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By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Popular resort centre in Oba Idemili-South Local Government Area of Anambra State called Rojenny Games Village, factories, houses and other economic buildings may become extinct if the Federal Government does not commence urgent remedial actions on the landslide that has cut off Oba axis of Onitsha-Owerri road gradually submerging the entire area. The very drastic situation ...

Project coordinator of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in Anambra state Mr. Michael Ivenso recently had an in-depth analysis of the agency’s interventions in Anambra state since 2013. It was indeed an impactful session with journalists at the agency’s office in Awka as Mr. Ivenso took newsmen on a long ride into it’s interventions on erosion control ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Mbize: Rage of Red Earth (Stories, Songs on Landslide, Erosion in Igboland) by Chuka Nnabuife; Heinrich Boll Stiftung; 2011 The erosion menace in Southeast Nigeria is a twice-told story. Whole villages have been sacked, and many houses are teetering on the very edge of very deep landslides. My hometown of Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of ...

By Izunna Okafor The people of Ekwulobia Community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State have sought the urgent intervention of the state Governor, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano over the resurfacing of the Umuachiana Erosion Gully and other infrastructural challenges bedeviling the community. The President General of the Ekwulobia People’s Assembly, Engr. Emeka Maduabuchi disclosed the appeal while hosting ...