Alaba market demolition: Ohanaeze urges calm, assures peaceful resolution
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Alaba market demolition: Ohanaeze urges calm, assures peaceful resolution

Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on Ndigbo in the Lagos to remain calm over recent demolition of some buildings at Alaba Market in Lagos state. Vice President, Chief Damian Okeke who made the appeal in a statement on Thursday said the apex Igbo sociocultural organization was taking necessary measures to ensure peaceful resolution of the

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17 hoodlums' buildings to be demolished in Anambra community
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17 hoodlums’ buildings to be demolished in Anambra community

…says any building harbouring hoodlums and gunmen would be demolished No fewer than seventeen buildings allegedly occupied by hoodlums have been marked for demolition in Uli community in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state. Meanwhile, officers and men of the Police and Army have been deployed in the four villages that make up the

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You must bear demolition cost of illegal structures or risk jail - Anambra govt warns developers
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You must bear demolition cost of illegal structures or risk jail – Anambra govt warns developers

Anambra State Government has reiterated that developers of illegal buildings must bear cost of demolition of such structures or risk prosecution. Chairman, Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Barr. Chike Maduekwe disclosed this weekend during demolition of illegal structures at Building Materials market, Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the State as part of

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Tension, wailing as bulldozers pull down land-grabbers' buildings in Anambra estate
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Tension, wailing as bulldozers pull down land-grabbers’ buildings in Anambra estate

Scores of occupants of Think home Estate, Government Reserved Area, Awka, Anambra State were on Friday rendered homeless following demolition of their buildings said to be erected without approval. The victims who are currently counting their losses, reportedly put up the structures with disregard to court order over 21 year old land dispute. The demolition

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Soludo begins demolition of over 100 buildings in Awka today
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Soludo begins demolition of over 100 buildings in Awka today

…Sources claimed that the demolition would commence this morning The Anambra State government has concluded arrangements to begin the immediate demolition over one hundred shops and buildings marked for demolition in Awka, the state capital. Sources claimed that the demolition would commence this morning. The shops, located along the Oby Okoli Avenue, which stretches from UNIZIK Temp.

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Anambra Rights activist, wife in tears over demolition of apartment
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Anambra Rights activist, wife in tears over demolition of apartment

…The Daily Vendor however gathered that ACTDA has assured the activist of compensation A human rights activist, Mr Osita Obi has raised the alarm over alleged demolition of his house by Anambra State government. He said the newly constructed apartment, a duplex, located at the Executive Business District area, near the abandoned government house, Awka

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Anambra community protests encroachment, brutalization, demolition of buildings
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Anambra community protests encroachment, brutalization, demolition of buildings

…the encroachment and demolition have prompted some residents to forcefully abandon their ancestorial land/homes for their lives The people of Ogwugwu/Umueze Oba community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State have protested alleged encroachment on their ancestral lands and subsequent demolition of about 70 houses by some land grabbers aided by security operatives

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Ongoing Onitsha demolition excites residents, say Soludo not a disappointment
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Ongoing Onitsha demolition excites residents, say Soludo not a disappointment

…said demolition exercise would enable easy movement in various streets in the vicinity Resident of Federal Housing Estate, Trans-Nkisi in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State have expressed joy over government’s decision to remove illegal structures in the area. They said the ongoing demolition exercise would enable easy movement in various streets in

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Wailing, anguish as ANSPPB demolishes illegal structures in Onitsha
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Wailing, anguish as ANSPPB demolishes illegal structures in Onitsha

The illegal structures were said to be annexed by a fraudulent developer Traders in Woliwo (Ọgbọ Oroma), Port Harcourt road, Onitsha and Nkwelle Ezunaka, Anambra State have continued to count their loses following demolition of illegal structures and shanties by enforcement team of the Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB). The illegal structures were said

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Demolition: Anambra govt to commences "demolish and pay" enforcement on illegal structures
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Demolition: Anambra govt to commence “demolish and pay” enforcement on illegal structures

We carried out symbolic demolition on the unapproved buildings to warn owners Anambra State government on Thursday said it would soon commence recovery of expenses incurred in course of carrying out demolition of illegal structures in the state. Chairman, Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB), Barr. Chike Maduekwe dropped the hint shortly after carrying out

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Demolition of buildings in Benin, APC tackles PDP
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Demolition of buildings in Benin, APC tackles PDP

“We see the regular demolition of public and private properties by the Obaseki-led government as irrational, evil and undemocratic,” says APC Demolition of over one.hundred buildings in Irhirihi, Arougba, Obazagbon and Ogheghe communities has resulted to a war of words between the All Progressives Congress(APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Edo State. The APC,

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Lagos community accuses govt environmental enforcement unit of illegal demolition
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Lagos community accuses govt environmental enforcement unit of illegal demolition

Landlords of Oluwa Palace community, in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, have accused policemen of the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit and hoodlums of demolishing their houses and rendering them homeless. Sources claimed that the hoodlums alongside the policemen stormed the community with bulldozers and destroyed over 50

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Demolition: Anambra vows to sack Physical Planning staff over financial inducement 1
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Demolition: Anambra vows to sack Physical Planning staff over financial inducement

Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB) has warned staff against compromising standard in course of their assignments. Executive Chairman of the Board, Barr. Chike Maduekwe gave the warning during the demolition of a building that partially collapsed recently in Obuofia, Umuota village, Obosi in Idemili North Council Area of Anambra state. He said any staff

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Lagos Begins Operation Demolish Distress Buildings 2
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Lagos Begins Operation Demolish Distress Buildings

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has started the demolition of distressed buildings in Lagos Island with a three-storey building located at Bamigbose Street. The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria during the demolition in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, the three-storey building located

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