Antele Ruth Jambol-Ayuwa

In-depth analysis of the characteristics of road traffic crashes at blackspots or hotspot locations is, generally, insufficient in Nigeria. This is despite the fact that blackspots represent recognized locations with road safety deficiencies and mitigation of crashes at such locations produce multiple benefits. This paper examines characteristics of road traffic crashes along Hawan Kibo route, one of the most recognized crash corridors in Nigeria, with particular emphasis on single-vehicle (SV) and multiple-vehicle (MV) crashes. The data shows that between 2015 and 2019, 355 crashes were recorded (SV: 219; MV: 136), with 1288 persons sustaining injuries (SV: 652; MV: 636) and 121 fatalities (SV: 46; MV: 75). The most important causes of crashes and casualties for SV crashes were brake failure, speed violation, and fatigue; while wrongful overtaking, brake failure and speed violations were the most prominent for MV crashes. Time of day for crashes was not significantly different betw...

The study assessed the Impact of conflict induced migration on the environment in Plateau State, Nigeria, through a combination of both the Geographic Information System and the SPSS to analyze the satellite images and the population data for the internally displaced persons in the area. It related the images of the area for 4 different years in the last decade; the year just before the crises began (2000), the second after two major conflicts (2006), the third after the fourth major conflict (2010) and finally, a projection of the area in the year 2020.From the image analyses and the correlations, a significant positive relationship was discovered to be present between conflict and environmental degradation (r= 0.84, at p<0.05) and the correlation ascertaining the relationship between migration and the depletion of land resources shows that the more the mobility of conflict displaced migrants the less the land resources become in the destination areas, and the less the migration...