Lagos govt sets date to demolish distressed 25-storey GNI House

Lagos State Government has announced plans to statesman the controlled demolition of the distressed Great Nigeria Insurance House connected Lagos Island connected Thursday, October 15, 2026, to forestall imaginable threats to lives and property.

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said the determination followed structural assessments by applicable agencies, which established that the gathering posed a important information to nationalist safety.

He explained that the demolition would beryllium conducted nether controlled conditions and successful accordance with planetary champion practices to minimise risks and support lives and property.

According to him, the contiguous vicinity of the gathering would beryllium cordoned disconnected passim the operation, with entree restricted to forestall members of the nationalist from entering the information zone.

Oke-Osanyintolu added that impermanent postulation diversions would beryllium implemented connected adjoining roads to alteration the demolition squad to enactment safely and support motorists and different roadworthy users.

He warned that the workout could nutrient sound and dust, urging residents, traders and concern owners successful the are...