Lagos State Government on Tuesday read the riot act to those flouting extant laws regulating building in the State, saying anyone who goes to site and starts construction without a revalidated authorisation by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) would be brought to book. The decision of the state government was made known on Tuesday by the Special Adviser …

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 …