Monarch cries out over unlawful detention by Lagos Taskforce
A traditional ruler in the Ipaja area of Lagos State, Chief Moruf Owonla, has cried out over his alleged illegal arrest and detention by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Offences. Owonla, who is the Baale of Candos community in the Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area of Alimosho said men of the Lagos State Task […]
Taskforce set to remove illegal structures in Lekki from Dec. 21
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) says from Dec. 21, it will embark on a clean-up exercise by removing illegal structures in Lekki, Lagos. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, made this known in a statement signed by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofik. According to the […]
Illegal operation: LASG shuts 24 health facilities
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has shut at least 24 pharmacies, patent medicine shops and unlicensed premises across the state over illegal operation and operating beyond scope of practice. The facilities located at: Abule Egba, Alagbado, kola, Meiran, Ekoro and Oko-Oba in Ifako Ijaiye and Alimosho Local Government areas of the state were […]
Gridlock: Taskforce gets clampdown order on traffic law offenders in Lagos
By Oladunkammi Akoni The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the operatives of the State Environmental and Special Offences Agency, Specisl Taskforce, to intensify enforcement of traffic, environmental laws on all violators, especially those impeding the free flow of traffic across the state. Chairman of the agency, Chief Superintendent of Police, […]
Sporadic shootings leave scores injured, goods destroyed in Onitsha
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi No fewer than 10 persons were wounded Saturday afternoon, while goods worth millions of naira were destroyed following a stampede that resulted due to sporadic shooting by unknown gun men at the Bridge Head Drug Market former as Onitsha Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers Union, OPPMDU Onitsha. Sunday Vanguard gathered that […]
Environmental enforcement: Boy shot dead, policemen maimed, others injure as miscreants attack Lagos taskforce
15 buses, 10 suspects arrested in another gridlock operation By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck in Apapa and Ijora Area of Lagos State, Thursday, when a yet to be identified underage boy, was killed by stray bullet allegedly fired by miscreants, suspected to be Hausa men when they attacked men of the Lagos State Taskforce on […]
