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The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has intensified its systemic response to recurrent waste blackspots across Lagos, combining intensified waste evacuation with improved collection arrangements, targeted enforcement, infrastructure upgrades, community engagement and measures to prevent redumping at previously cleared locations. The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said on Monday that the Authority’s evolving approach was based on the recognition that recurring waste on road medians could not be sustainably addressed by repeated evacuation alone, stressing the need to tackle the operational and behavioural factors responsible for their recurrence. He explained that LAWMA was increasingly combining the clearance of…

Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of a Yenagoa based Niger Delta Herald Newspaper, Mr. Francis Dufugha has commended the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri for the presence of relative peace in the State. The publisher also expressed resentment over what he described as stringent conditions to assess the Bayelsa State Students Loan scheme, especially the common citizens. The publisher made the observations while briefing journalists at the Earliest Ikoli Press Centre, Ekaki in Yenagoa, the State capital. On peace and security, Dufugha said, “I commend the governor. There is relative peace in the State. “For now, the police in Bayelsa State…

Cross River State governor, Apostle Bassey Otu, appears to be in competition with himself on how to acquire property everywhere in the state capital, Abuja and outside Nigeria. And he is doing this with public funds. This runs contrary to the religious title that he holds-an apostle-while the wife is a bishop. The duo have been accused of helping themselves with funds belonging to the 10 local government areas of the state, as well as funds allocated to the state. Before his election as governor, Otu was known for his house at Ekorinim, where he still lives. But in the…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), House of Representatives aspirant for the Obio Akpor Federal Constituency, King Tony Boms has alleged thar the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Police are the biggest riggers of elections in the country.King Boms made the allegations after undergoing clearance at the State office of the ADC in Port Harcourt, accused the INEC and the Nigerian police of being behind incidences of rigging of elections in the country.According to Amb Boms, the INEC and the Police has the capacity and determination to stop all forms of election rigging in the country adding that…

The governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has charged twelve newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to abide by their oath of office by doing right to every man and woman as they resume duties at their new positions in the state civil service. Governor Fubara gave the charge on Wednesday during the swearing – in ceremony of the new appointees at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt. Among those sworn-in were: Mr Freddy Ndigbara, Mrs Fortune Akpila, Dr Promise Oguzie, Mrs Ibisoye Lolomari Nwankwo, Mrs Ibiyemibara Joseph Uzoma and Mrs Mercy Dagogo Iboroma. Others included Dr Vincent Worgu…

Have you been to Bekwarra Local Government of Cross River State recently? Did you pass through the Alomeye community? Did you also pass through the community primary school during that visit?If you go there during non-school hours, you may be tempted to believe that the structure there is a goat pen, or a poultry farm. But it is not, even though the Primary School School, Alomeye in the Bekwarra Local Government looks more like these. Pupils who attend this school have come to accept their fate, while the state governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, an apostle who claims to be…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged its commitment to implementing the Federal Government’s Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative, MAMII, as part of efforts to curb preventable maternal and newborn deaths. Speaking during the Traditional Birth Attendant Workshop organised by the NDDC in Delta and Bayelsa States, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, advised women to embrace orthodox medicine to limit maternal and newborn deaths. Ogbuku, who was represented by the NDDC Principal Manager, Education, Health and Social Services, EHSS, Mrs. Dare-Oloko Kuami, urged * women to combine the traditional birthing system with orthodox medicine to…

A 45-year-old Nigerian man has been jailed in the UK for the repeated sexual assault of a woman at Euston station which he claims was consensual.Obinwa Obichukwu, 45, attacked the victim twice on the evening of August 20, 2023, after grabbing her hand and proclaiming his “love”.He first approached the lone woman as she walked towards the busy interchange and attempted to start a conversation about the music she was listening to.Obichukwu then put his arm around the victim’s shoulder, asked her back to his house, and pursued her down Euston Road.Obichukwu proceeded to sexually assault her at the station…

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has once again proven its clinical excellence by successfully managing and delivering an incredibly rare, life-threatening abdominal pregnancy. An abdominal pregnancy is a rare, life-threatening form of ectopic pregnancy where a fertilized egg implants within the peritoneal cavity, outside the uterus and fallopian tubes.This milestone achievement marks the birth of a miracle baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Bolarinde, a couple who had waited eight long years for this moment. Both the mother and her newborn are in perfect, radiant health following the watchful care of LUTH’s medical team. The family’s journey to…

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has assured residents that the temporary delays being experienced in waste evacuation across parts of Lagos will soon ease following the ongoing rehabilitation of Road E at the Olusosun Disposal Facility, which is expected to restore seamless access for waste collection vehicles and significantly improve evacuation operations. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, gave the assurance on Tuesday during an inspection visit to assess the progress of the rehabilitation works, describing the project as a critical intervention aimed at improving access to the facility and accelerating waste evacuation across the…