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Body of Los Angeles fire victim found clutching water hose as he tried to save his family home of 55-years from the devastating wildfire

Body of Los Angeles fire victim found clutching water hose as he tried to save his family home of 55-years from the devastating wildfire

One of the Californians k!lled in the Eaton Fire was found with a water hose still in his hand as he tried to save his family home of 55 years amid the devastating Los Angeles wildfire. The remains of Victor Shaw, 66, were found on Wednesday morning, January 8, by a family friend outside the Monterose Avenue home he lived in with his younger sister, Shari …

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I hope you are rich now – Catholic priest takes a dig at those who did “money ritual, 200 days of fasting, water sacrifice, took rams to the river? to become rich”

I hope you are rich now - Catholic priest takes a dig at those who did

A Nigerian Catholic priest, Angelo Chidi Unegbu, has taken a dig at people who did Okeite (a fetishistic ritual pot of charm), water sacrifices, sowed seeds and fasted for 200 days in order to be rich.    “All those who did okeite, did water sacrifice, took rams to the river, sowed seeds, did 200 days fasting to be rich 3 …

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Chinese online retailer in Temu in hot water as Vietnam halts trading

Chinese online retailer in Temu in hot water as Vietnam halts trading

Temu is being investigated in Europe over suspicions it has been failing to prevent the sale of illegal products. ADVERTISEMENT Vietnam has suspended the operations of Chinese online retailer Temu after it failed to meet a government deadline to register the company by the end of November. Temu is being investigated in Europe over suspicions it has been failing to …

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Lagos Commissioner, Tokunbo Wahab, responds after NAFDAC countered his claim that its enforcement agents were the ones caught on camera destroying bags of sachet water

Lagos Commissioner, Tokunbo Wahab, responds after NAFDAC countered his claim that its enforcement agents were the ones caught on camera destroying bags of sachet water

Lagos Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has responded after NAFDAC countered his claim that its enforcement agents were the ones caught on camera destroying bags of sachet water   On Sunday, Wahab released a statement in reaction to claims made by some X user that the state govt officials were out destroying sachet water while enforcing its …

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“Why are humans so selfish and greedy?” Man asks as he narrates how he used his generator to pump water for co-tenants only for a tenant to sell the water to outsiders

"Why are humans so selfish and greedy?" Man asks as he narrates how he used his generator to pump water for co-tenants only for a tenant to sell the water to outsiders

A man has gone on X to narrate what a co-tenant did when he used his generator to pump water for the entire compound.  The man said there had been no electricity for three days so he decided to help his co-tenants by pumping water with his generator.  However, a fellow tenant bypassed the water elsewhere to sell to others …

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Troubled Thames Water waist-deep in trouble over sewage dumping

Troubled Thames Water waist-deep in trouble over sewage dumping

The heavy fine for the UK’s biggest water supplier comes shortly after the troubled utility company announced it was in talks with creditors to seek new equity, to prevent it running out of cash by May next year. ADVERTISEMENT UK water regulator Ofwat has fined Thames Water £104m (€124m) for its part in illegal sewage discharges into rivers and sea. …

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Lagos to ban single-use plastics, sachet water from January 2025

Lagos to ban single-use plastics, sachet water from January 2025

The Lagos State Government has announced its plans to ban the circulation of single-use plastics and sachet water starting January 2025.    The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed the upcoming ban during a stakeholders’ workshop on implementing the ban on Styrofoam and single-use plastics (SUPs) for packaging on Thursday, October 3.   Wahab said …

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Filmmaker Jade Osiberu in hot water over 2022 post about Peter Obi

Filmmaker Jade Osiberu in hot water over 2022 post about Peter Obi

On September 28, 2024, Osiberu posted on X, “My to-do list is mad long but what have I been doing all day? Social media dopamine scrolling. In T-pain’s economy?! Wonderful!” However, her lighthearted post was received with disdain, and an X user named Orji dug out an old post of hers from 2022 during the presidential campaign season, where she …

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