Day: June 16, 2021

JUST IN: Plane Crashes After Takeoff, Kills 3 in Eastern DR Congo

Aoko Benjamin

The plane, which was leaving the Kavumu airport for Shabunda, crashed after takeoff   Three people were killed in a plane crash Wednesday at Kavumu airport in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Radio Okapi, a United Nations-run radio station.   READ ALSO: JUST IN: How 5 NAF officers, 2 crew died in Abuja plane crash + NAMES 7 toddlers, 55 others on board “disappeared” Boeing 737 Plane – Official REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor   The three killed in the plane crash were two crew members and one passenger said Radio Okapi in a tweet. According to Radio Okapi, the…

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Oil price hits $74.44 per barrel, highest since 2018

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

  Prices of crude oil, biggest revenue earner for Nigeria, on Wednesday, hit $74.44 per barrel, the highest level since 2018. Platforms Africa reports that this came after a report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday showed a substantial draw in US crude oil inventories of 8.537-million barrels for the week ending June 11.   READ ALSO: Nigeria Pays Oil Marketers, Others N940.2bn Subsidy, Debt Stock Hits N33trn African Oil Producers Mull Breakaway From Foreign Lenders’ Funding Yoke Nigeria hands over Marginal Oil blocks’ licenses to Winners +…

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West Africa’s Biggest Power Plant, Egbin, Mulls Fresh 1,900MW Expansion

'Kanyinsolami Yusuf

  Egbin Power oils partnership with NNPC to boost Gas-To-Power, Energy Transition   Biggest thermal power generation company in West Africa, Egbin Power Plc, has declared expansion investment plan for its Phase 2 project. The project will add 1,900 MW to the power generation pool in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy. The Company and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have also pledged to collaborate towards ensuring sustainable power supply and boosting Nigeria’s energy transition through optimisation of gas-to-power initiatives.   READ ALSO: Egbin records 360MW daily shortfall, mulls $40m investment…

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Advans Nigeria Partners LUTH, Celebrates World Blood Donor Day 

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

To commemorate this year’s World Blood Donor Day, staff of Advans Nigeria, including the MD/CEO Mr. Gaetan Debuchy participated in a Blood Donation Drive at their Head Office Annex in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Blood Donor Day aims to raise global awareness of the need for safe transfusion of blood and blood products while celebrating the critical contributions made by voluntary, unpaid blood donors to national health systems.   READ ALSO: Lies People Aged 40 and Above Believe about Their Health +…

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