‘At any heavy rainfall, we find it very hard to cope as we continuously lose lives and property worth millions of naira to perennial flooding in our community’.

A commission charged with the responsibility of preventing and controlling erosion is being created by the Senate.

The Akwa Ibom State government has urged the Federal Government to intervene and help salvage communities affected by flood and erosion.

Faced with serious negative effects of land degradation and the need to widely tackle the menace, the Minister of State for Environment, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor has called for the declaration of a state of emergency on erosion ravaging many parts of the country.  

Stakeholders in the environment sector have made an appeal to the federal government to develop models that would focus on issues of desertification, deforestation, erosion, and climate change in the country.  

Work will soon resume at the N3.1 billion Ikot-Nkebre erosion site in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, which was abandoned two years ago.

About five buildings have collapsed in Auchi, headquarters of Etsako-West Local Area of Edo, following the erosion created by Saturday’s downpour.

The Federal Government has inaugurated an integrated waste management facility as well as erosion control and road projects in Kurudu Phase I & II...

Communities affected by gully erosion in Ewu and Ibore in Esan Central Local Council of Edo State have lauded government for the concerted efforts at reclaiming gully erosion sites in the areas. Governor Obaseki secured commitments from the Federal Government, the World Bank and the European Investment Bank to remedy the gully erosion threatening parts…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) have strengthened their ties with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on training of officers of the commission.   The signing of the MoU, which was effected at the commission’s headquarters, was witnessed by…

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and the Ecological Fund Office (EFO) plan to curtail the erosion in Gwarimpa estate, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency is also looking into other estates that have major issues that have to do with erosion, particularly in Lugbe in FCT and FESTAC in Lagos. FHA Managing Director,…

Ubulu-Uku town in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State is an agrarian community with a population of over one million people. Many of the residents are farmers who depend mainly on agricultural produce for their livelihood. However, their mainstay of survival is under threat, as a major route residents ply to transport their…