Landowners in the Badagry area of Lagos State are living in fear, following incessant attacks and threats by suspected land grabbers and their thugs. The threats are such that the landowners’ alleged police connivance, noting that the leader of the deadly gang has continued to make their lives very difficult. One of the victims, Mr. Dosu Isaac Dosu of Agekho, …

Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has declared commitment to address the housing deficit in fulfilment of President Bola Tinubu’s vision to deliver affordable housing units to Nigerians. During the groundbreaking ceremony of the FHA Golden Jubilee Estate at Mbora II District, Abuja, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FHA, Senator Gbenga Ashafa said that, on assumption of duty, President Bola Tinubu frowned at …

A one-storey school building in Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state collapsed on Saturday afternoon during heavy rainfall. It was gathered that the affected building contained ten classrooms belonging to Agbado District Comprehensive High School in the Ifo area of the state. The building collapsed after the heavy rainfall on Saturday which also damaged some roads …

The Oyo State Government has demolished some structures in the Omololu Olunloyo Government Reservation Area, Ring Road, Adeoyo, Ibadan, over illegal acquisition of land, unlawful entry and non-compliance with physical planning rules and regulations. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Mofoluke Adebiyi, who led the state team to the area, said the exercise …

People of Umuejechi Community, Nekede, in Owerri West Council of Imo State have sued the state government for what they described as forcible and illegal entry into their ancestral land, comprising the land housing the former Agriculture Development Corporation. In a letter written and signed by their counsel, Ugochukwu Okoro, and sighted by newmen in Owerri, the state capital, the community …

There was pandemonium in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as traders at the popular UTC Market, Area 10, protested the demolition of the market by the FCT Administration Department of Development Control. The traders woke up on Saturday morning to discover that their shops had been demolished. The entire shops were demolished as early as 6 am. Before the …

The Lagos State Government has demolished a three-storey building under construction and sealed four others in Banana Island. According to report, the enforcement team was led by the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr Gbolahan Oki. Oki said the three-storey building demolished and the four buildings sealed did not have approvals and did not conform …

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), and the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) on Thursday inaugurated 72 units housing estate in Emuren, Sagamu, Ogun State. At the inauguration, FMBN’s Managing Director, Mr Madu Hamman said the residential housing estate was developed by LSDPC under the FMBN Cooperative Housing Development Loan window. Permanent Secretary in Lagos State Ministry …

Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Offences on Monday demolished many shanties erected on the Lekki Coastal Road and its environs in the state. The coastal road, according to the state government, is to serve as an alternate route to motorists along the axis when completed. The demolition exercise, led by the Chairman of the agency, Shola Jejeloye, followed an eviction …

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) have commenced the demolition of buildings on Banana Island that are in contravention of the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning Development Law (2019). The exercise is in compliance with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive last weekend when he visited the …