The leader of a coalition protesting demolitions, forced evictions, and displacement in Lagos, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Soweto, has pledged that the group’s activism will continue despite alleged intimidation and hardships. Soweto, who led a demonstration, was arrested alongside Dele Frank after officers of the Lagos State Police Command dispersed protesters with tear gas…
The Oyo State Government has instructed officials of the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to stop marking and demolishing houses beyond the 150-meter mark along the Ibadan Circular Road. The state government made this announcement yesterday. Recall that some residents, whose houses were affected by the ongoing construction of the Ibadan Circular Road, have…
Residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to stop ongoing demolition of houses within the Ibadan Circular Road corridor. The residents made the appeal during the second day of the protest against the ongoing demolition of houses in the city. Newsmen report that hundreds of residents whose houses were either…
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has given traders and shop owners within the Oshodi markets up to July 31st, 2024 deadline to remove all extensions and attachments built on shops or face demolition. The General Manager, LABSCA, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, gave the ultimatum during an advocacy and sensitization…
Panic gripped residents and traders of the popular Ojoo market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State as the government demolished scores of shops and kiosks in the area today. Newsmen gathered that the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development had served the traders quit notice a long time ago but they…
The Federal Government has begun the demolition of properties affected by the right of way on the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway construction. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known in a statement released by Mr Orji Uchenna, his Special Adviser on Media, on Sunday in Abuja. Senator Umahi said the project would mark a…