Lagos Water Crisis: Activists proffer solution

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and labour unions in the water sector have presented what they believe is a solution to the water crisis to the Lagos State government. Akinbode Oluwafemi, ERA/FoEN Deputy Executive Director, proposed among others, a collective investment in water infrastructure and democratic decision-making that priorities the human […]

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What Nigeria is losing for not restructuring!

Lagos State has the resources, manpower and ability to generate and distribute 24/7 electricity to Lagosians and even neighboring states. The only obstacle militating against this possibility is the federal government and the 1999 Constitition which forbids states from distributing electricity to its people! The whole of Niger Delta states and some Eastern states have […]

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Four infants born by schoolgirls impregnated by their father in Lagos govt custody

The Lagos State Government has said that it is keeping four infants born by schoolgirls impregnated by their fathers in its custody. The decision, according to the state government, is to allow the girls “come of age” before they decide whether to keep the babies. Director of Child Development, Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs […]

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