After days of closure for improper waste disposal and other environmental infractions. the Lagos State Government has reopened Alaba International Market and some markets in the Trade Fair Complex, all located in Ojo area. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab said the markets were reopened after addressing most of the environmental issues, adding however, that the …

The Lagos State Government has sealed the Alaba International Market over poor waste disposal practices among others, according to the state Commissioner for the Environment, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab. He wrote on X on Monday: “Alaba International Market, Ojo has been sealed up for poor waste disposal practices, failure to pay their waste bills, and gross environmental sanitation offences”. The closure …

The Lagos State Government will be setting up a joint working committee to resolve issues surrounding the recent demolition of some buildings in the Alaba International Market area and some other markets in Lagos. The committee is to help clear some of the misunderstandings surrounding the demolition exercise. Members of the joint committee, the state government said, will include market …

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), escorted by armed Task Force, stormed the popular Alaba International Market in Ojo and demolished 17 “distressed” plazas in the early hours of Sunday. A statement on Sunday afternoon said LASBCA’s bulldozers went to work on the buildings immediately after they arrived at the site on Sunday morning. The targeted buildings …