Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria: Where housing is a luxury

Published in Wednesday March 13th, 2013 In Social movement news

Lagos has over 10 million inhabitants – most of whom are constantly struggling for adequate housing. With an ever-increasing population, a decent place to live has become a luxury for Lagos’s poor majority. Click here to watch a newsclip from YouTube featuring Friday Ogunyemi and the aftermath of the forced eviction.

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‘Inequal Land Rights Aggravates Women’s Status’

Published in Thursday January 31st, 2013 In In the media

The impact of the inequality in lands rights has aggravated women’s socio-economic status, allowed for sexual harassment and violence against women and contributed towards marital instability, separation and divorce.
This assertion was made by the Executive Director, Women Environmental Programme (WEP), Ms. Priscilla M. Achakpa in her address entitled “Gender land evaluation using gender evaluation criteria” presented at a training workshop on gender and land evaluation held in Abuja yesterday.

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Flood Disaster Overwhelmed Our Capacity, says NEMA in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday January 2nd, 2013 In In the media

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Thursday said the country’s resources and response capacity were seriously over-stretched by the magnitude of the recent massive flooding that ravaged 19 states of the federation. The agency likened the magnitude of the Bayalsa flood as almost close to what occurred in Haiti where earthquake nearly made the entire country impassable.

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Lagos Condemns Rise in Forging of Land Documents in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday December 19th, 2012 In In the media

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has given detailed insight into the reasons behind the promulgation of the State’s Land Use Act (Title Document Registration) 2012, saying that it was to improve service in the administration of land in the state.
Fashola, who spoke at the stakeholders’ meeting on Land Use Act (Title Documentation) 2012, said the process of land administration in the state would be greatly enhanced by the operation of the Act, pointing out that it would also empower citizens of the state.

Poverty Worsens As Flood Renders 42 Million Nigerians Homeless

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 17, 2012 As the world marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty today, flood which has been ravaging many states of the country since August has worsened the incidence of poverty in Nigeria, the world’s largest black nation. Currently, the flood, which has affected five of the six geo-political zones of the country, […]

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600,000 Persons Displaced in Kogi State, in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday October 10th, 2012 In In the media

October 9, 2012 Over 600, 000 people were displaced by the flood disaster, which ravaged nine local government areas of the Kogi State. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Yabaji Bologi, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Lokoja, said according to the latest report released by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) about 344 communities […]

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53,000 Displaced and 11 Communities Submerged in Delta, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday October 9th, 2012 In In the media

October 08, 2012 No fewer than 53,000 residents of 11 communities in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, have been rendered homeless following the flooding of their homes as a result of the overflow of the River Niger. Their farmlands were also submerged. Ivrogbor, Umeh, Uzere, Ehwen, Edherie and Igbide, in Isoko South Local […]

Gbagyi Indigenes Protest Over Resettlement Plans in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday September 26th, 2012 In In the media

September 25, 2012 Gbagyi indigenes in the FCT yesterday staged a peaceful protest in front of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja to criticize the proposed plans by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) to relocate them from their land. The protesters, who assembled under the auspices of Greater Gbagyi Development Initiatives, carried placards that read: “landlessness […]

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Kogi Flood: Over 3,000 Still Trapped in Ibaji LG, Nigeria

Published in Wednesday September 26th, 2012 In In the media

September 25, 2012 More than 3, 000.00 people are still trapped in various communities in the oil rich Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State as more water hit the area due to rampaging flood. Several residents were evacuated to Idah, the nearby local government, when the Niger River over flowed its bank in the […]

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Flood Renders 2,850 Homeless and Destroys 180 Homes in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday September 19th, 2012 In In the media

September 18, 2012 Another round of flood yesterday rendered 2, 850 people homeless and destroyed about 187 homes, a farm house and worship centre in Kaduna. According to the statistics made available to LEADERSHIP by a senior officer of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Baba Ali Mohammed, no fewer than 187 houses, a Living […]

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