By AbdulFatai Beki
Ilorin, Jan. 30, 2021 Road medians in some major streets of llorin metropolis have become refuse dump sites which constitute health hazards to the residents, Naija247news reports.
A NAN correspondent, who monitored Saturday’s Environmental Sanitation exercise, reports that mountain of refuse littering the road medians and road sides in several parts of the state capital are gradually taken over the motor ways.
Naija247news reports that road medians at Oja-Oba market, AbdulAzeez-Attah road, Sawmill road, Emir’s road, Alimi road, Baboko market road and Sulu-Gambari road, among others, are eyesores overflowing with refuse that competes with motorists and other road users.
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A middle-aged man was crushed to death in Bolade, Oshodi area of Lagos, yesterday, during a stampede caused by commercial bus drivers, who were trying to evade arrest by policemen attached to the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit.
The operatives, as gathered, stormed the area to effect the arrest of defiant commercial drivers, who disobeyed traffic regulations.
On sighting the operatives, the drivers attempted to flee the scene. Three persons were reportedly hit in the process.
News later went round that Task Force operatives had killed some persons in the area. The news would have sparked up violence as some persons were reportedly spoiling for a showdown with the Task Force operatives, whose office is located not too far from the scene.
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Donald Trump in his last day as the President of the United States of America has granted pardoned to American rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black.
Lil Wayne in 2020 had pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a loaded weapon on a private jet while travelling to Miami.
Also pardoned is Kodak Black who is in federal prison after pleading guilty to a firearm possession charge.
Trump also pardoned his former campaign manager, Steve Bannon, former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick among other 100 on the list.
However, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and Edward Snowden were not on the list.
Lil Wayne’s pardon may not come as a surprise as the Grammy award-winning rapper had endorsed Trump for re-election in October 2020.