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  Delhi smog: Schools and colleges shut as pollution worsens Authorities in the Indian capital, Delhi, have shut all schools and colleges indefinitely amid the worsening levels of air pollution. Construction work has also been banned until 21 November but an exception has been made for transport and defence-related projects. Only five of the 11 coal-based power plants in the city have been allowed to operate. A toxic haze has smothered Delhi since the festival of Diwali. The levels of PM2.5 - tiny particles that can clog people's lungs - in Delhi are far higher than the World Health Organization's (WHO) safety guidelines. Several parts of the city recorded figures close to or higher than 400 on Tuesday, which is categorised as "severe". What's behind Delhi's terrible pollution? A watered-down COP26 deal as Delhi chokes A figure between zero and 50 is considered "good", and between 51 and 100 is "satisfactory", according to the the air quali...

  5 dead, 10 injured, 12 vehicles destroyed in Lagos gas explosion By Evelyn Usman, Bose Adelaja & Esther Onyegbula Explosion rocked Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos State, yesterday, claiming five persons, injuring 10 others and destroying 12 vehicles and  some buildings. The explosion occurred at a gas shop on 33/35, Ojekunle Street, Ladipo spareparts market at 8.15 a.m. Many people sustained injuries in the resultant stampede, while property, which monetary value could not be immediately ascertained, were also destroyed. It was also gathered that 10 persons sustained minor injuries but were treated and discharged by the medical team at the scene of the explosion. Spokesman for National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident, while Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, said the explosion occurred at an open land with shanties and shops where gas cylinders were stacked. Vanguard gathered from an eye witness that the owner of the gas sh...

  By Dapo Akinrefon, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Victoria Ojeme, Henry Ojelu, Ozioruva Aliu & Elizabeth Osayande …Only a White Paper can confirm Lekki killings, says CDS THE United Nations, United States of America, Amnesty International Nigeria, Civil Society Organisations, Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, and former Military Administrator of Ondo State, Commodore Bode George, retd, yesterday, charged Lagos State government to act on the report submitted by the panel for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters. This came as the state government reserved  its comments over the leaked report.  Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said yesterday: “No comment for now. Mr. Governor has set up a four-man committee to come up with the White Paper, until then, no comment, please.” The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as human rights violations, had on Monday, i...