Environment

"We have not seen flooding like it occurred this year," said most victims of the recent flooding incident in the North-central part of Nigeria. The disaster is reported to have afflicted hundreds of thousands of Nigerians across different…
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In June 2018, Nigeria celebrated World Environment Day alongside other countries of the world. The celebration was focused on fighting plastic waste that threatens the lives of humans and animals. The ICIR Reporter, YEKEEN AKINWALE visited…
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By Ruth Olorunbi “I can say that I have never seen this kind of disaster in my life,” Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as he spoke about the devastating effect of ecological flooding incident…
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In 2005, Chevron Nigeria Limited established the Itsekiri Regional Development Council (IRDC) and disbursed N7.2 billion to it for the development of 24 Itsekiri communities. Eighteen years after, Itsekiri land is still in shambles as money…
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This is the part two of the investigation published yesterday. OLUGBENGA ADANIKIN, who recently visited Ogijo, reports. Experts' opinion PROFESSOR of Toxicology, Professor Uche Osunkwo, who shared his views on the implications of…
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GENTLY, thick dark cloud spreads into the atmosphere in Ogijo, a suburb of Shagamu in Ogun State, and later becomes soot and settles on wall of the buildings in the neighbourhood, making each houses look like an over-used kitchen.…
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On every school day, for the past two years, fourteen-year-old Patience Mbaze walks through Olusegun Obasanjo Way in order to get to Junior Secondary School, Wuse Zone 2, where she studies. But her unavoidable journey is…
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For the urban poor, charcoal provides an affordable source of energy for cooking. As rural farmers turn to charcoal production to meet urban demand, this seemingly lucrative business is depleting Nigeria’s forest resources, with…
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Awarded at over N400 million in 2009, what was supposed to be a radioactive waste management facility at Nigeria’s Nuclear Technology Centre never came to life. Instead, a building overgrown with scrubs lies east of the gamma irradiation…
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On December 15, 2004, four years after the establishment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the shore protection works for Ayetoro, a coastal community in Ilaje local government area of Ondo state, designed with a geotube…
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