Month: May 2021

JUST IN: Nigeria’s oil workers on red alert, threaten nationwide strike

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NUPENG demand the Nigerian government to call Kaduna State governor to order over threat on labour leaders or all Nigetians will pay dearly for his action Oil workers in Nigeria on Tuesday threatened the total disruption of the entire oil and gas value chain nationwide over the alleged threat on the lives of the Labour leaders including President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba l, by the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai whose state is under industrial action by the labour unions, has earlier declared Mr. Wabba…

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BREAKING: We need N2.3 trillion fresh external loan, Buhari writes Senate

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  Here is the reason the President gave for all Nigerians to support and approve the $6.18 billion fresh external loan through their representatives at the Upper legislative chamber. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the approval to go for $6,18 billion fresh external loan. The request by President Buhari is contained in a letter read on Tuesday at plenary by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan. According to Buhari, the proposed loan which is equivalent of N2.3trn is to finance the 2021 budget deficit…

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How Marginal field Operators will grow Nigeria’s Oil, By Markson Ibibo

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Oil and gas policy analyst, Markson Ibibo, in this revealing article painted vivid picture of how Marginal field operators will grow Nigeria’s oil if we all support them   The Nigerian government introduced the marginal field development programme in 1996 to help grow the country’s oil and gas production by divesting the majors of dormant discoveries and making same available to indigenous operators who are nimble enough to venture into neglected terrains. The programme has seen Shell, Total, Agip, Chevron and others surrender fields which are then allocated to marginal…

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‘Let him come and arrest me’, ‘wanted’ NLC President dares Gov. El-Rufai

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  Ayuba Wabba, the Nigeria Labour Congress’s National President, has challenged Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to arrest him over the state’s ongoing workers’ strike. Following the strike, El Rufai declared Wabba and other labor leaders sought for economic sabotage. READ ALSO: WAR: El-Rufai Declares NLC President, Wabba Wanted as Strike grounds State JUST IN: EFCC Takes Over Nestoil Chairman, Ernest Azudialu’s Ikoyi Mansion ABOVE 45: Working 8 hours per day can cause Stroke, Heart disease – WHO The state’s NLC has gone on strike to protest mass worker disengagement…

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WAR: El-Rufai Declares NLC President, Wabba Wanted as Strike grounds State

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  Kaduna governor places ‘Handsome’ Reward on labour leader’s head for whoever brings information on his whereabouts, says Wabba will be prosecuted for economic sabotage   The Kaduna State government, led by Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, has declared Comrade Ayuba Wabba, the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), wanted in connection with a five-day strike in the state. The NLC has previously stated that the strike would continue unless the state government addressed the workers’ concerns. The recent sacking of 7,000 local government employees, as well as the state…

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Nigeria’s sachet water, food prices skyrocket 100% as citizens fortunes dip

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  Here, in this Platforms Africa Special report, is state-by-state food inflation rate in Nigeria + how inflation in  Africa’s biggest economy reached 18.12 per cent in April   The prices of food and water, including the sachet water, are going far beyond the reach of the poor, indicating the dwindling inflation state of the Africa’s biggest economy. Data compiled by Platforms Africa showed that the prices of bottled water and sachet water popularly called pure water by Nigerians have skyrocketed by 100 per cent. While the bottled water, which…

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ABOVE 45: Working 8 hours per day can cause Stroke, Heart disease – WHO

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  Why working smart is far better than working hard, here are WHO, ILO’s direct messages for you and other workers + research data on how long hours of work killed 745, 000 in one year World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) have said that long working hours led to 745, 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000. WHO and ILO stated this in a study published in Environment International maintained that working for 55 hours per…

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ALERT: How WhatsApp Is Sharing Your Information With Sister Firms – NITDA

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  What you must know from outcome of engagement between global policy officials of Facebook Incorporated, the owners of WhatsApp platform, and NITDA/African Network of Data Protection Authorities on 9th April, 2021.   Whatsapp has begun sharing of your information and that of other users with sister companies as its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy took effect from 15th May, 2021. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), which said this, added that it is under Section 6 (f) of the NITDA Act 2007 empowered to provide advisory to…

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How two Israelis died, 184 injured in Synagogue grandstand seating collapse

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An Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Giv’at Ze’ev northwest of Jerusalem has collapsed, killing two persons and injuring more than 184, Israeli emergency services confirmed. CNN reports that at least two people have been confirmed dead in what was described as a “mass casualty event”, the head of police for Jerusalem district told Israeli television reporters. ALSO READ: Netanyahu vows more Airstrikes as 58 Children, 134 others killed in Palestine – Report Microsoft Probed Bill Gates Over ‘Romantic Affair’ With Employee – Report How Chelsea fan slumped,…

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EKEDC procures 217 transformers, begins Massive Infrastructure Development

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Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced that it has embarked on its capital projects for the 2021 business year. The Company in a statement by its General Manager Corporate Communication Godwin Idemudia said the projects include the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of installations across its distribution network. He revealed that the projects once completed will help the Company to achieve among other things, network improvement, increase reliability and quality of supply, allow flexibility for evacuation of additional power, address safety issues and relieve overloaded transformers and substations. READ…

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