Timeline: When the trash trashes us

Adekunle Aliyu
Aug 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Improper disposition of trashes, which is waste martial we generated from our homes and firms, has all way caused different kind problems to family(ies), community, cities, Local Governments, states, nation and even continent.

Some of this challengers are health, environmental and others.

In Nigeria the we have the habit not deposing our trash appropriately and in return we are trashed by this trashes.

Here are time line of when Trashes have trashed us

year 2015 Oct.8

Ebola scare as man dies in Nigerian city of Calabar

Map of Calabar Nigeria An Ebola scare has been reported in southern Nigeria, a year after the country was declared free of the virus

The 2012 Nigeria floods began in early July 2012, and killed 363 people and displaced over 2.1 million people as of 5 November 2012. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 30 of Nigeria’s 36 states were affected by the floods. The floods were termed as the worst in 40 years and affected an estimated total of seven million people. The estimated damages and losses caused by the floods were worth N2.6 trillion.

Mystery disease’ kills 18 in Nigeria — officials

A “mysterious” disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say.

The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly.

The disease — characterised by blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness — killed the victims within 24 hours of falling ill.

Local health officials and World Health Organization experts are now in the town to try to identify the disease.

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