Month: July 2024

Essential Tool for Researchers and Journalists In Nigeria: SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C, By Ganiyu Amodu

ADEOLA YUSUF

As a researcher and journalist in Nigeria, the ability to efficiently store and transfer data is paramount. The SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C has become indispensable companion, ensuring that journalists and researchers can handle data seamlessly and securely, whether in the field or at the desk. In today’s fast-paced world, capturing and sharing high-definition (HD) and ultra-high-definition (UHD) content is critical for accurate reporting and detailed research. Whether they are documenting environmental changes, capturing high-resolution images for investigative pieces, or recording interviews with key sources, the demand for…

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Customs Seize ₦1.5bn Firearms From Turkey, Suspect Arrested

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Customs Service has seized assorted arms, drones, and military accoutrements worth ₦1.5bn exported from Turkey to Lagos State. Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Area Command of the Service. He said the Command, acting on intelligence from local and international collaborators, on June 19, 2024, deployed its personnel to man all the exit points around the airport. Adeniyi said, “During the examination, an item was discovered and suspected to be part of a rifle from a console consignment…

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Morning After: Chaos, Losses As Flood Grounds Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

IT was confusion and lamentation galore in Lagos, yesterday, as activities in most parts of the state were paralysed following early morning rains that left many neighbourhoods heavily flooded, with motorists trapped along major roads, including the ever-busy Third Mainland Bridge. It was also blame galore, with many pointing accusing fingers at the state government for failing to enforce environmental protection laws and prosecuting those caught dumping refuse in drainage channels leading to their blockage and flooding whenever it rains. For instance, an environmental expert and publisher of EnvironNews, a…

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Why We kicked Against Planned anti-EFCC Protests – 259 CSOs

ADEOLA YUSUF

259 Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of the Coalition for Transparency and Economic Reforms (COTER) have kicked against the Friday July 5, 2024 proposed nationwide protests against the operations of the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by a group, @PIDOM Nigeria. The Coalition has also identified some aggrieved politicians, including a former governor of one of the Northern states, two former ministers and others as the brains behind the planned nationwide protests against the EFCC. “They are behind the promoters of this looming nationwide violence scheduled…

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Google Studied Gen Z; What They Found Is Alarming

ADEOLA YUSUF

Over the past couple of years, researchers at Jigsaw, a Google subsidiary that focuses on online politics and polarization, have been studying how Gen Zers digest and metabolize what they see online. The researchers were hoping that their work would provide one of the first in-depth, ethnographic studies of Gen Z’s “information literacy.” But the minute they started, their most fundamental assumption about the nature of digital information came crashing down. “Within a week of actual research, we just threw out the term information literacy,” says Yasmin Green, Jigsaw’s CEO.…

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Gates Foundation Has No Money Coming After My Death – Warren Buffett

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Gives details of how his money will be spent after death   Berkshire Hathaway chairman and billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett is cutting his ties with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The 93-year-old American businessman’s fortune is reportedly estimated at $127 billion, and he’s donated more than $39 billion to the nonprofit over the past 15 years, according to Fortune. Recently sitting down with the Wall Street Journal for an interview, Buffett gave a preview of what his will would look like once he was gone. He explicitly mentioned…

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‘N206.80 To N209.50/kWh,’ DisCos Hike Tariff For Band A Customers

ADEOLA YUSUF

. IBEDC speaks on third tariff adjustments in four months   The electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria have effected upward adjustment of the tariff for customers in Band A. Platforms Africa reports that this review confirmed by the  Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC) is the third in the last four months. The Acting Managing Director, IBEDC, Francis Agoha, stated that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the tariff increase from N206.80/kWh to N209.50/kWh for users in the category. According to a public notice signed by Agoha on Wednesday,…

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Police Arrest Lagos Driver Who Testified In Church Over ‘Stolen Car’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Amos Daniel, a 36-year-old driver, says he stole his employer’s car on his first day at work. Daniel said he then went to church to testify that he had purchased a car. The suspect was paraded alongside six others on Tuesday by Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson. “I was employed as a driver. The first day I was employed, I stole my madam’s car to go and give testimony in church that I have bought a car and it is what God has done for me,” he said. The driver…

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Microsoft ex-Staff, Steve Ballmer, Overtakes Firm’s Founder, Bill Gates, In Wealth

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Sixth richest person in the world,’ grass-to-grace story of Ballmer who started his career as Mr. Gates’ assistant   Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is now wealthier than Bill Gates. Ballmer, who began his career at Microsoft as Gates’ assistant, surpassed the Microsoft co-founder on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday for the first time. According to the index, Ballmer is now the sixth-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $157.2 billion, topping Gates’ $156.7 billion. Bloomberg noted that Ballmer’s wealth eclipsed Gates’ as Microsoft shares…

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NAOC-Oando Deals, Equinor – Project Odinmim Divestments Completed – NUPRC

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Oil Industry Upstream Regulator gives latest information on $2.4Bn Shell- Renaissance, $1.2Bn ExxonMobil-Seplat deals to stakeholders at NOG Energy Week   The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the completion of oil assets sale between NAOC and Oando, and Equinor – Project Odinmim divestments. Platforms Africa reports that the helmsman for the commission, Gbenga Komolafe, who declared this at the on-going NOG Energy Week in Abuja, maintained that the signing ceremonies for the two deals would come up any moment. ‘Weed Them Out,’ PETAN Exposes Antics of…

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