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NIN-SIM Cards Linking: Nigeria’s Federal Government Meets Telcos Over Court Judgment

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NIN-SIM Cards Linking: Nigeria’s Federal Government Meets Telcos Over Court Judgment

 The Federal Government of Nigeria Plans Meeting With Telecommunications Operators Over The Recent Court Judgement Preventing The Government From Disconnecting SIM Cards Not Linked To National Identity Numbers By April 6.

Officials Of The Federal Ministry Of Communications And Digital Economy As Well As Operators In The Telecommunications Industry Affirmed That The Government Was Making Progress With The Nin Enrollments And It’s Linking To SIM Cards.

A Former Second National Vice-President Of The Nigerian Bar Association And Human Rights Lawyer, Monday Ubani, Had Filed An Originating Motion And Asked The Court To Stop The Nigerian Communications Commission From Disconnecting All SIM Cards Not Linked To NINS.

The First To Fourth Defendants In The Suit Include The Federal Government, Attorney General Of The Federation, The NCC And The Minister Of Communication And Digital Economy.

“These Are Issues That Will Be Addressed In The Meeting That Will Come Up Before The April 6 Deadline,” An Official Of The Communications Ministry, Who Spoke Off Record, Said.

Nnamani said, “The Minister Will Make A Determination On it When it Gets Close To The Time. There Will Be An Implementation Review Meeting Just Before The Due Date To Ascertain If It Is Necessary To Extend The Time.

However, He Encourages Everyone To Go And Get Their NIN And not Assume It Will Be Extended.”

Rice Production: Malaysian Firm Partners Ondo State Yields

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Rice Production: Malaysian Firm Partners Ondo State Yields

In an effort to boost rice production in Ondo state and provide employment the unemployed, the government of Ondo state Governor, Rotimi akeredolu has partnered Malaysian firm, La Ruta Malaysia.

It has been said that the partnership would bring about drastic measures to develop and quicken the state’s local rice production in order to achieve self-sufficiency.

The president, Nigeria-Malaysia business council, Dr. Michael aderounmu, said the partnership would do the state a lot of good. he made the statement while speaking at a one -day workshop held on Thursday at Ayede ogbese in the Akure north local government area of Ondo state, for the farmers in the state on the integrated rice project .

Aderounmu, who represented the Malaysian private sector, said the memorandum of understanding had already been signed on the partnership.

He said, “with this partnership, the state would enjoy food security. any country that can’t produce security and enough food for the people is a failure but governor Rotimi Akeredolu has already taken the right step by travelling to Malaysia to address the Malaysian government on the need of the state to improve on food production and on value chain, which includes the training of the youths and other things’’.

After the assessment, the rice farmers would benefit immensely from the project. The government would provide an enabling environment and the firm would bring the logistics and equipment. The MOUs have been signed and we are going to do the assessment in other parts of the state.

According to the special adviser to the state governor on agriculture and agric business, Akin Olotu, the programme would help to identify the challenges facing rice farmers in the state.

Aliko Dangote Loses Whooping $1.4bn Networth In Three Months

Elizabeth Williams
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Aliko Dangote Loses Whooping $1.4bn Networth In Three Months

Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote’s networth dwindled in the first quarter of this year after his fortune dropped to $16.4 billion. The decline occurred when the founder invested heavily in the oil industry and fertilizers business.

Aliko Dangote’s networth dwindled in the first quarter of this year after his fortune dropped to $16.4 billion.

The decline occurred when the founder invested heavily in the oil industry and fertilizers business.

Dangote‘s wealth lost $1.4 billion between January and March 2021, this is according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. The founder of Dangote Group had started this year with $17.8 billion.

But the networth started declining, causing a 7.9 percent reduction in his fortune. Despite this drop, the billionaire still remains the richest man in Africa and the wealthiest black man in the world.

As of Wednesday, March 31, 2021, Dangote’s wealth was placed at $16.4 billion.

While this might not significantly threaten his position in Africa, on the world stage, there are billionaires breathing down his neck and aiming for his position.

Dangote Oil Refinery, is a company owned by the Nigeria-based Dangote Group, is developing the project with an estimated investment of $12bn.

Dangote refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) integrated refinery and petrochemical project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. It is expected to be the Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility, upon completion in 2020.

Russian Court Fines Twitter Over Failure To Delete Banned Content

Koko Lawrence
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Russian Court Fines Twitter Over Failure To Delete Banned Content

A Russian court Friday fined Twitter 3.2 million roubles ($42,011.29) over its failure to delete what the authorities said was banned content.

Moscow said last month it had slowed the speed of U.S.-based Twitter inside Russia and on March 16 threatened to ban the social media service outright in a month over content ranging from child pornography to drug abuse.

There was no immediate comment from Twitter. It said earlier that it was worried about the impact on free speech of the Russian action, and denied that it allowed its platform to be used to promote illegal behaviour as alleged by Russian authorities.

Those who take COVID-19 vaccine have agreement with satan — Pastor Chris Okotie

Henry Williams
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Those who take COVID-19 vaccine have agreement with satan — Pastor Chris Okotie

The Pastor of Household of God Church International Ministries, Chris Okotie has described as satanic the inoculation of COVID-19 vaccine while giving his submission on the drug.

The preacher asserted that anyone who takes a jab of COVID-19 vaccine has entered an agreement with the devil.

He also stressed that the vaccine against the coronavirus would turn those who have taken it into vampires that suck other people’s blood for sustenance.

Okotie said this in a viral video in which he said he was explaining the spiritual mystery surrounding the drug.

The number of preachers criticising people for taking the vaccine globally seems to be increasing.

The advent of covid-19 and inroduction of MRNA vaccines has polarised the professional community with many acclaimed experts speaking for and against the vaccines.

However with recent statement coming from Nigeria’s minister of health that the nation had to sign an agreement absolving the producers of indeminity also raises questions on the implications of taking the jab .

Tesla’s Quarterly Deliveries Smash Previous Record, Beat Estimates

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Tesla’s Quarterly Deliveries Smash Previous Record, Beat Estimates

Tesla Inc., Friday posted record deliveries for January to March quarter, beating Wall Street estimates, as sales gains of the Model 3 and Model Y offset the impact of a global shortage of parts.

“We are encouraged by the strong reception of the Model Y in China and are quickly progressing to full production capacity,” Tesla said in a statement.

“The new Model S and Model X have also been exceptionally well received … and we are in the early stages of ramping production,” it added.

Tesla’s Shanghai factory started production of the Model Y late last year in the key market where it already produces Model 3 sedans. In February, Tesla’s China sales jumped 18% from the previous month even as demand usually falls during China’s Lunar New Year holidays which occurred that month.

The electric-car maker delivered 184,800 vehicles globally during the first quarter, above estimates of 177,822 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data.

This also exceeds its previous record of 180,570 achieved last quarter.

In February, Tesla suspended its California plant for two days due to “parts shortages,” at a time when Detroit automakers including General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co halted some of their factories for several weeks.

Other automakers on Thursday reported a rebound in first-quarter U.S. sales from a coronavirus-induced slump last year, but volumes were capped by a global chip scarcity that forced many companies to cut production.

Tesla delivered 2,020 Model S/Xs in the first quarter, compared with 18,920 in the preceding quarter, ahead of model refreshes.

Gerber Kawasaki CEO Ross Gerber said sales declines of the pricier and more profitable cars would lead to weaker margins for Tesla in the first quarter, but he forecast “blowout” results for the second quarter.

Tigers At Thai Zoo Get Chicken Ice Pops As Temperatures Rise

Koko Lawrence
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Tigers At Thai Zoo Get Chicken Ice Pops As Temperatures Rise

Tigers were fed frozen chicken ‘popsicles’ and enticed to splash in a wading pool at a Thai zoo as temperatures rose.

Around 50 of the big cats live at the Tiger Kingdom zoo in Chiang Mai, 700km (435 miles) north of Bangkok, according to Patchara Chanted, coordinator of the tiger handlers there.

“Tigers will save their energy during most of the day by lying down or trying to exert themselves as little as possible,” said Patchara. “But if it gets too hot for them, they will start panting like cats or dogs to avoid heat stroke.”

“We provide some activities in the water or a toy to help them cool down.”

Two tigers splashed in a pool, jumping to swat at a bunch of leaves held above the water by a handler. Twice daily during the summer months, the tigers are fed chicken encased in ice blocks.

Thailand’s hot season began at the end of February and temperatures are expected to rise as high as 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit).

Nasarawa NARD chapter joins nationwide strike, paralyses medical activities

Henry Williams
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Nasarawa NARD chapter joins nationwide strike, paralyses medical activities

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors in Nasarawa State has joined the the national body of the association in the nationwide strike.
The State President of the Association, Dr Moses Joshua, disclosed this to Journalists in Lafia. Dr Joshua said the Union joined the strike following the directive by the national body to press home their demands.

According to him, the issue raised by the National body were not peculiar to the Federal Government institutions alone but were issues that affect the Association nationwide.

He said centralisation of house officers where all house officers will be centrally pool, just like NYSC where these house officers can be posted to various Hospitals was also discussed and form part of what under contention.

Dr Joshua who noted that there was no better time than for Government at levels to address all the issues raised to rescue the healthcare system from its shamble, appealed to the state government to use the opportunity available to address the issues raised by the national body in the state.

Ukrainian Artist Couple Turns Military Ammo Boxes Into Christian Icons In Charity Project

Koko Lawrence
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Ukrainian Artist Couple Turns Military Ammo Boxes Into Christian Icons In Charity Project

Visiting a military base in 2014, Ukrainian artist and icon painter Oleksandr Klymenko was struck by how much the bottom and cover of a wooden ammunition box could resemble a Christian icon panel.

He borrowed one of the boxes from the base and painted a Byzantine icon featuring the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on its cover. Klymenko said the icon looked at least 800 years old.

The experiment led Klymenko and his wife, artist Sofia Atlantova, to start a charity project to raise money for a volunteer field hospital treating soldiers in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Since its launch in 2015, the project has raised $300,000 and the artworks have been displayed in Belgium, Germany, Canada, the United States and elsewhere.

Klymenko says the project, called ‘Buy an icon – save a life’, is based on the idea of transforming death, symbolised by the ammunition boxes, into life, symbolised by the icons.

“An ammunition box – like a coffin – is taken from under the ground, where it was previously stored. Once it is opened, death breaks out of it and destroys everything around,” Klymenko said in an interview:

“We transform it by painting life.”

Fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed forces in the eastern Donbass region has killed 14,000 people since 2014, Ukraine says. Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame for a recent spike in violence.

“Most people think of this war as of something very far away… It was important for me to show people that the war is real, that this ammunition box is real and it stored real weapons which killed real people,” Klymenko said.

“I don’t want this war to exist. And I don’t want this project to exist either.”

Two Kenyan drivers killed, two others missing in S.Sudan highway attack

Henry Williams
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Two Kenyan drivers killed, two others missing in S.Sudan highway attack

Two Kenyan drivers were yesterday killed and another two went missing after their trucks were ambushed along the Juba-Nimule highway in South Sudan.

Security agencies in Juba said they had responded to a report of an attack in which the drivers were attacked and their vehicles torched. The motive of the attack was not immediately clear.

Col James Dak, the deputy spokesperson of South Sudan National Police Service said a team was sent to the scene early yesterday.

Juba could not confirm the nationality or number of drivers caught in the chaos, but an association of Kenyan long-distance truck drivers said two of its members had been confirmed dead, and another two were missing.

Kenya (Truck) Drivers Association chairman David Kerote said three trucks were attacked by a group of gunmen along the Nimule-Juba road before daybreak yesterday.

The association did not disclose the exact location where the incident happened.

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