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CAUSES, IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION OF FLOODING IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE 2022 OGUNPA AND NATIONWIDE FLOODS

By: Rasaq Adebayo Ibrahim
Published: February 26, 2025
This study previewed causes, frequency, extent, magnitude, intensity and charted a course of mitigating flood in Nigeria. This Study revealed the causes of flooding to include: climate change, unending rainfall, excess water from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam, river overflow, expansion of floodplains and poor planning. In 2022 flooding affected 7 million...

ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY FOR HOUSEHOLD, AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL USE IN MUNUGODE

By: Manoj Kumar Choudhary
Published: February 26, 2025
This study examined landuse and land cover change in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It adopted the cross-sectional research design, utilizing satellite images (19872020) and questionnaire for socio-economic data from 210 randomly selected households from seven communities (Aluu, Ubima, Elele, Igwuruta, Ozuoha, Isiokpo and Omagwa). Three research questions...

IMPACT OF RURAL INSECURITY ON URBANIZATION IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE

By: Amaka Ngozi Nwankwo
Published: February 26, 2025
Rural insecurity is a decussating and multi-dimensional concept that has been subject to debate. Insecurity is viewed differently by different researchers, some associating it with how it affects individual lives and existence. Urbanization is often defined as the transformation process from rural population to the urban population. Increasing insecurity in...

LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE IN IKWERRE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE: IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES FROM 1987 TO 2020

By: Ngozi Ifeoma Eze
Published: February 26, 2025
This study examined landuse and land cover change in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It adopted the cross-sectional research design, utilizing satellite images (19872020) and questionnaire for socio-economic data from 210 randomly selected households from seven communities (Aluu, Ubima, Elele, Igwuruta, Ozuoha, Isiokpo and Omagwa). Three research questions...