Tag: Demolition
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Court fixes hearing on Saraki’s disputed land for Jan. 15
A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin and presided over by Justice Abiodun Adebara, has fixed January 15 for the hearing of the motion on notice filed by Asa Investments Limited, challenging the revocation of a property of the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr Olusola Saraki. Recall that the Kwara State Government on…
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We didn’t demolish old people’s home -Kwara govt
The Kwara State government on Monday denied attacking or demolishing any home belonging to old people. It said the property destroyed was a shed occasionally used for political gathering and not a place where old women are quartered. Communications Commissioner Murtala Olarewaju said in a statement last night that the narrative about government demolishing old…
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Saraki gets court order to stop further demolition of ‘Ile Arugbo’
An ex parte injunction has been secured by the family of former Senate President Bukola Saraki restraining the Kwara State Government from further demolition of Ile Arugbo. One of the family’s lawyers, Abdulazeez Ibrahim, disclosed this new development to reporters on Monday in Ilorin, the state capital. TheNewsGuru (TNG) had reported that ‘Ile Arugbo’ was…
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Demolition of family house: Saraki’s younger sister blasts Kwara gov
Oyinkansola Saraki, the younger sister of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has condemned Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara for demolishing the family’s political home in the Ilorin area of the state. In a statement signed by her media aide, Ayoyemi Mojoyinola and made available to newsmen, Oyinkansola said she’s disappointed in the governor’s decision to…
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FG begins demolition of illegal structures under Lagos bridges
The Federal Government on Friday began demolition of illegal fences under some bridges in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise reports that the demolition exercise began with a fence of about 250 metres built under the descent of the Apongbon Bridge on the CMS-bound carriageway on…
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’How Kwara Gov Directs Overnight Demolition on Late Saraki’s Land’
Agents of the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led by one of his aides in the early hours of this morning demolished the structures on Plots 1, 3 and 5, otherwise known as Ile Arugbo (Old People’s Home) which belong to Late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, after heavy firing of gunshots and tear gas canisters…
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Kwara govt denies disregarding court order halting demolition of Saraki’s properties
The Kwara State Government explained once again the demolition on Thursday of Ile Arugbo, a property belonging to the father of former Senate President Bukola Saraki. Alhaji Murtala Olanrewaju, Kwara State Commissioner for Information, denied that government was served any court order to stop the demolition. He said by demolishing the property, government has only…
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LASEMA begins demolition of distress buildings in Lagos
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has said the agency had started demolition of distressed buildings in Lagos Island with three-storey building located at Bamigbose street. Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the demolition in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, the…
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CAN reacts to El-Rufai’s decision to halt demolition of 110-year Kaduna Church
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to the recent decision by the Mallam Nasir El-Rufai led Kaduna State Government to halt its initial decision to demolish the 110-year St. George Anglican Church, Zaria. The body in a statement signed by its Director, Legal and Public Affairs, Evang. Barr. Kwamkur Samuel Vondip, said the…
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Lagos begins demolition of shanties, structures under high tension Monday
The Lagos State Government will begin the demolition of structures and shanties under high tension cables in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, on Monday. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA embarked on sensitisation tour in Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area on Tuesday to tell affected people to vacate the dangerous area…