Day: March 15, 2022

Kwara Tops North Central Zone, Emerges 6th Best in National Maths Contest

Dawood Rabiu

  The priority treatment given education in Kwara State by the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration, is steadily yielding fruit as the performance of students from schools in the state in national school competitions attest. The latest evidence of the solid investments in qualitative manpower and welfare of employees in the education sector, came on Monday during a preliminary national mathematics competitions at the National Mathematical Centre in Abuja. In a performance that has been hailed by teachers and policymakers who attended the event, Miss Aishah Zakariyah, a Junior Secondary School(JSS)…

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JUST IN: National Grid Collapses Again 2nd Time in 24 hours, 3rd in 2022

ADEOLA YUSUF

Less than 24 hours after the National Electricity Transmission System generally known as the national grid was restored, the grid has collapsed again on Tuesday. Platforms Africa reports that this grid collpase, which occured around 5:10 pm today, Tuesday March 15, is the second in 24 hours and the third collpase this year. It would be recalled that the national asset has earlier collapsed on Monday, March 14, plungung the entire country into blackout. READ ALSO: BREAKING: National Grid Collapses, Plunges Nigeria Into Darkness I Am Angry With State of…

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NCC to Sustain the Drive for Digital Economy Transformation – Danbatta

Aliyu Aliyu

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has emphasised the commitment of the Commission to continually drive initiatives that accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure, in order to enhance economic transformation of Nigeria. Danbatta reiterated the commitment of the Commission while speaking at the NCC Day, at the recently-concluded 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair, organised by the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA). Speaking on the overarching theme of the event “Strategising Nigerian Economy for Global Competitiveness,”…

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Sahara Group Urges Investments in Africa to Achieve Low Carbon World

Precious Ibekwe

Sahara Group has urged developed countries to embark on intentional technological investment in sustainable projects in Africa and other developing economies to enhance global efforts towards achieving a low carbon world. A statement sent to Platforms Africa quoted the Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group, Ejiro Gray, to have said this, adding that the energy access must be a critical part of the ongoing energy transition conversation, especially in developing economies. Gray emphasised the need for developed economies to take greater responsibility for moving the world closer to low carbon…

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