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Flooding: ‘Move Now’, Lagos Warns Residents In Parts Of Lekki, Ikorodu
The Lagos State Government has issued an urgent directive for residents living in low-lying areas of Lekki, Ikorodu, and Ajegunle to immediately relocate to higher ground as heavy rainfall raises the risk of flash flooding.
Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, delivering the warning in an interview, specified that residents around the Ajilete axis of Ajegunle, the coastal stretch of Ikorodu (including Majidun), and select zones within the Lekki corridor must move now.
He also singled out Isheri in the OPIC area as another flood-prone zone where residents should stay vigilant. Wahab reassured inhabitants of Epe, Mushin, and Ikeja that those areas remain relatively safe.
“For those who stay in the lowland of Lagos, they have to move to the upland pending when the rain recedes,” he said.
The official said, based on predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Lagos would experience much more rain this year than last year.
“For those who stay in the lowland of Lagos, they have to move to the upland pending when the rain recedes,” he said.
Some communities in Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, were flooded on Monday after marathon rainfall that started Sunday night and thundered on, uninterrupted till Monday evening.
Viral videos showed submerged houses and vehicles in parts of the state as residents delicately navigated pool-like streets and roads, which overflowed from clogged drainage channels and canals. The environmental situation paralysed trade and economic activities in the nation’s commercial hub.
However, Wahab sued for calm, and assured residents of the state that the government has been on top of the matter, clearing drainage channels and expanding flood paths to mitigate the impact of nature.
“We won’t tell Lagosians lies. Lagos will be exposed to the vagaries of climate change, and that means Lagos will have flash flooding, but as a state, we have to provide resilient infrastructure, and we have to tell our people to be responsible.
“If nature takes its course, what we can do is to mitigate its impact,” the commissioner stated.
Ogun State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA has sealed an automobile assembly plant,Carry Heavy Industry Limited CHIL Moloko – Asipa near Abeokuta that specializes in the production of heavy-duty and passenger vehicle for contravening Section 2b(a) of the OGWAMA law which explicitly forbids anyone or industry from burning waste in the state.
In ordering the closure of the Industry,Special Adviser to the Governor on Waste Management who doubles as Managing Director of OGWAMA,
Hon Farouk Akintunde said the Authority had no other option than shutting the company down after several warnings to its management to patronize government approved Waste Private Sector Participants PSP to service them instead of burning them which is illegal, wicked and self centered.
According to him,by burning their waste they caused air pollution through toxic emissions and health risk not only to their workers but to their vulnerable neighbors which he said is not acceptable to the state government which lays emphasis on the wellbeing of its residents at all time.
Akintunde said the company will remain shut until they comply with the state extant law which forbids burning of waste and property register with Waste PSP for legal and proper disposal of their waste or in the alternative face strict legal sanctions.
In the meantime, the Ogun state Waste Management Authority,OGWAMA has also warned Camellin Industry Limited on the Sagamu Interchange, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has equally been sanctioned for the same offense.
According to Akintunde,they were equally found guilty of waste burning which is inimical to the wellbeing of their workers and their immediate environment adding that the management of the industry has been invited to show cause why they should not be sanctioned or prosecuted.
The Nigerian government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has resumed issuance of petrol import licenses to petroleum marketers.
According to report, the licenses were issued to six petroleum marketers expected to import around 720,000 metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).
The report says beneficiaries are major oil marketers such as NIPCO, AA Rano, Matrix, Shafa, Pinnacle, and Bono.
NIPCO is expected to import 120,000 metric tons; AA Rano, 150,000 MT; Matrix, 150,000 MT; Shafa, 120,000 MT; Pinnacle, 120,000 MT; and Bono, 60,000 MT, totaling 720,000 MT of petrol imports.
Although the NMDPRA officially stated the reason for the fresh licenses, Dangote Refinery has reiterated its capacity to meet local fuel consumption demand,while NMDPRA’s recent industrial data showed that the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery supplied 90 percent of the country’s daily consumption.
NMDPRA’s recent decision toward petrol imports has stirred concerns among stakeholders.
The development comes barely a week after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Rabiu Abdullahi Umar as Chief Executive Officer of NMDPRA.
President Tinubu had sacked Saidu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA while he was on official duty in Germany.
Former Vice President and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar has officially obtained his payment receipt for purchase of the party’s presidential election nomination form ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The payment for the N90 million nomination form was made on May 8, 2026.
The ADC disclosed this in a post on its official X handle on Saturday.
The post read: “A New Chapter in Nigeria’s Democratic Journey:
“H.E. Atiku Abubakar, GCON, has officially received his payment receipt to contest under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 Presidential Election.
“This development marks another significant moment in the growing movement for national renewal, democratic inclusion, and people-driven leadership within the ADC.
“As Nigerians continue to seek credible alternatives, the ADC remains committed to providing a strong platform built on unity, competence, economic recovery, security and national progress.
“The formal presentation of nomination forms is expected on Monday at the ADC National Secretariat, Abuja.
“The movement is growing. Hope is rising. Expect more.”
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