Nigeria: Getting Tough on Environmental Offenders
Concerned by the growing menace of increasingly damaging floods that have occurred across the country, many Nigerian states have begun to crack down on environmental offences.
Flooding in Lagos.
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Nigeria:
More Pain As Flood Surges
Leadership, 28 July 2012
With just two months into the rainy season, it has been tales of woes, agony and anguish as floods have continued to ravage communities and villages in different parts of Nigeria.… Read more »
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Nigeria:
70 Persons Arrested for Violating Sanitation Laws in Benue
Daily Trust, 30 July 2012
OFFICIALS of the Benue State Environmental Sanitation Authority on Saturday arrested over 70 residents of Makurdi town for allegedly refusing to participate in the monthly cleaning… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos - One Tragedy Too Many
Leadership, 28 July 2012
Even nature has not spared Jos, the Plateau State capital, and its environs. Early this week, a heavy downpour that lasted hours led to River Dilimi overflowing its banks and a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tackling Nation's Worst Environmental Disaster
Vanguard, 28 July 2012
Crude oil exploration has witnessed an upward growth since the commodity was first discovered in the country in the 1950s. While it has sustained the Nigerian economy, the oil… Read more »
InFocus
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At least 35 people have been confirmed dead and more than 200 homes destroyed after the heavy rainfall on Sunday in three communities of Jos. Read more »
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Three dead bodies of young men, including a policeman were recovered from Dandaru stream, near Mokola, Ibadan where they were swept off by the raging flood. Read more »
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Lagos State government has advised residents to relocate upland within two weeks, during the peak period of this year's rainy season. Read more »