To save this word, you’ll need to log in. New York City, for its southern apple cobbler recipe, has also received tens of thousands of migrants in recent months who entered the U.

Disproportionate media and political attention is often paid to discretionary spending in the budget, such as expenditures on defense, some social programs or the wall at the southern border. But Biden’s move responded to the widespread concern among voters who feel that the southern border is out of control. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. Texas authorities say that nine individuals were rescued from a rail car Wednesday after attempting to cross the southern border illegally. Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 12 Jan. This week, President Joe Biden made his first trip to the southern border of his presidency.

Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. President Joe Biden will meet with Mexican officials Monday to discuss how to stop illicit drugs from coming through the southern border, a problem that continues to fuel a new wave of the deadly fentanyl crisis across the United States. Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. All leaders present called for the federal government to step up and help handle the situation at the southern border. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military said several blasts tore through factory buildings housing Russian troops in the occupied city of Tokmak in the southern Zaporizhzhia region late Thursday, sparking a fire.

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Solve today’s spelling word game by finding as many words as you can with using just 7 letters. Can you make 12 words with 7 letters? Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. Spelling isn’t all black and white. Learn a new word every day. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Geographically, Lagos State is dominated by bodies of water with nearly a quarter of the state’s area being bodies of water.

Lagos State has been inhabited for years by various indigenous ethnic groups, primarily the majority Yoruba people that live throughout the state but also the Ewe and Ogu peoples in the far west. Before the Portuguese name of Lagos had been adopted, Lagos’ initial name was Eko which referred mainly to the Island. The first to settle in Eko were the Aworis in the 15th century and the Binis in the 16th century. It was in 1760 that the name Lagos was adopted by the Portuguese. Naming it after a city in Southern Portugal which was used as port for Slave Trade. In 1861, Oba Docemo was the one who signed the treaty making Lagos a British Colony. Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No.

14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria into a federation of 12 states. Lagos is the most populous city in Lagos State, Nigeria as a whole, and the continent of Africa. The conurbation is one of the most populous in the world. Ikeja is the state capital of Lagos State. Ikeja is a planned residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government reserved areas. The Murtala Mohammed International Airport is in Ikeja.