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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.
Aliyu Adekunle

Flooding in Lagos.

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

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