November 20, 2024

Unearthing Trouble: How Sand Mining Is Drowning Kano’s Communities, Farmlands

141 Yet, for many residents, the damage has already been done. The landscape of their childhoods has been transformed, their ancestral lands irreparably altered. By Aisha Ahmad For decades, sand mining has been a source of livelihood in Kano, supporting a booming construction industry in one of Nigeria’s most populous states. However, this age-old practice has […]

Ondo State Government Sold Farmers’ Lands To Investors, Refused To Compensate Them Then Ignored Court Orders

393 Justice Aderemi Adegoroye who presided over the case granted the prayers. However, the Ondo State Government and SAO Agro Allied Services did not obey the orders. By Alaba Adeyemi On the 18th of April 2023, farmers in communities around the Oluwa forest in Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State woke up to […]

February 16, 2024

Mining Without Compensation: Untold Woes Of Enugu Community

514 Ben Aroh, in this investigative report, explores how farmlands and cash crops of Ezuruike, an agrarian suburb of Ezimo-Agu in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, were destroyed without compensation in 2019 by Queensec Global Resources Limited, an unlicensed coal mining company. Tales of Woes Emenike Nnadi is from Amadin Clan that owns […]