Day: June 23, 2023

$250k Per Person: What You Don’t Know About Passengers Who Died On Titanic Submersible

Ganiyu Amodu

‘None of them is poor’: Their names and how much they paid for their journey to eternity       Five men, including one teenager, have been declared dead days after they left for a voyage in a 22-foot submersible to see the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. The passengers were well known for their devotion to extreme exploration, desire to collect artifacts from the Titanic or their exorbitant wealth. Each paid $250,000 to ride on the submersible. Below is the details about them: 1. OceanGate…

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19-yr-old killed In Titan submarine Was ‘Terrified’ About Trip, Joined Crew To Please Father — Aunt reveals

Abibat Babalola

The university student who was killed in the tragic Titanic submarine ‘implosion’ was ‘terrified’ about the trip and only joined the crew to please his dad for Father’s Day, his heartbroken aunt has revealed. Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19, were two of the five victims killed instantly when the OceanGate submersible suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ just 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard announced on Thursday. The other victims were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet and British…

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DisCos Raked In N247.3 Bn from Customers in 3 Months

Aliyu Aliyu

STATISTICS: NBS gives details of what Nigerians paid to 11 distribution companies between January and Match, 2023   The Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected revenue of N247.33 billion from consumers in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The DisCOs collected N232.32 billion in the preceding Q4 2022. The NBS Nigeria Electricity Report for Q1 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday showed that on a year-on-year basis, revenue generated rose by 20.81 per cent from N204.74 billion recorded in Q1 2022. READ ALSO:…

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NLNG, Rivers Renew Commitment to Healthcare, Infrastructural Development

Efe Wellington

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the Rivers State Government have renewed their commitment to developing healthcare and infrastructure in the State. During a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, NLNG’s Executive Management, Dr. Philip Mshelbila (Managing Director and Chief Executive) and Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye (Deputy Managing Director), assured the Rivers State government of the company’s continuous support for the State through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes to meet common goals of sustainable development. READ ALSO: LASU Record Breaker: How I Survived on Garri,…

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LASU Record Breaker: How I Survived on Garri, Lived on Varsity Premises Without Room

Damilola Olonade

Sanwo-Olu gifts Yusuf Aminat N10 million for breaking LASU 5.00 CGPA record, first time in 40 years   “For most part of my days as an undergraduate, I lived in the university premises, because I had no hostel, and going home everyday would have been absolutely inconvenient.”     The best graduating student for the 2021/2022 set in Lagos Stat University (LASU), Aminat Yusuf, says she settled for garri and groundnuts for a larger part of her undergraduate days. Yusuf said the right mentoring by lecturers, hard work, and God’s…

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