Environment

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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In this investigative piece, OLUGBENGA ADANIKIN writes on the impact of climate change in 11 northern states in Nigeria where desert encroachment is threatening the survival of rural communities on daily basis. The report also details how…
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"We have not seen flooding like it occurred this year," said most victims of the recent flooding incident in the North-central part of the country. The disaster is reported to have afflicted hundreds of thousands of Nigerians across…
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"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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