Month: April 2021

IMF carpets Nigeria’s power sector, says outages impediment to growth

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Cost of doing business in Nigeria is very high on account of famous recourse to highly inefficient and harmful generator use up and down the country – IMF   Nigeria will have to implement key reforms in its power sector if the country is to  record strong economic growth this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Director of the IMF’s African Department, Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, stated this at a press briefing on the release of the Fund’s latest  Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. Responding to a question…

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Blurry Vision After Looking At Phone Screen For So Long? Here is What to do

ADEOLA YUSUF

  If you work in front of a computer all day, or spend a lot of time watching tv and playing video games, you might have noticed your eyesight getting a bit blurry. This is due to a condition known as Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), a group of eye and vision-related issues that are the result of too much screen time. The good news is CVS is not permanent and there are many things you can do to help prevent it. What causes the blurriness? You don’t have to be…

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Parents or Govt? Who to blame for Underage Admission into Nigerian Varsity?

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Why should my 15 year old be denied admission based on her age when it is not the government that will help pay her tuition fee? Is it even necessary to set admission age for students seeking admission into Nigerian Universities? What is the practice elsewhere? Here is a recap of hot debate that trailed the age limit for admission into Nigerian Universities.    Helen Essien, a social commentator, posted on CPE Network regarding how a varsity in Nigeria, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), rejected admission for an underage student,…

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Nigeria raises Red Flag as Imported Substandard ‘Ponmo’ floods market

ADEOLA YUSUF

  How we arrested Two in Rivers with truckloads of stinking, adulterated ‘ponmo’ from Madagascar – Police Agency in charge of consumables in Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has, again, warned Nigerians to exercise caution when buying animal hides, popularly known in the country as Ponmo. Ponmo a stable ‘protein’ for the poor is also consumed as one of the key soup ingredients by the rich. This came as the Rivers State government has handed two persons accompanying a truckload of these substandard animal…

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Nigeria suffers Nationwide Power outages, 17 power plants in disarray

ADEOLA YUSUF

    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

ADEOLA YUSUF

“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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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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EFCC arrests Nigeria’s top politician, ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday arrested top politician, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, over alleged money laundering. Okorocha, a serving Senator, was arrested at his office in Abuja. Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson for the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said that the news was true. “Okorocha has been arrested by our men”, he said in a telephone chat, according to a report by the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper.

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