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  By Yemisi Dada  In a bid to ensure food sufficiency and security, five hundred vulnerable farming households in Ikorodu and Badagry areas of Lagos have received free Agricultural inputs to cultivate for feeding and harvesting for sales. This is courtesy of an NGO, Caritas Nigeria under its Building Sustainable Livelihoods in Vibrant Community, B-SLiC, project. At the flag off ceremony at Ikorodu North LCDA, Director of Humanitarian Services, Caritas Nigeria, Mrs Nkese Udongwo, said the intervention was to encourage climate smart Agriculture and empower the less privileged in rural communities through subsistence farming while enjoining them to sell parts of their harvest to be financially independent. While noting that Caritas Nigeria is the humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishop of Nigeria, Mrs Udongwo, appealed to the beneficiaries not to resell the improved varieties of corn and cassava stems given to them but to farm with them and enjoy the benefit thereafter within thr...

Water and environmental experts have called for urgent action to address the growing challenges of climate change, water security, and saline intrusion in Lagos State. This was the key message at the Year 2025 World Water Day Commemoration Symposium, held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Conference Centre, Alausa, under the theme “Putting Glacier Preservation at the Core of Climate Action Plan.” The symposium, attended by 142 participants—including representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private sector practitioners, government agencies, and students—highlighted the profound impact of glacier retreat on the global water cycle, particularly its consequences for low-lying coastal cities like Lagos. Experts discussed current challenges, shared insights, and proposed solutions to ensure water sustainability in the state. Saline Intrusion Threat to Lagos Water Supply Delivering the first lecture, Prof. Oluseyi Temilola of the Department of Chemistry, ...