LASBCA
22 Oct
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has issued a two-week ultimatum to residents of over 15 distressed buildings in Iponri Housing Estate, Surulere, to vacate their homes.
15 Oct
A two-storey building on Amusu Street in the Sari Orile Iganmu area of Lagos collapsed yesterday morning, causing panic among residents and passersby. The incident occurred around 7:00 a.m., after the occupants had left for work and school, and there were no casualties.
20 Aug 2024
Amytorix Company Limited, owners of properties in Alma Beach, Ikate area of Lagos has filed contempt proceedings against the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Lagos State Building Control Agency
16 Aug 2024
Lagos State Government, yesterday, tasked developers to abide with the rules to reduce incidents of structural failures in the state. The state’s governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave the charge during the second edition
7 Aug 2024
Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has concluded plans to engage stakeholders in the built environment to deliberate on best practices in the state. General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, who disclosed this in his office, stated that the event, being the second of its kind organised by the agency, has the theme: ‘Professionalism…
6 Aug 2024
Lagos State government, through the State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), yesterday said it will start closing down buildings under construction that are not supervised by relevant professionals in the built environment. The General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, made this known while setting up an ad hoc task Force to enforce the directive in his…
5 Aug 2024
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has reiterated its committment to engage stakeholders in promoting professionalism and safety in the built environment. Mr Gbolahan Oki, the General Manager LABSCA, expressed the commitment while announcing plans to engage stakeholders in discussing best practices in the built environment in the state. The LABSCA boss made this…
29 Jul 2024
Lagos State government has vowed to prosecute the owner and engineer handling the two-storeyed building that collapsed at 13 Wilson Mba, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos
5 Jun 2024
As part of efforts aimed at checking building collapse, the Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA)
30 May 2024
Head of Enforcement, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Olusoji Olaopa, has led attacks on another journalist, marking the second incident in seven months. On November 16, 2023, Olaopa ordered a Vanguard journalist to be beaten by a police officer and dragged from the scene of a storey building collapse at 34 Oloto Street, Borno…
28 May 2024
The Lagos State government, yesterday, said it would demolish extensions at Oshodi McCarthy market by July 30, 2024.
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About 13 decades after its ground-breaking entry into what has become Nigeria’s leading sector, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, yesterday, laid the foundation stone for a 44-storey edifice at Eko Atlantic, a city already touted as the Manhattan of West Africa.
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Nigerian listed companies continued to battle for corporate survival with high inflation, currency depreciation and high energy costs driving up the costs of sale of many entities across sectors by a staggering over 100 per cent last year, data from a full-year report suggested.