Traders accuse police, developer of using IGP wife’s name to demolish complex
Traders at the popular Police Officers Wives Association, POWA, shopping complex, in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, have raised the alarm over plans by a group of persons parading themselves as policemen assigned by the wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Mrs. Elizabeth Egbetokun, to demolish their complex.
Lagos commences demolition of illegal structures, motor parks on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government, through, the state Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Unit, in the early hours of Tuesday, embarked on removal of all illegal shanties, motor parks and structures, numbering thousands, along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The exercise followed expiration of a seven day removal notice for owners and occupants of such […]
Akwa Ibom residents fasten charms on property to scare off govt’s demolition men
Uyo—SOME residents of Akwa Ibom State have resorted to fastening fetish traditional charms called Ayei, on their property marked for demolition to prevent government officials from carrying out the exercise.
Demolition: My children and I have been sleeping in the cold, widow laments
A widow, Mrs Bukola Shitu, whose building was demolished alongside others at Magboro community in Ogun State, has cried out to the state government to come to her aid, saying she and her children have been sleeping in the cold.
Demolition: Commissioner calls for vacation of marked buildings in Lagos
Mr Rotimi Ogunleye, the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development has called on occupants of marked buildings across the state to vacate them to avoid loss of lives.
Breaking: Lagos govt begins demolition of over 180 defective houses
Following the recent collapse of a three-storey building at Ita Faj in Lagos Island on Wednesday which killed over 20 persons including school pupils, the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA , on Friday morning, began the demolition of all buildings marked as defective within Lagos Island.
