MAN BRUTALISES HIS PREGNANT WIFE IN ANAMBRA . (VIDEO/PHOTO).
Man brutalises his pregnant wife in Anambra In another case of domestic violence, a pregnant woman was brutally beaten by her husband in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The mother of three identified as Chinelo Francis, from Ebonyi State, said trouble began when she requested money from her husband, Peter, to prepare food. According to the young woman, she had already bought vegetable with the profit she made from her shop. Peter, also from Ebonyi, claimed he didn’t make money that day and took the children home. He returned to her shop at around 8:00 PM and insisted she close up and come home with him. She refused, explaining that the time was when she typically made most of her sales. Later, she closed up her shop, went home at 9:30 PM, prepared the children for bed, and retired. The interviewer urged her to go straight to the point, asking when the assault occurred. The woman said it happened that night. The attack left...
Officials of Ministry of the Environment clearing a blocked drainage to allow for easy flow of water at Lekki,Lagos.The Lagos State Government has said that it is building a retention pond to assist in containing flooding in the State.The Commissioner for the Environment,Dr. Babatunde Samuel Adejare disclosed this during the sensitization programme for the 2017 Water Technology and Environmental Control Exhibition and Conference {WATEC} held at Renaissance Hotel,on Monday.Adejare said that a retention pond was currently being built at Sangotedo area of Lagos State as a form of rainfall harvesting to serve as a reservoir for stormwater at the peak of the rainy season,for onward release into the Okota River after the rains subsided.The Commissioner,who was one of the respondents at the interview session of the sensitization programme,explained that the retention pond was essential as Lagos in recent times had been experiencing flash flooding due to the rise in sea level and persistent rainfall.He further expatiated that flooding all over the world was rated as the second biggest of all natural disasters,stating that the present administration has resolved to find lasting solution to the issue of flooding.The Commissioner informed that Lagos had experienced 475mm of rainfall in the last seven days,adding that the rains of 8th of July which was 178mm were more than 6monthss of rainfall in the city of Califirnia,USA.He averred that as part of the efforts to contain flooding,the government had resolved to be more stringent in the campaign against dumping of refuse in canald and drains and is ready to scale up the application of physical planning laws against the erection of building on canals,drainage channels and water courses.The Commissioner had attributed the flooding of some areas in the State to the high tide of the lagoon,persistent rainfall and high volume of storm water,as well as backflow from the lagoon to the drains instead of the drains,discharge into the lagoon.He emphasized that upon the cessation of the rain,the water would have receded as this was a clear indication that we were experiencing flashflood.Adejare stated that the retention pond was part of the State government's response to issue of flooding,in addition to the existence of about 202 primary channels that also serve as storage for storm water,while also serving to drain storm water.The Commissioner thereafter cautioned against dumping refuse in the drainages as such unheallthy acts block water channels and contributes to flooding with unpleasant consequences.More photos below.
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