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Opinion Screenshot: NYC Mayor’s Office New York City launched a $53 million program to provide pre-paid debit cards to illegal immigrants earlier this month. According to an analysis of the contract by the New York Post, the initial number is just a fee for the pilot program, while the contract …

Opinion Screenshot: Fox News The Washington Post is reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has developed a plan for the “mass release” of illegal immigrants into the United States, as well as moving to diminish the capacity to hold detainees after crossing the southern border. The report comes just …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has reacted to a trending video of a man raising alarm over houses being built on a canal at Orchid Road in the Lekki area of the state.    The man showed a part of the canal that had …

by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Monday, January 29, 2024 Inter Press Service Artisanal mining, or “garimpo” as it is known in Brazil, has returned to the headlines as a factor in the deaths of Yanomami indigenous people, whose territory in the extreme north of Brazil suffers constant encroachment by miners, …

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte was arrested on Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for allegedly illegally gambling on sports when he went to LSU. The 21-year-old is facing a felony count of computer fraud and a misdemeanor gambling count. When you dive into the case it’s fairly obvious …

A Department of Defense report found that the White House pharmacy was handing out controlled substances illegally to staff when Trump was president. Rolling Stone reported:Through in-person inspections and interviews with over 120 officials, the report concluded “that the White House Medical Unit provided a wide range of health care …

The governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, has said that the explosion recorded in Ibadan, the state capital is not unconnected to activities of illegal miners operating in the state. Speaking to newsmen after visiting the areas affected, the Governor said preliminary investigation revealed that the illegal miners had stored …

Concerned residents of Ikoyi have called on the state government to rescue them from being submerged by the sea as land speculators dredge and indiscriminately sand-fill the lagoon. The situation will aggravate the already perennial flooding in some neighbourhoods in the area, they argued. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens of …

The Federal Government on Tuesday, January 9 destroyed stockpiles of confiscated elephant ivory worth $9.9 billion as it continues to tackle illegal ivory trade in Nigeria. While speaking to journalists during the exercise in Abuja, Director General, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, Aliyu Jauro, said that the …

One person was killed while several others were injured following an explosion at an ‘illegal refinery’ in Kano State.    It was gathered that the incident happened in the Katango area of Wailari, Kumbotso Local Government Area in the state, at about 9:05am on Monday, January 8, 2024.    About five …