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…

The Federal High Court, Awka in Anambra is still critically exposed to collapse as gully erosion eats up part of the premises just as judicial activities resume on Sept.17. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the perimeter fencing on one part of the premises, the generator house and borehole facility have collapsed into…

Seven months after former Vice President Alex Ekwueme was laid to rest in his hometown, Oko in Orumba North Council of Anambra State, the town is at the edge of yawning erosion. Five families in Ezioko, the deceased elder statesman’s village, have lost their homes to the rampaging natural disaster, following series of torrential rainfall…

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi yesterday said the gully erosion threat in the state has continued to deplete landscape, damage farmlands as well as consume property, among others. Ugwuanyi, who spoke shortly after commissioning remediated erosion sites at 9th Mile Corner in Udi and Ajali Water Works in Ezeagu as well as office complex executed…

Being a property owner comes with some prestige and swag in Nigeria, especially when the property is sited in a private developed estate or Government Reservation Area (GRA); but for landlords of Government Housing Estate, Iguosa, Edo State, they are staring nightmare in the face as their cherished property is at the risk of being…

Gully erosion has severed Nkpor-Nnobi Road, a major road which links Onitsha and environs with Nnobi, Nnewi and other parts of Anambra South. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road was built during the Dr Chris Ngige’s administration. NAN reports that the gully erosion is few metres from the Ideani junction end…

Governor Aminu Bello Masari yesterday said Katsina State had expended about N5 billion to control erosion and construct drainages. Masari said the project was to help check flooding and related environmental disaster which the state often witnessed during wet season. He told visiting members of the North West Zone of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…

The Katsina State Government says it is working with the World Bank to spend N50 billion to tackle erosion, desertification and flooding in the state. Gov. Aminu Masari, who made the disclosure during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the money would be provided through the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management…

Sequel to the discovery of over 3000 gully and other erosion sites in the state, Abia State government has solicited the support of the federal government to tackle the menace. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, who spoke at the commissioning of the N400m flood and erosion control project at Amachara in Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, said most of…