Month: November 2020

COVID-19: Kenyan Doctors Indict Govt for 10 Specialists, 20 nurses’ death

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Doctors in Kenya have indicted the East African country of negligence, which they alleged led to the deaths of at least 30 medical workers, including 10 senior specialists. The doctoctors issued a three-week strike notice, accusing the government of failing to provide them with adequate protective gear in the fight against coronavirus. Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) on Sunday said they will go on strike unless their plight is addressed. The Union said over the last eight months, it has continuously engaged all relevant government ministries to…

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How Information Disorder Affects Protests in Africa By PROF. AYO OJEBODE

ADEOLA YUSUF

How Information Disorder Affects Protests in Africa By Ayo Ojebode, a professor of Applied Communication, University of Ibadan   Full Title: How Information Disorder Affects Protests in Africa and What Stakeholders Must Do Protests are acknowledged globally as an important aspect of democracy. This cannot be otherwise: democracy, however we define it, is a collaborative venture among diverse and, sometimes, opposing forces. Often, some groups or viewpoints feel marginalised or unfairly treated, and when the other avenues for expressing this feeling fail, they resort to protests. Protests should be welcomed…

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Lagos Varsity names Alawode first Professor of Broadcast Journalism

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Sunday Olayinka Alawode has been named the first ever Professor of Broadcast Journalism in the 37-year history of Lagos State University (LASU). Alawode, an erudite scholar of communication, has before his confirmation by the Governing Council of the institution, been an Associate Professor at the School of Communication. He was the head, Department of Broadcasting with a lot of research works on the field to his credit. This includes “Nigerian Nollywood Films and National Interest, a content analysis; Video films and Sex/Sexuality Innovation among Undergraduates in Lagos,” among others.…

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How US election was rigged, Trump declares in latest Tweet

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The United States President Donald Trump has said that the election was rigged as “no vote watchers or Observers allowed” for the poll won by his opponent, Joe Biden. “The vote was tabulated by a Radical Left privately owned company, Dominion, with a bad reputation and bum equipment that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won by a lot!),” he added in his latest tweet on Sunday, in which he, as usual, accused “the Fake & Silent Media, and more!” His opponent in the 2020 presidential election, Joe…

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has safety, longevity hurdles to clear – Experts

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Covid-19 vaccine results from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE fueled optimism that the world will soon have a potential way out of the pandemic, yet experts cautioned that the shot still has many hurdles to clear, Times of India reported. Questions about production, distribution and, most importantly, the performance and capability of the shot itself still need to be answered, even if the numbers look highly promising, according to vaccine specialists. The vaccine needs to be refregerated below -80 degree and no facility in all the developing countries like Nigeria…

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Naira falls to month’s lowest, now 470 per dollar ‌

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigeria’s unit of exchange, Naira, weakened to 470 against the United States dollar in the parallel market at the weekend despite the interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the official window. The nation’s currency had traded at N465, N466 and N468 against the greenback on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively. But it fell on Friday to its weakest level in more than a month. According to Bloomberg, the naira closed at 382.10 per dollar on the spot market, where the CBN sells limited amounts of the…

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Go learn Vocational Skill, Travel Indefinitely, ASUU tells Varsity Students

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised students to forget immediate resumption and begin to either settle for vocational skills or travel abroad for fun. ASUU added that since the Federal Government was not ready to address lecturers demands, students should use the strike period to assist their parents in developing the family business, become an active social worker in religious houses and other groups within their community. The union, who gave the advice in a statement released on Thursday on its social media account, entitled; “Seven…

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NNPC sheds light on hike in Petrol Ex-Coastal, Ex-Depot Price

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that although there was a slight increase in the price based on the prevailing realities of market forces of demand and supply, the correct prices, as can be seen on PPMC’s  “Customer Express” platform (online portal for procurement of petroleum products) are: Ex-Coastal Price – N128, and Ex-Depot Price (with collection) – N153.17. The Corporation said this in a statement, adding that it was aware of a document widely circulating in the media purporting an increase in the PPMC Ex-Coastal Price and…

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NAPE tackles Nigeria’s oil reserves challenges, rallies Osinbajo for Confab

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Highest body of Petroleum explorationists in Nigeria, Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists, (NAPE) has declared plans to host country’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and other top government and industry leaders to a discourse on emerging Concepts, opportunities and Challenges to Nigeria’s Hydrocarbon Reserves. President of NAPE, Alex Tarka, who declared this at a virtual press conference to announce the group’s 2020 international Conference and Exhibition, noted that the association, which clocked 45 this year, has tremendously contributed to the development of the oil and gas industry. Stating that…

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How 70-year-old Nigeria man impregnated teenage grand-daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A 70-year-old man, Hunsu Sunday, was on November 10, 2020 arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for defiling his 15-year-old granddaughter (name withheld), impregnating her. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Friday in a statement. Oyeyemi said the suspect was apprehended following a complain lodged by the aunt of the victim, who reported that the victim has been living with her grandfather since the demise of her mother. She stated further that the victim came to inform her that her…

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