Environment

ABUJA is the capital city of Nigeria, and it is attracting more people –  and dirt that puts the health of the residents at risk. Drainages in different districts are clogged with a mass of wastes, and stinking water that flows sometimes…
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ON April 14, 2016, Nestle Nigeria assembled a team of geological experts, businessmen and politicians to witness the commissioning of a N5.6 billion water factory in Manderegi, an agrarian community in Abaji local government area of the…
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This second part of the Lagos waste story analyses the ‘failure’ of the Cleaner Lagos initiative and the way forward. By Anthony Akaeze  THE waste management contract between Lagos State and Visionscape was signed in 2017 and was…
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Despite sizable annual budgets for waste disposal, Lagos, acclaimed Centre of Excellence, is now a muddle of garbage. The second part of this story is about the ‘failure’ of the Cleaner Lagos initiative and the way forward. By Anthony…
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Part two of this investigative piece by OLUGBENGA ADANIKIN reveals alleged exploitation of Ondo mining community by Chinese company Xiamen Winstone Limited and its non-compliance with the federal government environmental laws. The report…
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A four-month investigation by Legit.ng has uncovered how illegal waste dumping buoyed by the abandonment of Abuja’s multimillion naira waste management project has increased the vulnerability of Mpape residents to lead poisoning and other…
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Investigation by The ICIR shows that regulatory and law enforcement agencies are aware of an unauthorised Chinese company that drives massive logging of wild trees for unprecedented charcoal production in Enugu State. But they have done…
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In this investigation, OLUGBENGA ADANIKIN visited Afo Ose LGA, Ondo State,  a community with rich marble deposit. The report documents the stories of locals who feel cheated by Xiamen Winstone Limited, a Chinese mining company that offered…
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By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi SINCE the uncontrolled logging of rosewood for export mostly to China began in the Upper West Region of Ghana some three years ago, the impact is being felt in the mostly farming communities. Communities have started…
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The second part of this investigation by Olugbenga Adanikin concludes the report on how the state ministries of environment accused FG of excluding it from the GGW project and how the exclusion contributes to the project failure. The report…
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