The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has urged the Federal Government to amend the Minerals and Mining Act, 2007 such that states can have the right to exploit their state-bound resources.

For several years, residents of riverine areas in Ojo, a Lagos suburb, had lived in constant fear over waterways’ navigation in the area.

Worried by property owners’ circumvention of approvals while erecting structures in Lagos State, the state government has approved a six-month relaxation of its property regularisation policy.

For architects to remain relevant within the sub- sector of the construction industry, as well as abreast with developmental issues that border on transparency and discipline among members of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, the professional body and its regulatory body, Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, have been charged with the responsibility of instilling discipline and ensuring high professional standards in the practice of architecture.

Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, VSS, an integrated environmental utility company engaged by Lagos State Government to manage waste across the state, disclosed at the weekend that it is concentrating its attention on clearance of illegal dump sites otherwise known as black spots that litter the state before embarking on door-to- door collection of refuse.