Day: August 10, 2022

Serena Williams Announces Retirement From Tennis

Scott Matthew

‘Why I have never liked the word retirement’ – Williams Serena Williams is stepping away from tennis after the upcoming US Open, although she’s not quite ready to put a firm date on it, or even say the word ‘retirement.’ ‘I have never liked the word,’ Williams wrote in the latest issue of Vogue. ‘It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important…

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Shell Pays $1.9bn Royalty, Taxes To Nigeria In Two Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oil giant spends $1.6bn on contracts to indigenous firms as Country Chair, Osagie Okunbor, expresses strong ties with Nigeria   Shell Companies in Nigeria has paid $1.886 billion ($1.9bn approximate) on royalty and taxes to the Nigerian government in the two years period of 2020 and 2021. Platforms Africa reports that the oil giant also said it spent over $1.6 billion on contracts to indigenous firms in the country during same period. A 2021 briefing note from the company, which contained these figures showed that Shell paid $986 million in…

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Girl Finishes Varsity At 18, Tops Class With First Class In Software Engineering

Abibat Babalola

This is Deborah Idumu, the brilliant girl who graduated with first class from Babcock University at just 18. Deborah didn’t just graduate with first class, she was the overall best graduating student in her department, Software Engineering. READ ALSO: Ijebu East Chairman, Wale Adedayo’s Daughter Scores Five A1 In WASSCE Why MAPOLY Lecturer, Wasiu Tejuoso, Won Ogun Merit Award – Organisers OAU College Of Health Sciences Marks 50th Anniversary Beyond Logo And Bird: Untold Tale of Tech Titan, Twitter At just 18, Deborah is already a good Full-Stack Developer, with…

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