In a bid to stem the incessant collapse of buildings in the state, the Lagos State government has banned developers from working on building construction on weekends, public holidays and at night. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Toyin Ayinde, disclosed this on Tuesday at a ministerial press conference in Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, [...]
The Lagos State Government says estimated properties worth N39.6 billion were lost to fire in the state in the last one year. It also said that estimated properties worth N390 billion were saved from being burnt by fire in the same period. Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Oyinlomo Danmole disclosed this today at a [...]
The Lagos State Government has distributed 500 stunner guns and 1,000 handcuffs to officials of Neighbourhood Watch, a community security outfit, to beef up security in the state. Commissioner for Rural Development, Cornelius Ojelabi, disclosed this on Tuesday at a ministerial press conference at the Secretariat, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Ojelabi said 20 [...]
The Lagos State Government has sacked 157 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA over cases of gross misconduct. The names of 100 LASTMA officers sacked in April were published in the in-house newspaper of the state government, Alausa Alert, while 57 others were sacked a few weeks before the latest cleansing. The [...]
The Lagos State Government has lamented that it received approximately 1.6 million fake calls in one month about issues bordering insecurity and others. Commissioner for Science and Technology, Adebiyi Mabadeje disclosed this at a ministerial press conference in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, saying that during the month of March 2013, approximately 1.6 million hoax calls were [...]
The spate of criminalities, including armed robbery, in Lagos State, seems to be on geometric rise The recent abduction of the Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan, underscores the worsening insecurity in Lagos State. Bamigbetan, who, at the time of the incident, was retiring to his house at about 11 p.m, only [...]
The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on plan to amend the Local Government Administration Law to pave way for the extension of the tenure of Local Government Chairmen in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The government is currently seeking to amend the law, through the Lagos State House of Assembly to extend the [...]
