Articles by I-79 Media Consults

By Abibat Tijani ― Local charcoal production is one of the lucrative businesses residents of Alaagba area of Ibarapa South Local Government of Oyo State have begun to venture into following the hike in price of […]

In Kwara State, the loggers and charcoal producers are making fortunes from deforestation but no one is planting to replace the fallen trees. Abdulrasheed Hammad travelled to Moro local government area of the state to […]

Conservators say wildlife may soon go into extinction locally and globally if poachers continue to prey on wildlife. FAWAZ ADEBISI writes after visiting Omo Forest Reserve in Ogun State.   It was a sunny day […]

By ‘Damilola Roleola ― Ewekoro local government area (LGA) in Ogun State has been the host community to one of Lafarge Africa cement plants in Nigeria for over fifty years. In July 2015, it merged with […]

“With a N20,000 bribe, an external buyer can influence the youth in host communities , Cross River state, to cut down trees from the forest illegally.” Kehinde Ogunyale Travelling into the Cross River forest as […]

Quadri Yahya ― Fareedah Ogundairo, 19, has a sensitive sense of smell to irritants in the air. She avoids exposure to air pollution as much as possible. However, one day she didn’t know the trash […]

Faith Alofe ―  The activities of the Ife Iron Steel Company in the Fasina area, a suburb area of the Ife central-local government area in Osun State are increasingly affecting the lives of residents, following […]

By Wisdom Onwunmelu ― On a sunny Wednesday on April 6 at about 10:30 a.m. some residents of the Enyim Agalagu community in Ebonyi State were seen mining lead and zinc at the Azuogwogo axis.  […]

Up ahead, two patas monkeys held hands hopping at the side of the narrow walkway. As the sound of the incoming motorcycles reached them, they froze. But only for a few minutes just enough time […]