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EID-EL-FITRI: LAWMA CALLS FOR RESPONSIBLE WASTE DISPOSAL.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE

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 Eid-El-Fitri: LAWMA Calls for Responsible Waste Disposal … to provide backup services during the festivities The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has called on residents to properly bag and dispose of their waste, through their PSP operators, during and after the Eid-El-Fitri festivities. Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, in a statement issued today, disclosed that the Authority had put adequate measures in place to ensure that the celebration was observed in a dirt-free environment. He said, “As we mark this year’s Eid-El-Fitri, it is important that we do so in an environment-friendly manner. For this reason, we have put adequate measures in place to ensure that cleanliness is maintained across the metropolis during and after this period”. He noted LAWMA’s resolve to tackle all forms of improper waste disposal in the state, which had led to environmental degradation, appealing to residents to patronise only assigned PSP operators and shun garbage cart...

85 YEAR OLD MAN GOODLUCK,BEHEADED OVER LAND DISPUTE IN BENIN.

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                           According to sources,a 85 year old man Goodluck Uwumahongie,who is a community leader in Arougba village,in Oredo Local Government Area of Benin Edo state,was beheaded by unknown persons over land tussle.The Police sources confirm that the killers left the victims head.The assailants were said to have shot Goodluck Uwumahongie before they chopped off his head.He was said to have been alone at his inlaws residence at Irhirhi village when the attackers struck.It was gathered that Goodluck had fled to Irhirhi,following the crisis that was trailed to a land dispute at Aruogba,where many houses were burnt and three persons killed.Goodluck's widow Julie confirmed the killing of her husband and said that it was because of that land dispute that her husband was killed.She claimed one Osamwonyi has earlier threaten to kill her husband before and after the crisis.She was hiding her husband in her fath...

2 POLICEMEN KILLED YESTERDAY,AS THIEVES ATTACKED A POLICE STATION IN IKORODU.

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               According to Kenneth Nwosu,the Lagos State Police Command Public Relation Officer,who confirmed the incident that took place yesterday/midnight monday at Owutu Police station Owutu Agric Ikorodu,Lagos,said ''Oil thieves engaged the policemen in a fierce battle in the midnight.The men were about 30,killed two of our officers.The oil thieves sustained various degrees of injuries during the duel and they escaped but our men are on their trail.Investigation is ongoing as we are looking at bringing them to justic because this is really unlawfl''.Other sources said that the thieves who were from Ijaw,had been arrested and detained by the police at the station yesterday monday,but the thieves regrouped and attacked the police station,killing two police corporals in the process.