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Barriers to through traffic in Lagos

Lagos. What a place! With a population of over 20 million people, the bustling city remains the centre of attraction to not only Nigerians...

UNDP builds ‘sustainable’ floating school in Makoko

As a way of improving the quality of education in a sustainable way, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is constructing a group of...

Post-2015 MDGs amid housing, urban development outlook

With less than two years to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline in 2015, the United Nations, state parties and partners have been collaborating...

Community participation as a way out for Makoko

Makoko is a slum settlement that is home to fishermen and other low income earners, which the authorities see as a blot on the...

Forced migration: Concern over displaced persons’ status

Makoko community is a clustered community of mainly fishermen and artisans that live on the shores of the Lagos Lagoon. With population explosion in Lagos,...

Assessing growth dynamics in Ouagadougou, Cape Town

The prospects of two urban centres came under focus recently as human settlement practitioners gathered for the umpteenth time to take stock of the...

Confusion as Bayelsa evicts displaced persons from flood camps

As the flood that ravaged the entire Bayelsa State finally recedes, many of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were contemplating on how to live...

Anuforom: 15 governors ignored NIMET’s flood warning

Close to tears, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), last week in Lagos recalled how his warning on the impending...

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Group clamours people centred policies before resumption of oil operations in Ogoniland

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and all relevant agencies to address...
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Noise pollution poses grave risks to public health, stakeholders warn

Some health stakeholders say noise pollution is a significant, yet overlooked public health issue. Speaking in an interview on Sunday,...

African Energy Summit: Adesina calls for urgent action on electrification

President/Chairman, Board of Directors, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for urgent action on electrification...

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Group clamours people centred policies before resumption of oil operations in Ogoniland

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