Lagos State Taskforce has embarked on an extensive operation to remove all shanties, makeshift buildings, and illegal structures along Agungi Ajiran Road, Lekki. This effort aligns with the THEMES Plus Agenda of the State Government, aiming to promote a safer, more habitable environment for residents. According to CSP Adetayo Akerele, Chairman of the Agency, the … Read more
Lagos confiscates over 2000 litres of bunkered diesel …arrests 114 suspects The Lagos State Taskforce captained by the Chairman, CSP Adetayo Akerele has lived up to its assignment of responsibilities in ensuring that Lagosians enjoy the safety and sereneity which they rightly deserve through the raiding of multiple blackspots in Ikoyi and environs in a … Read more
Lagos Taskforce Carries Out Late Night Raids in Ikeja …goes all out on street trading In the interest of environmental decorum and maintenance of Lagos State’s Mega City status, the Lagos State Taskforce has expelled illegal Street traders from Alade Avenue, Orishe Street and Johnson Street, off Obafemi Awolowo Way which had been converted to … Read more
Commercial motorcycles have been restricted from Lagos highways for years. Despite the ban, some motorcycle riders have flouted the ban. The disregard of the law has forced the Lagos government to clamp down on offenders. Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) supported by their counterparts from LAMATA Enforcement Team, … Read more
The Lagos taskforce said the shanties constituted health and safety risks to residents. It noted that they also served as hideouts for criminals. The taskforce chairman led the demolition exercise. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Taskforce on Tuesday demolished shanties along Lekki Coastal Road and its environs. The demolition exercise, which was … Read more
Lagos taskforce denies involvement in death of resident during enforcement at Amuwo-Odofin …..We have been to Second Rainbow more than three times this year to carry out enforcement operations and have never recorded any injuries, talk less of loss of life EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Shock As Hon Yakubu Impeached Over Gross Incompetence APC 2023: Tinubu Shortlists El-Rufai, … Read more
The Lagos State Taskforce over the weekend impounded 227 motorcycles for plying restricted routes. The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) have arrested 71 rogues in a dawn raid of black spots in Oshodi over the weekend, and impounded 227 motorcycles from riders plying prohibited routes. The Head of Public Affairs Unit, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG could recall that there was a clash between some Okada riders and NURTW thugs in the Iyana Oba area of Lagos state yesterday. The said fight which lasted for hours witnessed the destruction of many properties belonging to many Nigerians. After this occurred, some policemen also clashed with some Okada riders who were flaunting Lagos … Read more
… recovers illicit drugs and substances Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Taskforce (Enforcement) Unit, over the weekend, demolished over 1700 illegal shanties and containerised shops around Fagba Railway lines, in Agege area of the state. Chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed that occupants of these illegal shanties and containerised … Read more
20 year-old Lagos-based journalist, Pelumi Onifade, was recently shot dead in the custody of the Lagos State Task Force led by Yinka Egbeyemi, SaharaReporters has gathered. Pelumi, who was working with Gboa TV, was arrested by policemen at Abattoir, Oko Oba area of Agege, on October 24 while on official duty and whisked away. Speaking … Read more
The Lagos State Task Force on Sunday, September 22, said that it had impounded 4,500 commercial motorcycles from riders who had defaulted the states traffic law. It added that the task force was awaiting the directives of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on their destruction. The Head, Public Affairs Unit of the agency, Mr Taofik Adebayo, said … Read more
The 123 men from Jigawa State detained by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences are asking the Lagos State Government and Commissioner of Police to pay them N1bn for their unlawful treatment. The men were arrested by the state’s security operatives and detained over the weekend as they made their way … Read more