Category: Lagos State

The Lagos State government has said no directive has been given for the demolition of the two high-rise buildings standing at the site of the 21-storey building which collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state. In a statement on its official Facebook page, the state said integrity test is yet to be conducted on […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Seek overhauling of Taskforce team Lagos motorists, yesterday, denounced Lagos State Government’s one-way signage on Lagos roads, especially the one linking Ladipo International Spare parts Market from Charity Bus Stop. The State Ministry of Transportation had in September, mounted barricades on the road, following the construction of Ladipo service lane, […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Local Government Service Commission in Lagos State has announced the promotion of 3,650 Civil Servants statutorily due for elevation to the next Grade Level. This was after they partook in the mandatory Revised Structured Training Programme. A statement issued on the official Facebook page of the state government disclosed […]

The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to deliver additional 2,028 homes before the close of year 2021. Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, the Lagos State Commissioner for Housing made the remark in a statement issued by Mr Adesile Rufai, Chief Public Affairs Officer of the ministry in Alausa, Ikeja on Monday. Akinderu-Fatai, who spoke during a […]

Sanwo-Olu (middle) at the Ikoyi collapsed building. photo/facebook/facebook/jidesanwooluofficial The 21-storey structure in Lagos that went down is likely to dampen the property market and may worsen problems in the country’s embattled real estate sector, professional agents said. They also anticipate some apathy on the short-term from investors in the purchase of real estate on multi […]

Seven days after a 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, recovery operation is still ongoing by rescue agencies. It was learnt that responders were already concluding their operation as the death toll hit 44 on Sunday. Our correspondents had reported that the 21-storey building crumbled last Monday around […]

Death toll in last week’s Ikoyi, Lagos building collapse has now risen to 42. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who gave an update on the tragedy on Saturday, disclosed that 42 bodies had been recovered from the site as of 6pm. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Alaka, also stated […]

The corpses of the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, and his friend, a United States of America-based Nigerian businessman, Wale Bob-Oseni, have been recovered from the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Their bodies were found on Thursday by res-ponders during the recovery operation […]

Photo: LASEMA The families of those trapped in the rubble of the building that collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State have begged to join the rescue operations which have entered Day 2. The storey building collapsed on Monday trapping no fewer than 20 people in the rubble. Federal and state emergency agencies currently […]