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Omololu2121:
alaye speak for yourself

Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

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Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

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Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

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TundeBricklayer:
Substandard road commissioned by Ambode

deomelllo:
The man is useless and he's nothing but a total waste of time and space in Alahusa.


Even though the useless ambode is sitting on the Largest state budget in the history of Nigeria N830 billion (Twice what Lagosians gave Fashola), Lagos is massively dirty, nothing is working and there's almost no project apart from 1 flyover, painting streets here and there and decorating motor park.

His predecessors from Jakande to Tinubu and Fashola moved Lagos state forward, but Lagos is moving backward instead forward under ambode

Wiseandtrue:
you wey no be bokoharam cum fulani Herdsmen why not drop your opinion

what has IPOB got to do with this now

You don suck cow breast today

Abogwara:
Don't mind Chino. This road wasn't up to 2 weeks of painting and commissioning by Obiano.

FKO81:
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2018/2/jubilee-bridge-abule-egba-is-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen.html
Newly substandard bridge constructed by Ambode
Jubilee bridge Abule Egba is a disaster waiting to happen

The part shown in the attached picture is a portion of the of the railings hit by an articulated vehicle in the wee- hours of the morning a couple of days ago and State Officials had gone to assess the damage.

The said railings is a decorative element and has no relation whatsoever with the structure of the bridge.




https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2018/02/04/re-jubilee-bridge-abule-egba-bridge-is-falling/

FKO81:
Ode view the same flyover

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Wiseandtrue:
Its good to be consistent!

Fayose is now a force to reckon with!

Obasanjo will do anything to stop Atiku from being the president of this country

FKO81:
Otondo, Village slowpoke how far with your he-goat governor

BeautifulMind2:
Enemy of progress, Gov Obiano is one of the best governor in Nigeria, this is a governor under his watch Anambra remain the lowest in debt among states in Nigeria

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angels09:
Still untrue. That is not Fayose

Ttipsy:
are you pained ??

galaxy2020:
Make sure all the oil producing states get oil blocks first or else they will not see road to drill the oyelooo! Because monkey can't be working and lazy baboon will be choping.

CHINESE FIRM STAKES $10B ON NIGERIA’S BIDA BASIN



Nigeria has approved an estimated $10 billion oil exploration project in Bida Basin, Niger state, to be executed by an undisclosed Chinese firm, the state’s commissioner of mining and mineral resources, Abubakar Jibreel said.

At a ministerial briefing, Jibreel said President Goodluck Jonathan had approved the exploration of oil and gas deposit in the region and would soon sign an agreement with the said Chinese firm.

Five companies had signified interest to carry out the exploration, but the selected bidder won with an outstanding $10 billion investment proposal for the exploration of oil in Bida Basin.

Laboratory studies for hydrocarbon deposits in the Bida Basin revealed that there was about a 70 percent gas and 30 percent oil composition, Nigerian newspaper, Leadership quoted Jibreel as saying



http://venturesafrica.com/chinese-firm-to-stake-10-billion-on-nigerian-basin/

Huge Crude Oil Deposit Discovered In Niger State


A new state will soon be joining the oil producing states as huge deposit of crude oil have been discovered in Bida Basin, Northern Niger state in Nigeria.

The Head of Research and Development, Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda (IBB) University, Lapai in Niger State, Prof. Nuhu Obaje, made this known yesterday, at the exhibition of raw materials and local products, held at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island.


http://africanripples.com/huge-crude-oil-deposit-discovered-in-niger-state/

Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja, Governor Bello who was represented by the state commissioner for Mineral Resources, Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed Yar’adua, [b]said the companies were set-up to fast track the quest to join the league of oil producing states in the country.[/b]