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Africa underwater: Nigeria's coastline is besieged by Global Warming. (Currents).(Brief Article)
New research is sounding the alarm, predicting that climate-related sea level rise is likely to put 80 percent of Nigeria's coastline at risk of being swept away by the surging waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
In a research study entitled, "Perception and Reality: Assessing Priorities for Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta," two European scientists, David Moffat and Olof Linden, wrote that the coastline is in danger of being washed away because of its low elevation. Moffat is a World Bank environmental consultant, and Linden is a marine eco-toxicologist with Stockholm University in Sweden.
The most threatened coastline in Nigeria is on Victoria Island off the Lagos coast, where many of the country's wealthiest people live. The island is home to about $12 billion of the choicest real estate in the country. Although coastal erosion has been a perennial …
- Bloody Battle Over Lagos Bar Beach.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 2, 2004 700+ words
...over the years, the Lagos Bar Beach has become a dreaded spot...Iru Local Government Area in Victoria Island where Bar Beach is situated. A spokesman for...said, engulfed the whole of Victoria Island on August 9, and people took...
- Bar Beach - We'll Reclaim All Lost Lands - Fashola.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Trust (Nigeria) December 21, 2008 700+ words
...nostalgia, the period when the Bar Beach was a popular rendezvous for...Preachers" with their popular Bar Beach Show", the Governor recalled...4th and the 7th of July 2007, Victoria Island and the Bar Beach were subjected to extreme storm...
- Senate Committee to Hold Public Hearing On Bar Beach Saga Tomorrow.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 16, 2003 700+ words
...the proposed rehabilitation of Bar Beach in Victoria Island (VI) the Senate Committee...to the ecological problem at Bar Beach. Chairmen, Senate Committee...lasting solution to the problem of Bar Beach. He stated that his committee...
- Lawmakers Condemn Federal Government Ultimatum to Lagos On Bar Beach.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 7, 2002 700+ words
...the state government to control the surges at the Bar Beach on Victoria Island or face its wrath. The lawmakers on Tuesday also...assurances that efforts were being made to ensure "its (Bar Beach) permanent restoration and stabilisation". Anibaba...
- FG Forcefully Evicts Bar Beach Towers Residents.
- Newspaper article from: Vanguard (Nigeria) December 7, 2005 700+ words
...forcefully evict residents of Bar-beach Towers in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. A combined...newsmen, the Secretary of Bar-Beach Towers Residents Association...had registered a company -Bar-beach Towers Neighbourhood Company...
- Tinubu Begins Bar-Beach Reclamation.
- News wire article from: This Day (Nigeria) February 6, 2006 700+ words
...reclamation of the popular Lagos Bar Beach and its transformation into...culture and tradition held at the Bar Beach ground, Victoria Island, the turning of the sod represents...beautification and transformation of the Bar Beach before it turns into a death...
- Bar Beach Towers:Court Stops FG Eviction of Residents.
- Newspaper article from: Vanguard (Nigeria) December 1, 2005 700+ words
...ordered the federal government to stay further action on its plan to evict civil servants resident at Bar Beach Towers Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, pending the determination of the suit by residents, who are challenging the purported allocation...
- Obasanjo Okays N2.5bn to Rehabilitate Lagos Bar Beach.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 14, 2002 700+ words
...rehabilitation of the Lagos bar beach currently overflowing...environs at the Victoria Island. Gana said that...On the Lagos Bar Beach, the Information...said.The Lagos Bar Beach has for several...attempting to submerge Victoria Island., particularly...
- FG Takes Over Bar Beach Rehabilitation.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 14, 2002 700+ words
...take-over the rehabilitation of the Bar beach from the effect the ocean surge at Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. Minister of Information and...solution of rehabilitation for the bar beach at a cost of N2.5 billion," he...
- Solution to Bar Beach Menace Underway.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 20, 2003 700+ words
...finding mission to the Lagos Bar Beach has declared that a permanent...threatening residents of Victoria Island and Ikoyi would soon be...various contributions from the Victoria Island and Ikoyi Resident Association...resulted in its push towards Victoria Island. ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Africa underwater: Nigeria's coastline is besieged by Global Warming....
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