Day: May 16, 2021

Contractor demands $400m as Mambilla Power deals tear Nigeria, Firm Apart

Precious Ibekwe

Here are the detailed reasons power contractor, Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., dragged President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration before the ICC in Paris + why this posed a fresh threat to Nigeria’s China loan A Nigerian company that lost out on a contract to build a multibillion-dollar hydropower plant has filed a $400 million arbitration claim against the nation’s government, further hampering its plans to access Chinese financing for the project. Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., a report by Bloomberg shows, accuses the government of reneging on a settlement accord agreed…

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Women are noticing changes to their Menstrual periods following COVID vaccine

Wonuola Elegbede

Can the COVID vaccine impact your Menstrual period? Here is the answer   Aside from these perhaps more obvious symptoms, people are also reporting a change in their periods after the vaccine. Dr Kate Clancy, a medical anthropologist from the States, posted on Twitter about having an unusually heavy period after she got the Moderna vaccine, and several others responded to share their own similar experiences. Included in this mix were a number of trans men and post-menopausal women who don’t normally have periods, who said they had experienced bleeding…

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Polaris Bank Unveils New Digital Bank, Boosts Nigerian’s e-payment Banking

Tade Salako

    With the rising opportunities in the e-payment systems accelerated by the COVID-19 era sweeping across the world, there are indications that one of Nigeria’s retail franchise, Polaris Bank, has thrown its hat into the ring as it unveils a new digital Bank. The Bank’s new Digital Bank which has for some time been in test mode amongst its staff and customers is set to grow its market share, targeting a new generation of digital natives and immigrants who are socially and financially aware of innovations in self-service and…

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Concerns for Nigeria as Shell Makes Significant Deepwater Oil  Discovery

Efe Wellington

    Here is why this discovery of huge oil deposit by Shell may not be a good news for Nigeria Shell Offshore Inc, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, announced a “significant” discovery at the Leopard prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Leopard well encountered more than 600 feet of net oil pay at multiple levels, according to Shell, which said evaluation was ongoing to further define development options. An oil discovery in the U.S. takes the major oil consuming nation far away from crude exporters…

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Nigeria’s Aviation workers begin strike, ground Kaduna Airport

Aliyu Aliyu

  Aviation workers will, from today Sunday, shut down flight operations at the Kaduna Airport as the various aviation unions in the country jointly resolved to proceed on an industrial action till Friday. The unions are: National Union Of Air Transport Employees, Association Of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and National Association Of Aircraft Pilots And Engineers. In a letter jointly signed by the leaders of the three bodies, the workers said the strike was in consonance with the declaration by the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State Chapter, to embark on the…

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