EU Rules Fail to Stop Dumping of Banned Pesticide

The Pollution ‘Caused by Nigeria’s Largest Sugar Refinery’

When Philip Evan first suffered a chest pains, he thought it was a one-off symptom that would disappear. During the period, many of his fellow workers who sprayed chemicals on crops grown at the Dangote Sugar Refinery, had also complained of having breathing problems. Deeming the pain a temporary discomfort, Evan brushed it off. “It’s just a part of the job,” he thought. He, however, continued to experience the pain for months, then years.

The Deadly Protest Nigeria’s Top Sugar Refinery Doesn’t Want You to Know About

When Gad Jacob jumped on his motorcycle in mid-July 2021, to head home after a shift at Dangote Sugar Refinery, Nigeria’s biggest sugar factory, he had no idea it would be the last time he would be making the journey. As the 26-year-old wound his way through Numan, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, he encountered a roadblock. Dozens of youths were preparing to protest against the activities of the Dangote Sugar Refinery, the factory where Jacob worked.

How toxic e-waste from high-income countries booms in Nigerian market

By Jennifer UGWAIn this report, Jennifer Ugwa writes about illegal importation of damaged and obsolete cooling appliances into the Nigerian electronics market and its impact on environment and health. Fourteen months after Juliet Moses bought a secondhand refrigerator from Alaba International in Lagos, the biggest electrical and electronic market in West Africa, she returns for another one. Her previous purchase is clearly malfunctioning.