In reference to a rider-ship survey of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, about a year ago, over 1,800,000 people in the state travel by water monthly, up from 1.5 million recorded as at June 2012. At present, there are over 47 ferry operators currently providing services to water travelers in the state.

Malaria disease is recorded to be responsible for 63 percent of all clinic attendances in Nigeria as a whole and it affects mainly children under the age of five years and pregnant women. Malaria is responsible for 25 percent of infant mortality and 30 percent of all childhood deaths, 11 percent of all maternal deaths and 70.5 percent of morbidity in pregnant women.

‘Stop eating bush meat!”Anyaa Vohiri, Executive Director of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, warned on the heels of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Hemorrhagic fever in the West African country. In a terse statement, the health official highlighted the connection between the Mano River countries and danger of the bush meat trade to lives of animals and humans in the region.

Badagry, a coastal town and local government area in Lagos State, was a major slave post and market during the better forgotten slave trade era. Situated between Metropolitan Lagos and the border with Benin at Seme, it remains today one of Nigeria’s most treasured historic sites and tourist destinations.

Utuama, has warned that the state government is determined to put an end to all forms of environmental abuse going on in the state.