Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Sand extraction in progress in Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Traditional leader of Makoko, Baale Semede Emmanuel stands outside his home in the coastal community of Makoko, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Lagos Nigeria. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of sand dredging tools and a sand filled section of the Lagos lagoon near Makoko, a fishing settlement across the third mainland bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Over the past five years, dozens of registered dredging firms and numerous informal operators have sprung up, extracting sand from rivers and coastal waters. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of heaps of sand and dredging equipment in the busy Ajah area of Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of Makoko, one of Lagos' oldest fishing communities where dredging barges operate close to homes built on stilts on Saturday, Dec.13, 2025. Residents say the encroachment has destroyed fishing grounds and put many out of work. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of sand dredging near Makoko, a fishing settlement across the third mainland bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
One of thousands of local dredgers diving for sand to support his household on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. He said he and his partner earn about 12,000 naira ($8) each per boatload, selling to a middleman who supplies larger buyers. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
A sand filled section of the Lagos lagoon in front of Makoko, a fishing settlement across the third mainland bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of heaps of sand and dredging equipment in the busy Ajah area of Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Lagos is in constant construction. Roads, bridges and housing estates are rising daily on reclaimed waterfronts as the city's rich displace many of its poor. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of heaps of sand and dredging equipment in the busy Ajah area of Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Residents on a boat on the Lagos Lagoon on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Sand extraction in progress on Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Sand dredging near Makoko, a fishing settlement across the third mainland bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Residents, mostly fishermen say that this has driven them out of work. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Fishermen in the lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Aerial view of sand dredging tools and a sand filled section of the Lagos lagoon near Makoko, a fishing settlement across the third mainland bridge in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Sand extraction in progress on Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Industry analysts estimate the city consumes tens of millions of cubic meters of sand each year, an amount roughly equivalent to 16,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Sand extraction in progress on Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Industry analysts estimate the city consumes tens of millions of cubic meters of sand each year, an amount roughly equivalent to 16,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
One of thousands of local dredgers diving for sand to support his household on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. He said he and his partner earn about 12,000 naira ($8) each per boatload, selling to a middleman who supplies larger buyers. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Sand extraction in progress on Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Nigeria-Dredging Dangers
Wooden boats loaded with sand under the third mainland bridge, an eight-lane expressway, on Saturday, Dec.13, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
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Sand extraction in progress in Lagos waters, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)