Tag Archives: Environment

Folake Sokoya  There was pandemonium, Thursday morning, in the Mushin area of Lagos State as the officials of the Lagos State Environmental Task Force and commerfial cyclists, popularly called Okada riders, clashed. According to an eye witness, one of the enforcement vehicles lost control and rammed into the Ojuwoye Market, killing one person who is yet to be identified,thereby leading …

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The Lagos State government on Wednesday arrested a total of 24 persons including cart pushers, street traders and some residents for dumping waste on road medians and canals,contrary to the Environmental Sanitation Laws of the state. Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) Corps Marshal, Daniel Isiofia, who made this known said the body also succeeded in impounding 150 waste carts …

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To proactively prevent the occurrence of environmental degradation, communal disputes and militancy often associated with oil producing areas, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has inaugurated a 45-member Community Relations Committee in Badagry. Governor Ambode, who spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of the Committee at the VIP Chalet in Badagry, said as much as oil is a major source of …

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An environmentalist, Adetokunbo Ladega has said that despite generating highest internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Nigeria, Lagos State still lacks the capacity to handle effects of adverse weather condition. Ladega made the submission at a workshop bothering on preservation of the environment titled ‘Integrating ICT in Urban Transitions: Transforming Lagos To A Smart City.’ The event which held Friday  at …

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Dayo Emmanuel   The governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has said that children bear the greatest brunt of poor environmental management. Ambode said this while signing the Environmental Management, Protection Bill into Law on 1st March 2017 in Lagos. This law is expected to help the state to become a cleaner place and attract …

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Aregbesola to Chair ‘Shadows of a Whisper’ a collection of poems presentation Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola will on 17th September in Lagos, be the guest of honour and Chairman at the presentation of ‘Shadows of a Whisper’ a collection of poems by Barrister Ladi Soyode. The presentation/launching of the poems which is another deep soul searching art work from …

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Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa As a child brought-up in an ethnically divided nation, every Fulani (fulbe) person was usually described as a Herdsman (pastoralist). My knowledge of the Fulani tribe played along their historical nomadic nature – a socio-cultural group who migrate from one place to another in search of livelihood. Importantly, stories told to children in the Southwest was that the …

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