Day: February 2, 2023

Heavily Pregnant Woman Dies Over New Naira Crisis

Aliyu Aliyu

How my wife bled, died with baby after banks refused to give me my money needed for hospital bill, husband narrates pity-evoking incident   Heavily pregnant woman in kasuwan magani, kajuru LGA in Kaduna, who was due for delivery, lost her life after all effort by her husband to withdraw money from the bank failed. Narrating the ordeal, James auta said He went with his wife to the hospital on Monday, where the doctor asked him to deposit money before he started to examine her. READ ALSO: Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs…

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Tell Shell To Pay Damages For oil Spill, 11,000 Nigerians To London Court

Efe Wellington

Over 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court, the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for the actions of overseas subsidiaries. In 2021, the UK Supreme Court allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Shell in the English courts after years of oil spills had contaminated land and groundwater. READ ALSO: Shell, AFC, GTBank, 6 Other Banks Drag Aiteo to Court Over $2bn Debts Fake…

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Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs kill 267,000 Nigerians, Others In 1 Year

Aoko Benjamin

Falsified and substandard antibiotics kill additional 169,271 sub-sahara Africans   In Nigeria and other nations im sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report found. In addition, up to 169,271 are linked to falsified and substandard antibiotics used to treat severe pneumonia in children. Trafficking these products is also taking a direct economic toll on affected countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that caring for people who have used falsified…

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Pay New Notes Over The Counter, CBN Orders Banks As Cash Crunch Worsens

Aliyu Aliyu

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to commence the payment of the new Naira notes over the counter. This came as cash Crunch being suffered by Nigerians worsened. However, this new order by CBN is subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000. Before now, the redesigned notes could only be paid through ATMs. The bank has also vowed to go after sellers and abusers of the Naira, stating that they shall be prosecuted by the apex bank, the police, and other agencies. READ ALSO:…

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Australian Varsities Return To ‘Pen On Paper’ Exams After Students Used AI Software To Write Perfect Essays

Adesupo Ososanya

What to know about ChatGPT, latest artificial intelligence software for ‘perfect’ essays, news and articles writings   Australian universities have been forced to change the way they run exams and other assessments amid fears students are using emerging artificial intelligence software to write essays. Major institutions have added new rules which state that the use of AI is cheating, with some students already caught using the software. But one AI expert has warned universities are in an “arms race” they can never win. READ ALSO: Top 10 Best Universities in…

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You’re a Failure, You’re a Liar; Amosun, Abiodun In Battle Royale

Gbenga Adeoti

How the Ogun governorship election will be won and lost: Full statement by both prominent friends turned political foes   Former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his successor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, have, again, clashed as campaign on who occupies the Oke-mosan governor’s office hots up. While Amosun labelled Abiodun as a monumental failure, the governor described Amosun as a Liar christening him Irokunle, who “renovated a Model School built for N830 million with N3 billion.” READ ALSO: Court Sacks Biyi Otegbeye, Others As Ogun ADC Gov, Assembly…

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