Kehinde Olusegun

Lagos announces ban on styrofoam, other single-use plastics

Lagos State government yesterday announced a ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam and other single-use plastics with immediate effect. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who announced this in a statement he personally signed, said the decision was reached, following the menace which the single-use plastics, especially the non-biodegradable…

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13 students killed in China school fire

Thirteen schoolchildren died in a dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan’s Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11:00 pm (1500 GMT) Friday night, Xinhua said. Thirteen students were confirmed dead and one injured. A teacher…

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