Day: September 3, 2022

10 Buildings Razed As Petrol-Laden Tanker Explodes In Ogun

Abibat Babalola

No fewer than ten buildings were razed on Saturday after a tanker laden with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, well known as petrol, exploded in Olambe-Matogun Road in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The explosion was said to have occurred after the tanker driver conveying the petrol to a filling station in the area lost control of the vehicle due to the bad road. READ ALSO: Why Most Career Men, Women’ll End Up Suffering Chronic Back Pains Use Grants To Assist Africa’s Fight Against Climate Change, UNFCC…

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Why Most Career Men, Women’ll End Up Suffering Chronic Back Pains

Ganiyu Amodu

What do sex and sedentary lifestyle have to do with back pains? Senior doctor, Omotuyi Mebawondu gives all you may need to know, including tips on how to live a life devoid of terrible pains and inflammation in the spines, during the Platforms Africa e-Discourse. Excerpts;   Chronic spine/back pain (inflammation) may not kill, it makes those who suffer it beg for death. What is back or spine pain? The back is the part of the body extending from the base of the skull behind to just before the opening…

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Assist Africa’s Fight Against Climate Change With Grants, UNFCC to Partners

Francis KOKUTSE

Financing of climate change projects across Africa should not put the continent back into debt, for this reason, funding for adaptation and mitigation should be in the form of grants, the deputy executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Mr Ovais Sarmad has said. Speaking on the side-lines at the Africa Climate Week (ACW) in Libreville, Gabon, Mr Sarmad said, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), are all involved in the provision of financing to climate adaptation projects…

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Meet Nigerian Who Built Earthquake-Proof House With 14,800 Plastic Bottles

ADEOLA YUSUF

How Yahaya Ahmed’s house, first of its kind in Africa, has turned to a tourist attraction for foreigners, put Yelwa, a small Kaduna village, on the global map, and encouraged recycling of waste materials for a safer environment   What do you do with plastic bottles after you have emptied their content? A Nigerian has built a house in Kaduna using 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottles as bricks. Yahaya Ahmed, an engineer and the director of a non-governmental organisation, Developmental Association of Renewable Energies in Nigeria (DARE), said the house was built…

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How NLNG Awarded 10 Overseas Post-Graduate Scholarships in 2022

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Monday in Port Harcourt awarded post-graduate scholarships to ten (10) Nigerians to pursue Masters degrees at universities in the United Kingdom. The scholarships were awarded at the 2022 NLNG Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme (PGSS) Award Ceremony by Mr. Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, on behalf of the Company, a statement by Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, Acting Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, read. NLNG offers post-primary, undergraduate and post-graduate scholarships to students in its host communities and across the country. The Post-Graduate Scholarship…

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Argentina Vice President Escapes Assassination, Football Matches Suspended

Ganiyu Amodu

All football matches in Argentina were suspended on Friday after an assassination attempt on the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) made the announcement Thursday night after the attack, which took place in Buenos Aires. READ ALSO You’re Tennis GOAT, Oprah, Woods Say As Serena Williams Bows Out Nigeria CMG-Women’s Relay Team Member Fails Doping Test, Country Loses Gold Customs Boss Queries NNPC’s ’60m Ltrs’ Daily Consumption Figure Ghanaians Pay More For Electricity, Water As Tariff Hike Begins Fernandez de Kirchner was arriving at…

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BREAKING: ADC Suspends Presidential Candidate 175 Days To Election

Aliyu Aliyu

Details of the political party in crisis with members’ fight-to-finish buttons activated   Barely 175 days to the 2023 presidential election scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023, crisis is rocking one of the political parties in the contest – African Democratic Congress (ADC). The ADC on Saturday suspended its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu , accusing him of making a false, misguided and defamatory video, among other infractions. READ ALSO: Popular APC Chieftain Assassinated In Lagos + PHOTO JUST IN: PDP Splits, Wike Leads Southern Caucus As Crisis Degenerates Customs Boss…

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You’re Tennis GOAT, Oprah, Woods Say As Serena Williams Bows Out

Ganiyu Amodu

“A time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction. That time is always hard when you love something so much.. ” Full statement emotional Williams penned on her exit   Many prominent supporters of Serena Williams and her fellow sportsperson have come out to pour eulogies on the tennis champion with some of them describing her as the game’s greatest of all times (GOAT). Williams suffered a likely career-ending defeat when she was knocked out of the US Open on Friday by Australia’s Ajla…

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Nigeria’s Total Debt Profile Hits N41.60trn —DMO

Abibat Babalola

The Debt Management Office, DMO, has disclosed that Nigeria’s total debt profile risen to N41.60 trillion as at March, 2022. The Director-General, DMO, Patience Oniha made the disclosure during her appearance at the ongoing engagement on the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, Patience Oniha Fiscal Policy Paper held by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance yesterday. She attributed Nigeria’s high debt profile to shortfall in revenues and the deficit in the annual budget as approved by the National Assembly. These, according to her, increased the debt…

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Customs Boss Queries NNPC’s ’60m Ltrs’ Daily Consumption Figure

ADEOLA YUSUF

“if the NNPC puts daily consumption of PMS at 60 million litres, why does it allow 98 million litres to be lifted daily from the depots?”   The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali, has questioned the figures for the daily consumptions of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. According to Col. Ali, if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation puts daily consumption of PMS at 60 million litres, why does it allow 98 million litres to be lifted daily from the depots? He stated…

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