Sunday, October 19, 2025

 

Environment

Lagos State PPP Water Plan Insensitive To Peoples’ Plight, Says CAPPA

Lagos Water Corporation Managing Director  Muktaar Tijani The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the Lagos State Government’s decision to privatise water supply through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, calling the process anti-people and a betrayal of...

Ogun Extends Deadline For The Presentation Of Property Documents By Two Weeks

The Ogun State Government has extended the deadline for property owners/occupiers affected by the ongoing audit exercises to submit their title documents by two weeks. This extension is aimed at giving property owners and developers more time to either present...

Physical Planning Laws for Public Good, Not To Victimise – Ogun Govt

  The Ogun State government has stated that the goal of physical planning laws and regulations is to aid urban development and control land use in the public interest. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, TPL Tunji Odunlami stated this...

Lagos ‘Shit Water’ Boreholes, Evidence of Government Failure, Says CAPPA

  Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has noted with concern, the recent remarks made by Mahmood Adegbite, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, acknowledging that residents of...

Lagos Declares 176 Estates Illegal

The Lagos State Government has declared 176 estate developments across various parts of the state illegal for failing to obtain the mandatory layout approvals required for estate development. The affected estates are primarily located in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki,...

P-CNGi, LNG Arete Ltd. sign $27.3 million agreement to boost CNG infrastructure in Northern Nigeria

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) and LNG Arete Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $27.3 million gas plant project aimed at expanding Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) infrastructure across Northern Nigeria. This collaboration, signed...

World Bank’s Water Privatisation Reforms Failing Nigerians – CAPPA Report

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has exposed the failures of the World Bank’s water privatisation reforms in Nigeria, leaving millions without reliable access to potable water while saddling the country with long-term debt. Titled Big Debt, Big...

Court Stops Ondo Government From Evicting Farmers From Oluwa Forest Reserve

Gov.Lucky Aiyedatiwa An Ondo State High Court in Ore has issued an interlocutory injunction, temporarily halting the Ondo State Government and Sao Agro-Allied Services Ltd. from forcibly evicting farmers from the Oluwa Forest Reserve. The farmers had approached the court,...

EFCC Arraigns Ex-Works Ministry Director, Surveyor Over N1.9bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, arraigned a former Deputy Director, Highways, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Augustine Olowoniyan, alongside a surveyor, Sulaiman Muhammed of the Department of Highways and Planning before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie...

Urban Renewal: How we Are Turning Our Major Towns Into Smart Citie -Abiodun

L-R: Commissioner for Housing, Hon. Jamiu Akande Omoniyi; Special Adviser, Housing, Farouk Adenugba; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, during the on-the-spot assessment of the work done on...
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Gateway Airport: Value Jet Begins Lifting Passengers October 7

Excitement is in the air as Value Jet Airlines is scheduled to begin two flights per week on Tuesdays...
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Court Continues Trial of FAAN Staff, Edet Godwin Mathew Over Drug Charges

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday continue with the trial of a Senior Aviation Security Officer with the Federal...

Police Arraign 31 Years Old Man Over Cybercrime 

Police Arraign 31 Years Old Man Over Cybercrime Justice. Ibrahim  Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the  remand of  a 31 years...

Nigeria’s Health Financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn Tobacco Settlement

  Nigeria’s Health Financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn Tobacco Settlement   By Robert Egbe     Nigeria’s decision to earmark SIN taxes – levies on alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks...

Taiwanese Global Tech Giant Eyes Ogun For Investment Opportunities

  A Taiwanese multinational conglomerate and global tech giant, Foxconn has expressed interest in setting up its manufacturing plant in Ogun State. AVP, Corporate BD Chairman...