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Mississippi, Jackson 'No Water To Drink Or Flush Toilets'

Mississippi, Jackson: ‘No Water To Drink Or Flush Toilets’

August 31, 2022 5:09 am

Approximately 180,000 people in Mississippi have been left without access to clean drinkable water after heavy rainfall and flooding.

Rising floodwaters over the weekend breached the city’s main water treatment facility, bringing it to the brink of collapse.

A state of emergency has been declared, and schools, restaurants and businesses have temporarily closed.

The city had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.

Problems at the OB Curtis Water Plant began after heavy rains caused the Pearl River to crest and spill over onto city streets over the weekend.

City hall confirmed on Monday that river water had

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Enugu Govt Bans Sale, Distribution Of Unauthorized Water

January 25, 2020 8:05 am
The Enugu State Government has banned the sale and distribution of water by water tankers and other vendors from unauthorized sources in the state “particularly the IBUSA Street Water/Stream in Independence Layout, Enugu”.

A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, stated that the ban was in furtherance of the commitment of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration to protect the health and safety of residents of Enugu.

Aroh added that the state government has consequently directed all relevant agencies in the health and environment sectors to ensure strict compliance

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CRISPR, Gravity, Water On Mars: A Decade Of Discoveries

December 18, 2019 3:21 pm

From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s — and what leading experts say could come next.

– Are we alone? –

 

NASA/AFP/File / HONASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, seen here, discovered rounded pebbles on the Red Planet — new evidence that rivers flowed there billions of years ago

We don’t yet know whether there was ever life on Mars — but thanks to a small, six-wheeled robot, we do know the Red Planet was habitable.

Shortly

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Probe Storm Water Project, Group Dares Obaseki

November 19, 2019 3:08 pm

A group, Edo Transparency Initiative (ETI), yesterday, dared Governor Godwin Obaseki to carry out his threat to probe the multi-billion naira Benin storm water project, commenced by the administration of former governor Adams Oshiomhole.

The group, in statement by its coordinator, Felix Osahon, urged the governor to institute the probe and make its findings public so that Edo people would know the truth of the matter.

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and former commissioner for Environment and Public Utilities in the state, Clem Agba, had during his courtesy call on the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, …

NAFDAC

NAFDAC Seals 47 Bakeries, Water Factories In Borno

November 17, 2019 9:21 am
 National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has sealed 22 bakeries and 25 “sachet  water” factories during routine inspection in Maiduguri.
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Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

October 17, 2019 6:25 pm

The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019.

Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja on Thursday.

Urhoghide said that the investigation became imperative because the initial cost of the contract at ₦2.5 billion was allegedly jerked to ₦65 billion on the project.

“Of course, that is a very serious offence. What we are hearing or what we know is …

Four Anambra Communities Currently Under Water, Says SEMA

Four Anambra Communities Currently Under Water, Says SEMA

October 14, 2019 6:47 am

Four communities in Anambra East Local Government Area (AELGA) of Anambra State have been submerged by flood according to reports by SEMA. The affected communities were Enugu Otu, Eziagulu Otu, Mkpunando and Umundeze.

This was disclosed by the Executive Director of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Mr. Cyril Agupugo, when he briefed the State Governor, Willie Obiano, on the incidents of flood in the state.

Agupugo told Obiano that the current situation in these communities was scary as most of the houses were completely submerged.

“These areas are underwater with victims’ farmlands and household items worth millions of naira …

Police use tear gas, water cannon on Algeria protesters

March 29, 2019 10:47 am

Algerian police used tear gas and water cannon on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika days after the army called for his removal to end weeks of political crisis.

The protests, which erupted on Feb. 22, have been largely peaceful but have put pressure on the military to stabilize the North African country, a major oil and gas producer which cooperates with the West in fighting terrorism.

Police opened fire with tear gas after youths hurled stones at them, a Reuters witness said.

Some demonstrators called for the entire …

Housewife bathes husband with hot water, pepper

February 9, 2019 2:27 pm

SAPELE—A 32-year-old housewife, Mrs Rebecca Efeitima, of Amukpe area, in Sapele, Delta State on Tuesday poured hot water mixed with pepper on her husband, a 43 year-old-man, Monday Efeitima, over what neighbours described as her ‘usual behaviour’ Domestic violence This is why your headphone goes bad often Monday told Vanguard on his hospital bed at a private clinic in Sapele, that he did not quarrel with his wife and her initial intention was to poison him and when she did not succeed, she decided to disfigure him.

The victim said: “Trouble started on Tuesday. I can’t remember quarrelling with her …

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