TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HALTS BORDER WALL WELL DRILLING IN NEW MEXICO AFTER RANCHERS RAISE WATER CONCERNS. (PHOTO).
Trump administration halts border wall well drilling in New Mexico after ranchers raise water concerns The Trump administration has ordered contractors building a border wall in New Mexico to stop drilling new wells after ranchers raised concerns that groundwater pumping for construction could worsen drought conditions and threaten their livestock. The move comes as crews work to expand border barriers across four states as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. The project has received billions in federal funding and has faced criticism from residents, environmental groups and local officials over various impacts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees construction, has said water is needed for concrete production, road construction and controlling dust. However, ranchers in southern New Mexico say water supplies are already under strain due to ongoing drought, forcing some to reduce their cattle herds. Russell Johnson, a rancher whose property bor...
Yesterday friday,the Lagos State Government confirmed two more cases of Lassa fever in the state with one of the victims already dead.The development brought the number of Lassa fever cases in the state to three,including the index case at Ahmaddiya Hospital in Ojokoro part of the state.The Commissioner for Health,Dr Jide Idris,yesterday friday said the index case was responding to treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital {LUTH}.The second victim he said is a 36 year old lady,an indigene of Kogi State who was first discovered at Naval Reference Hospital,Ojo on January 18 before she was referred to Mainland Hospital the same day and has since been receiving antiviral medication.Idris said yesterday that her condition was stable and ambulating.The third case he said died because he presented late.He is said to be a 51 year old resident of Ilasan Lekki and indigene of Edo state where he attended a wedding ceremony on December 28,last year.He was initially admitted at Divine Medical Centre in Ikoyi on January 12,this year,but died at 2 pm the same day before the result of the laboratory test that confirmed him positive was received.His corpse has been kept in the morgue in a leakproof body bag.He was to be buried yesterday,after due consultations with his family.Idris said there were eight negative cases while three others were pending for confirmation.He said his ministry had listed 447 contacts of the confirmed cases and 438 {98 percent} of the contacts were being monitored.''The three confirmed cases are not related in terms of source of infections''.The Commissioner said his ministry had requested for more Ribavirin injection and tablets,personal protective equipments {PPEs} and other items from the Federal Ministry of Health {FMOH},Abuja.The Commissioner for Environment,Hon. Samuel Adejare,said open defecation and dirty environment should be avoided in order to rid the environment of rodents.One more photo below. 
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