Day: March 22, 2022

Nigerian School Toilet Collapses, Kills Two Children

Aliyu Aliyu

Two children have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed toilet of UK Bello Memorial Primary School, Paiko, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, North-central Nigeria. READ ALSO: Autopsy Report Says 1 Yr-Old Pupil Given 31 Strokes of Cane Died of Shock JSS 3 Pupil Kidnaps 4-Year-Old Girl, Demands ₦70,000 Ransom School Pupil Shot Dead, Two Injured As Inter-House Sports Turn Bloody Nigerians to Pay More For DStv, GOtv As MultiChoice Hikes Prices Daily Trust, which reported this, added that it was yet to be ascertained what…

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TotalEnergies Joins Rivals Shell, BP To Quit Russian Oil Supply Deals

Efe Wellington

  BP is facing write-downs of $25 billion for its Russian exit and Shell of over $3 billion.   French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said on Tuesday it would not renew its Russian gasoil and crude oil supply contracts for its German refinery, but would source gasoil from Saudi Arabia and crude via Poland instead. The firm, with stakes in several Russian projects, has come under criticism after it stopped short of joining rivals Shell and BP (BP.L) in planning to divest oil and gas assets in Russia. European sanctions…

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Ghana Imposes Record Interest Rate Hike, Battles Debt Crisis

Aoko Benjamin

Restaurants and bakeries have downsized menus and laid off staff. The national taxi drivers union has threatened to strike over spiralling fuel costs, and the main lending rate hiked by 250 basis points to 17% is the largest increase in Ghana’s history   Ghana’s central bank announced its biggest ever interest rate hike on Monday as it seeks to slow rampant inflation that threatens to create a debt crisis in one of West Africa’s largest economies. The Bank of Ghana, a report by Reuters showed, raised its main lending rate…

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Nigerians to Pay More For DStv, GOtv As MultiChoice Hikes Prices

Gbenga Adeoti

Here is the full list of the packages and their new prices, as well as the reason MultiChoice gave for the price increment   MultiChoice has announced a hike in the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria from April, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that this was announced in a statement on Tuesday, in which the company stated that the rising costs of inflation and business operations led to the increment in the prices of the packages. READ ALSO: Meet Olaoluwa Oluwadara, West Africa’s Youngest PhD Holder in…

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How Mali’s Detained ex-Prime Minister Was Hospitalised, Died Amidst Trial

Aoko Benjamin

The government issued a statement later on Monday announcing that Maiga died after a “long illness” and presenting condolences to the family. Details have emerged on how Mali’s former prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, arrested over corruption allegations last year, died of an undisclosed illness in hospital on Monday. Maiga, 68, was detained in August over his suspected role in the purchase of a presidential plane during the rule of ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, ousted in a military coup a year earlier. He was charged with multiple counts of graft…

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Meet Olaoluwa Oluwadara, West Africa’s Youngest PhD Holder in Maths

Amodu Ganiyu

Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara, who had his Ph.D at the age of 24, won the University of Bangui’s All-Time Best Student Award from the Department of Mathematics (BSc.), Best BSc. Student Award in Physics, 2007, and Best MSc. Awards in Physics and Mathematics respectively in 2008   Dr. Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara had his Ph.D., at the age of 24, in Mathematics, making him the youngest West African with a doctorate degree. The Ekiti State indigene, born in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), who graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, as…

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