across various border communities between Lagos and Ogun State has been in the state of comatose before the emergence of the his administration. Abiodun said he directed immediate work on the road to bring succor to the lives of the people living along that axis as the road remains one of his top pri...
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Badagry Expressway : Lagos Govt Commences Demolition of Shanties
24Jul By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Badagry Expressway : Lagos Govt Commences Demolition of Shanties

The Lagos State government taskforce on Tuesday commenced the demolition of shanties along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway after the expiration of 7-days ultimatum issued to the traders. The Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Olufemi Salaam, who led the cleanup team in the company of the Chairman, Lagos Task Force CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi and others, explained that the exercise was in line with the Executive Order of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on zero tolerance for traffic gridlocks and indiscriminate dumping of refuse. Salaam stated further that the inter-ministerial committee drawn from ministries and agencies in Lagos State decided to commence the implementation of the Executive Order from the Badagry Express Road due to the prevale...
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Lagos Task Force Orders Removal of Illegal Structures, Kiosks on Badagry Expressway
17Jul By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Lagos Task Force Orders Removal of Illegal Structures, Kiosks on Badagry Expressway

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force Lagos State Taskforce on Wednesday ordered the removal of all illegal structures, Kiosks and the end to commercial activities along Badagry Expressway within seven days. Task Force chairman, CSP Ola Yinka Egbeyemi disclosed this while addressing owners of these illegal structures and the traders at different at the expressway, warned them to immediately vacate all road setbacks and walkways within the stipulated date to avoid the wrath of law. According to him, all illegal structures, Kiosks and shanties on road set-backs and walk-ways from 'Eric Moore' down to 'Trade Fair' must  be removed before Tuesday, 23rd July, 2019 He affirmed  that the 'Removal Notice' became imperative in preparation for the commencement of road works to be emb...
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Lagos Public Works Begins Massive Roads Rehabilitation
17Jul By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Lagos Public Works Begins Massive Roads Rehabilitation

In fulfilment of Lagos State governor,  Babajide  Sanwo-Olu on zero tolerance  for potholes, the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC)  has commenced full-scale routine repair and rehabilitation of roads across the state. Engr. Olufemi Daramola, the General Manager of LSPWC, disclosed this on Wednesday during an inspection tour of ongoing rehabilitation of Iju road, said the Corporation has been providing palliatives with the use of boulders and crush stones on strategic roads across the state to ensure free flow of traffic in spite of incessant rainfall witnessed in Lagos in the past few weeks. According to him, In line with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s  Executive Order on “Operation Zero Potholes in Lagos” and his passion to ameliorate the sufferings and pains of commuters,...
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Lagos Govt charges CBS Drivers to Obey Traffic Rules
12Jul By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, Lagos News, Nigeria

Lagos Govt charges CBS Drivers to Obey Traffic Rules

The Managing Director of the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Mr. Idowu Oguntona has charged the newly trained Civil Service Staff Bus Drivers to obeyed all traffic rules in the state Oguntona, who gave the advice at the closing ceremony of the training programme for the Civil Service Bus Drivers at the LBSL Depot at Ilupeju, said that they are ambassadors of the State Government through which the commercial and private bus drivers will measure the present administration in terms of compliance with traffic laws. Represented at the event by Mr. Oluwatimilehin Olajide, Operations Manager, LBSL, Oguntona warned the drivers that the BRT corridor is exclusive for only BRT buses and not the Staff buses, reiterating that stiff penalties await any erring drivers that are caught in the corr...
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Lagos: LASEMA Advises Contractors on Building Construction
28Jun By Debo OmilaniNo Comments
Environment, News, Nigeria

Lagos: LASEMA Advises Contractors on Building Construction

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has reiterated the need for all the building contractors and developers in the State to always abide by the State's building codes and regulations before and during building constructions to prevent the unnecessary collapse of buildings and subsequent loss of lives and property. The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu while briefing journalists said the collapse of the building occurred at about 11.05 pm on Wednesday 26th, June, 2019 at K Farm Estate Fagba, Iju Road in Ifako Ijaye Local Council Development Area of the State. He said preliminary report revealed that the incident was as a result of the use of substandard building materials and lack of expertise in the...
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Nigeria: Osinbajo Expresses Satisfaction on Apapa Road Clearance
22Jun By Debo Omilani1 Comment
Environment, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Osinbajo Expresses Satisfaction on Apapa Road Clearance

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday expressed satisfaction at the level of Truck clearance achieved in the Apapa axis, saying the Federal Government was committed to building more ports across the country to decongest the gridlock in and out of the Apapa ports. Osinbajo made this known in an interview with newsmen after inspecting the Lily pond transit truck park, Creek Road and other network of roads leading to the Apapa port. The vice president was accompanied on the tour by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman, among others. “We need to understand that this is a port that was designed to take 34 million metric tonnes daily but it is currently taking over 80 million metric tonnes. “With...
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