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The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said one life was lost in the inferno that occurred at the Dosunmu Market on the Island on Tuesday. LSFRS Director, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed this on Wednesday in a statement while giving an update on the fire incident which affected a total of 14 buildings. READ ALSO: Dosunmu…
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has ordered an investigation into the alleged assault of a journalist, Seun Falomo and personnel of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency (OYSRTMA) by some immigration officers. The NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap, gave the order in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo,…
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US President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced the first nationwide tap water standards to protect the public from toxic “forever chemicals” linked to serious health harms ranging from cancers to developmental damage in children. Invisible and present in the water, soil, air and food supply, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulate inside our bodies…
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Addicts in Sierra Leone dig up human bones as part of a recipe to make the drug kush, According to Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, this has become a national emergency and is slowly moving to other West African countries. In a nationwide address, Bio said Sierra Leone is currently faced with an existential…
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Ten years have passed but whenever Mary Shettima hears footsteps at the door, she thinks her kidnapped daughter has come home. Yana Galang is waiting for her daughter too — she keeps her clothes laid out ready for her return. A decade after Nigeria’s most infamous mass abduction, almost 100 of the 276 Chibok girls…
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