EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Board of Directors, African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a loan of 115 million dollars to support a major road rehabilitation project in Abia State, Nigeria. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this is contained in a statement issued by the Nigeria Country … Read more
Ex-President Jonathan’s Town, Others At Risk Of Erosion As Contractors Abandon N7.5billion Road Projects EKO HOT BLOG reports that contractors are said to have abandoned multibillion-naira road projects in Bayelsa State’s Akipelai, Ayakoro, and Otuoke localities, putting them at risk of being swept away by coastal erosion. During former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the Shore … Read more
By IfeanyiChukwu Afuba Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has a classical definition that renders the story of soil erosion in his State pungently in very few words. With sober expression, the Governor tells you that on the map, Anambra State is bigger than Lagos State; but the State’s land mass has by the ravages of … Read more
The Ecological Fund Office (EFO) on Friday handed over the Oguduasa Gully Erosion and Flood Works in Abia to a contractor, to commence rehabilitation of the project. The EFO, which is a unit in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, contracted Messrs Foldams Engineering Company Ltd., to handle the rehabilitation. … Read more
Approximately 10 buildings including a school and church have collapsed at Obeleagu St. and Nkissi Aroli axis of Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra following erosion caused by the downpour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obeleagu community in Onitsha metropolis has been endangered by gully erosion which has turned into an … Read more