Nigeria
NIGERIA: Fearing the Floods - Sleeping with One Eye Openips.org | 15 Dec 2011By Sam OlukoyaIn Ajegunle, a low-lying slum in Lagos, flooding is also disrupting the economic activities of women / Sam Olukoya/IPS LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec 15 (IPS) – The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigerias Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open....
Nigeria | Floods Hold Shell accountable for Niger Delta pollution and human rights abusesAfricaFiles | 07 Nov 2011A recent UNEP study reported on the degree of contamination in communities of Ogoniland after 50 years of oil operations. When not obvious above ground, underground reservoirs of water were severely contaminated; drinking water in one community faced 900 times the levels of benezene permitted by the World Health Organization. Clean-up could take 30 years. Let's hold those that put these commnunities and the environment at risk accountable for their actions. CJW
Nigeria | Health and Environment | Pollution | Water Pollution Nigerian Women Stand Up to be Countedips.org | 08 Apr 2011As Nigeria tries again to begin its staggered general elections on Apr. 9, spare a thought for the women who will be putting themselves forward as candidates in an overwhelmingly male field. Men say they have what it takes and that women are weaker vessels who have no powers, Adebimpe Akinsola, who is seeking election to the Lagos State House of Assembly told IPS. They have always intimidated women. But now we want to tell them that where there is no woman, nothing can be done successfully.
Nigeria | Planning and Management of Development