Day: April 15, 2021

Nigeria suffers Nationwide Power outages, 17 power plants in disarray

Efe Wellington

    Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, has, again, been thrown into another nationwide power outages buoyed by sixteen thermal and hydroelectric plants that are now hit by serious problems. While eight of the plants have broken down,  one hdro is shut; seven integrated plants suffered gas constraint and one other hydro has water management problems. The Ministry of Power, Sale Mamman, who confirmed this on a statement to Platforms Africa on Thursday, maintained that he was “not unaware of the current power outages/shortages bedeviling many parts of the country.” The…

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Wife Jailed For Looking Through Husband’s Phone Without Permission

Wonuola Olujobi

“Judgement well delivered, will deter other women from checking husbands’ phones anyhow” “…No, it is barbaric, only cheating husband afraid of wife’s access to his phone.” The controversial Judgement ignites hot reactions on Twitter   A woman, accused by her husband of privacy invasion through reading messages on his phone without permission, has been jailed for three months. The husband filed a lawsuit against her at a court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , accusing her of invading his privacy, and she was put on trial that eventually led…

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Water Scarcity Looms in Ghana, Utility Firm announces 7-day Supply Cut

Aoko Benjamin

  From General Hospital to Tema Industrial, here is the long list of areas to be affected by the supply interruption + lessons a Ghana government functionary wants Nigerian utility firms to learn from Water Company in his country.   Ghana Water Company Limited has announced a four-day water supply interruption in Tema region, which it said could “cause inconvenience” particularly scarcity of the essential commodity. The company, which said this in an official letter conveying announcement of the interruption to all the affected customers obtained by Platforms Africa, stated…

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria loses 70,156MW electricity to gas flaring in 31 days

  A total of 17.174 bcf of gas burnt by Oil Producers in January can, based on available generation, power the entire nation for 20 days + JVs, PSCs and NPDC’s contributions to gas flaring in January   The volume of gas burnt by oil producers in Nigeria in 31 days of January could generate 70,156 Mega Watt (MW) of electricity, Platforms Africa reports authoritatively. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation with approximately 200 million people, is presently suffering from acute shortage in electricity supply blamed mostly by electricity generators on…

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Why Lagos Took Over Amputee Sachet-Water Hawker’s Welfare – Sanwo-Olu

Gbenga Adeoye

  Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given reasons the government took over welfare of a 26-year-old homeless amputee and single mother, Mary Daniel, who came to limelight during the weekend after her pictures where she was hawking sachet water to make ends meet surfaced online. He disclosed that the single mother, whose tragic story trended on social media platforms over the weekend, have been relocated to temporary shelter for safety after her pictures surfaced online, a situation that meant many people can easily recognise her.…

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