Day: May 4, 2023

UTME: Meet Lotanna Azuokeke, Candidate Who Scored 99 Over 100 in Maths

ADEOLA YUSUF

Master Lotanna Azuokeke, a student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), the Founder of the school. READ ALSO: 2023 WASSCE Starts Monday, May 8 – WAEC Releases Timetable Strike: Nigerian Govt’s Threat Annoying, Resident Doctors Fire Back Six Ways to Avoid Being Kidnapped in Nigeria…

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Agip Renews FPSO Contract For Development Of Abo Field

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Agip Exploration, a subsidiary of Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni, has executed another short-term contract extension to BW Offshore for one of its floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, which is working on an offshore field in Nigeria. BW Offshore revealed that it had signed a new short-term extension for the Abo FPSO, allowing the vessel to work on the Abo field until 31 May 2023. The FPSO has been carrying out operations on the Abo field with Eni’s Agip since the start of production in 2003.…

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Shell Reports $9.6Bn Adjusted Earnings In Q1, 2023

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oil major, Shell  has reported an adjusted earnings of $9.6bn in the first quarter of 2023, with more cash on the way for shareholders. Total distributions from the energy giant to its holders during Q1 totalled $6.3bn, drawing criticism of the firm amid the cost-of-living crisis. Shell announced today a further $4bn of share buybacks, to be completed by the second quarter of the year, which follows another $4bn announced in Q4 which is now completed. READ ALSO: WAEC Announces Date For Commencement Of 2023 Examination Some Little Details You Did…

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2023 WASSCE Starts Monday, May 8 – WAEC Releases Timetable

Abibat Babalola

The 2023 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will hold for seven weeks, spanning 8 May to 23 June. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) announced this at a pre-examination press briefing Thursday in Lagos. The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, in his remarks noted that a total of 1,621,853 candidates across 20,851 government and private schools registered for the examination. READ ALSO: Some Little Details You Did Not Know About Ekweremadu Case, By Emeka Ugwuonye Strike: Nigerian Govt’s Threat Annoying, Resident Doctors Fire Back Breaking: Sudan:…

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Details You Did Not Know About Ekweremadu Case, By Emeka Ugwuonye

ADEOLA YUSUF

David Ukpo Nwamini is the 21-year old Lagos street hawker who was to give his kidney to Ekweremadu’s daughter IN London. When he was interviewed at the hospital in London, they asked him if he knew he was to donate his kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu. He first told them that he had no money to donate. They explained to him that it was his kidney that he was to donate. He asked them what was kidney. Initially, the doctors thought it was a question of language, since David’s English was…

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Strike: Nigerian Govt’s Threat Annoying, Resident Doctors Fire Back

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has reiterated its stance on its demands from the Federal Government and restated its threat to go on strike if the demands are not met. The doctors are demanding an immediate increase in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salaries of doctors. The doctors also want the immediate withdrawal of the bill seeking to compel medical and dental graduates to render five-year compulsory services in Nigeria before being granted full licence to practise. READ…

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Breaking: Sudan: First Batch Of Nigerians From Egypt Arrive

ADEOLA YUSUF

The first batch of Nigerians from war-torn Sudan via Egypt have arrived in Nigeria. The Air Peace plane bearing the Nigerians landed at exactly 11:35pm at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. READ ALSO: Meet Ajay Banga, Newly Appointed President of World Bank Meet Ajay Banga, Newly Appointed President of World Bank Buhari Reappoints Dabiri-Erewa As NiDCOM Chairman The aircraft had departed Aswan International Airport, Egypt at about 5:30pm. The Air Peace flight departed at about the same time with that of the Nigerian Air Force, which used its Charlie 130.…

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