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Coronavirus outbreaks have swept through several oil, gas and mining sites in Russia and Kazakhstan, where major international firms from Total to Chevron and local giants like Gazprom are operating. Thousands have been infected at several sites and at least two have died, as operators scramble to contain the disease’s deadly spread. Workers live in
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By Brown Ukananefimoni The Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, was set up by the enactment of Act No. 37 of 1972, and subsequently amended by Act No. 52 of 1975 and PTI Act CAP P16, 2004. Consequently, the Act vested powers in the institute to train all levels of technical manpower required in the oil and
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By Agbonkhese Oboh Visits to major and mini waterworks in Lagos State have shown that water shortage might be the weak link in the state’s commendable efforts in curtailing COVID-19 pandemic. As the state comes out of a lockdown, a second wave might have a lot to do with hygiene in the densely-populated suburbs. This
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Excerpt: The cost of handsets has become a significant barrier to mobile Internet adoption and use. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced how important connectivity is in the modern world. As it has become more challenging to communicate directly, the use of ICT has become even more critical for the dissemination of information by government, experts,
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By Chioma Obinna President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr Francis Faduyile has described the newly approved N20, 000 hazard allowance increment as gross underpayment in view of risks involved in the COVID-19 pandemic. Faduyile, in a chat, said although the development is a good gesture, it does not meet the required hazard allowance
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Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out in a Nairobi slum, as police fired teargas and men with sticks beat the hungry. As African countries grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, observers warn that the traumatic scenes which played out last Friday will not
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In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it. Wielding batons, they scattered a group of rural farmers who had traveled overnight, breaking restrictions on movement to bring the precious produce to one of the country’s busiest
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The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and other small businesses worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too. In Chicago, one of America’s most violent cities, drug arrests have plummeted 42% in the weeks since the city shut down, compared with the same period last year. Part of that decrease, some criminal
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By Chioma Obinna AS of the 5th of April 2020, a total of 29 COVID-19 patients had recovered and been discharged by the Lagos State Government. It is a rare opportunity to get survivors of this disease to tell their stories of hope. Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi is one of the lucky survivors who gladly told
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By Gabriel Olawale THE Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Professor Afolabi Lesi, has advocated for more investment in capacity building of healthcare professionals in Nigeria, saying the present output is not commensurate with demand. Speaking during the fifth Induction Ceremony and 10th Anniversary of Medical Laboratory Science of the institution, Lesi said that
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