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Don’t Keep Cooked Food In Refrigerator For More Than 3 Days – NAFDAC Warns Nigerians

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians to abstain from keeping cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. This was made known in a statement signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, on Tuesday. The agency warned that cooked food stored in the refrigerator for days will be exposed to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, leading to foodborne diseases that can lead to death. Parts of the statement read: “She (NAFDAC FG) urged…

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Cholera Outbreak Rocks Lagos, Kills 5, 60 Hospitalised

Gbenga Adeoti

The recent outbreak of cholera in Lagos State has killed five residents as 60 others hospitalised. Platforms Africa reports that the Lagos State Health Commissioner, Professor Akin Abayomi, has urged the public to exercise extreme caution to a suspected cholera outbreak in the Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikorodu, and Kosofe areas. Abayomi also disclosed that sadly, five deaths have been recorded mainly from patients presenting late with extreme dehydration. READ ALSO: How Nigerian Female Pilgrim Committed Suicide In Madinah – Report “We have activated a statewide heightened surveillance and response.…

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Nigeria Meets IMF Obligations With No Overdue Payments — Report

Abibat Babalola

The International Monetary Fund, an international organisation that provides financial assistance to countries facing economic difficulties, has released Nigeria’s financial position report as of April 30, 2024. This is according to the latest data accessed by the PUNCH on the Fund’s website on Monday. The report shows that Nigeria has no overdue obligations to the fund, indicating that the country has been meeting its financial commitments to the IMF. READ ALSO: CBN Clears $831m Foreign Airlines’ Trapped Funds – IATA Minimum Wage: AGF Tackles Labour As NASS Fails To Stop…

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CBN Clears $831m Foreign Airlines’ Trapped Funds – IATA

Abibat Babalola

The International Air Transport Association has confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria has cleared foreign airlines trapped funds worth $831m from June last year to date. The Geneva, Switzerland-based IATA said the development had brought international airlines’ trapped funds globally to about $1.8bn. According to IATA, from the peak of about $850m foreign airlines’ funds in Nigeria last June, only $19m is left outstanding. The association representing international airlines said the remaining $19m was awaiting the CBN verification through commercial banks. READ ALSO: Minimum Wage: AGF Tackles Labour As…

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Usyk, Fury Rematch Set For Dec 21

Ganiyu Amodu

Tyson Fury’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk will take place on Saturday December 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s chair of General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh has announced. Usyk emerged victorious via split decision when the rivals met earlier this month to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 and first in the four-belt era. It had been well-publicised in the lead-up to the fight that the Fury-Usyk contract included a rematch clause. READ ALSO Emirship Tussle: NBA Fumes As CJN Summons FHC, Kano CJs Over Conflicting Orders…

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Nigeria Targets Conversation of 250,000 Houses To LPG Annually

ADEOLA YUSUF

. As Ekpo flags off Decade of Gas Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme in Abuja       Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, on Tuesday flagged off the Decade of Gas Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme in Abuja urging stakeholders in the gas sector to work towards achieving the Federal Government’s goal of having inexpensive, safe, and clean cooking energy available to every household in Nigeria. Ekpo said the mission of the scheme was to change millions of Nigerians’ lives by converting 250,000 houses annually to LPG…

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Oil, Gas, Power Ministers To Speak At NOG Energy Week

ADEOLA YUSUF

“7,000 participants, 800 delegates, 350 exhibition companies and 116 industry expert speakers,” Organisers speak on 2024 edition of the confab, which has been connecting the Nigerian energy industry with the int’l energy community for 25 years   The 2024 edition of the NOG Energy Week, which will spotlight energy industry’s opportunities to drive investment needed to meet energy demand, has confirmed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri and his Gas counterpart, Ekperikpe Ekpo, as speakers. Platforms Africa reports that the event, which has been headlining the…

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JAMB: 2024 UTME Results Not Available In Paper Format, Website

Abibat Babalola

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results are unavailable in any paper format. JAMB made this known via a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The examination body announced the release of the 2024 UTME results on Monday, April 29. Benjamin, however, noted that unlike 2023, the 2024 UTME results, at the moment, cannot be checked via JAMB’s website. He stated: “JAMB, once again, wishes to state clearly that the only way to check…

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4 Hrs Supply Daily, Others; Lagos Areas On Band E And What They’ll Face

Damilola Olonade

Nigeria’s media attention has, in the last days, been on Band A customers, who are just 15 per cent of people on DisCos’ network. Platforms Africa, in this solution jounalism series, digs up information on billing, supply hour, average interruptions daily, service voltage level, duration of daily power outages for those on Band E in Lagos, and why they may not rejoice over the latest tariff review     The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recently approved an increase in the electricity tariff, particularly for customers under Band A, a…

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‘No Extension,’ NCC Orders MTN, Glo, Others To Bar NIN-SIM Non-Compliant Subscribers

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that contrary to the impression being created by fake news merchants, it would not be reviewing its deadline to bar owners of more than four SIM cards whose SIM registration data failed to match their National Identity Number (NIN) data. A source within the Commission explained that the Commission’s position was hinged on its objective to clean the country’s SIM ownership database, and ensure that criminals could not take advantage of having multiple unlinked SIMs to carry out their nefarious activities. “We are…

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