Month: July 2024

Ghana Faces Return To Blackout, Energy Debt Dispute Worsens

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ghana, which has finally made progress on restructuring its external debt, is still in dispute with two of its electricity suppliers over arrears. Minister of Finance Mohammed Amin Adam said earlier this month that the nation owes its power producers $1 billion, of which deals have been reached to restructure much of that debt. But the head of an energy lobby group said the right figure was $2.2 billion. “We don’t simply count our monthly invoices and deduct what payments have been made,” said Elikplim Apetorgbor, chief executive officer of…

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Submit Cargo Price Quotes Monthly, NUPRC Orders Oil Producers, Refiners

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Weeks after Dangote Refinery alleged sabotage by IOCs to starve it of crude stock;’ Here are the details of the crucial meeting where upstream oil sector’s regulator and producers agreed on sustainable crude supply to local refiners   About five weeks after Dangote Refinery alleged sabotage by International Oil Companies (IOCs) to starve it of crude stock, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has directed producers and refiners to provide tje commission with cargo price quotes on crude supply and delivery for effective monitoring and regulation of transactions among…

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Calendar Method For Natural Family Planning

ADEOLA YUSUF

Play Well, Play Safe Without A Goal: Simple rhythm way to calculate free period for women before and after ovulation.   Overview The calendar method, also called the rhythm method or the calendar rhythm method, is a form of natural family planning. To use the rhythm method, you track your menstrual history to predict when you’ll ovulate. This helps you determine when you’re most likely to conceive. Choices If you’re hoping to get pregnant, you can use the rhythm method to determine the best days to have sex. Similarly, if…

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England Defeat Netherlands 2-1 To Reach Euro 2024 Final

ADEOLA YUSUF

. To face Spain On Sunday . Super Sub: Ollie Watkins scores his first goal ever in major tournament for England   England have reached the Euro 2024 final after Ollie Watkins’ superb last-minute strike secured a 2-1 win over the Netherlands to face Spain on Sunday. A lively start in Dortmund saw Xavi Simons punish Declan Rice in possession with a stunning strike from range. But the Three Lions responded, just as they did against Switzerland before still requiring penalties to reach the semi-finals, with Harry Kane fouled by…

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TRIBE OF THE WET SUN: A Review, By Akpandem James

ADEOLA YUSUF

Perhaps because there have been some contentions in the recent past between authors and historians on the ancestry of the Ibibio, particularly their roots in Akwa Ibom State, the author at the beginning of the book issued a caveat lector. In the preface, in which he prefers to use the other word proem, the author, Kufre Ntuk, made it clear that his narrative is neither to contradict nor validate any of the schools of thought on the subject matter of Ibibio origin, migration/dispersal and settlement. His is just a work…

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Five Key Things To Know About Lagos Electricity Bill

ADEOLA YUSUF

The bill by Lagos, a state that hosts two major power distribution companies (EKEDC and Ikeja Electric), to own its electricity market has reached its crescendo. Here, according to the lawmakers, are the implications of this to residents and businesses in the state     Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday said the Electricity Bill currently before the House is the confirmation of the state government’s zeal to ensure regular and uninterrupted power supply to residents. Platforms Africa reports that this came…

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You Concocted Figures To Embarrass Me, My Govt – El-Rufai Hits Gov Sani

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, once again took his successor, Governor Uba Sani, to the cleaners, chastising him for concocting financial figures to indict him and his administration with the dubious claim that his administration diverted a whooping sum of N423,115,028,072.88. The former governor, who spoke through his former commissioners at a press conference in Abuja, dismissed the purported financial report indicting them, saying that the so-called report lacked merit and was deliberately and mischievously orchestrated by Uba Sani and his team to discredit him and his…

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Blackout: NERC Rolls Out Tough Sanctions For Discos

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has rolled out touch sanctions against Discos that commit infractions capable of inflicting pain on consumers. Among other things, NERC said it would reduce five per cent of the administrative, and operational expenditure of any electricity distribution company that failed to offtake at least 95 per cent of the total energy allocated to it for distribution. This was contained in the commission’s Order on Performance Monitoring Framework for all the DisCos. According to the order, DisCos would now be assessed on seven key performance indicators…

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JUST IN: Oyo Reps Member, Adewale Akinremi, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

The House of Representatives announces with profound sorrow the passing of Hon. Olaide Adewale Akinremi, known as Jagaban, who represented Ibadan North Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the House, Hon Akin Rotimi, he was a distinguished and ranking member of the 10th Assembly, Rep. Akinremi who served as Chairman of the House Committee on Science Research Institutions. He passed away this morning, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, after a brief illness. He was aged 51. The statement…

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EFCC Opposes Emefiele’s Quest For Foreign Medical Trip

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. In a statement on Monday, the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the defence counsel Labi-Lawal had filed an affidavit seeking the release of Emefiele’s passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatments which was objected to by the EFCC. Monday’s affidavit by the defence and…

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