LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has appealed to celebrities, social media influencers, and other residents to stop actions that could encourage street urchins, commonly referred to as agberos, to engage in such activities. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, issued the warning on X on Sunday, August 9, after…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has sealed off DONALD Restaurant, owned by popular nightlife entrepreneur, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, for environmental violations. The restaurant, located in the Lekki area of Lagos, was shut down after two of its staff were caught dumping refuse by the roadside. The Managing Director/Chief…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the demolition of Jankara and Bombata Markets in Lagos Island to curtail flooding and other environmental degradation caused by the markets. The governor disclosed this to journalists yesterday after the drainage and regeneration tour of Lagos Island area of the state said a lot of…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) today served squatters at Iganmu Under Bridge (Whitesand) a 3 – day Removal Notice of all illegal structures, trucks and vehicles in the area. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, advised the owners of the illegal structures, abandoned trucks and shanties to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government through its newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team to resolve Apapa gridlocks and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team has identified 7 parks as holding bay for trucks around the metropolis. This is as they set out to put an end to the indiscriminate parking of trucks and…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State High Court in Badagry has awarded damages in the sum of N10m against the Lagos State Government and authorities of the Nigeria Police Force for the illegal demolition of residents’ buildings on an expanse of land measuring 26.72 hectares in the Mowo, Badagry area of the state. The court,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has urged motorists to steer clear Mile-2 to Tin-can Island Port, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, today, Monday, June 17, 2019, in order to allow for repair works on the bad portion of the road. Recall that President Muhammedu Buhari following apparent inability of task team to really tackle the…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of workers under of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) of the Lagos State Government on Monday, staged a protest at the office of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. The workers, who chanted solidarity songs and displayed banners with different inscriptions said that they are being owed salaries for July and Aug. 2018. Inscriptions…
