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Oil companies seeking to cut cost are gutting their workforce.

Big tech CEOs appeared before US Congress to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors.

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The Presidency said the distribution of electricity to the neighbouring countries was due to Multilateral Energy Sales Agreement with their governments so that they would not dam the waters that feed Nigeria’s major power plants in Kainji, Shiroro and Jebba.

Garba Shehu said this in response to a publication by a Nigerian newspaper which had decried the situation where Nigeria sells electricity to neighbouring countries on credit while blackouts still persist in the country.

He said: “Power exported to Niger, Benin and Togo based on Multilateral Energy Sales Agreement with the Government of Nigeria is on the basis that they would not dam the waters that feed our major power plants in Kainji, Shiroro and Jebba.”

Speaking on what the countries are owing Nigeria for the electricity sold to them, Shehu said:

“As of the last review in 2019, the amount of indebtedness to all three customers stood at $69 million, subsequent upon which several payments were made to NBET. Much of this has been repaid by the debtor nations.

“As of today, Niger owes only USD 16 million and Benin, USD 4 million, adding up to the Naira equivalent of about N1.2bn.”
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COVID-19

+ COVID caseload today: 41,804

� Facebook, Twitter, YouTube removes video of doctor claiming hydroxychloroquine cures Covid-19. /3jQR4eA

✈️ PTF says inbound passengers will now undergo Covid-19 testing. /3hJudzG

⚠️ 33 states fail to pay coronavirus hazard allowance as 854 doctors, nurses test positive. /2X4mBQv

� Moderna vaccine protects against Covid-19 in monkey study. reut.rs/3jOuaUV
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� FG declares July 30 and 31 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir celebration. /30Vpc05

� New report reveals former governors, traditional rulers, top government officials, army officers and EFCC officials received NDDC contracts. /306RNjJ

� Special AfDB committee clears Adesina of corruption allegations. /2CNzmbf

⚖️ Ex-Pension Reform chairman Maina accused of misappropriating N2bn of pension funds has been released from prison custody. /312P1eW

� FG says it has spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in teaching hospitals and medical centres across the country. /3jODQyW
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WORLD

� 'Spectacular': Trump praises doctor who dismissed face masks after viral video. /33689v0

� Twitter temporarily bars Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting over coronavirus misinformation. /308z6wn

�� Hong Kong hospitals face 'collapse' as coronavirus outbreak grows. https://bbc.in/2X53Fkx

��‍� Joe Biden says he'll name a running mate next week. /30TLJdP
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� NNPC signs $1.5 billion prepayment deal with oil traders Vitol Group and Matrix Energy. /33h8Sd5

� Nigerian banks face biggest revenue drop since 2016. /3hGdop6

� Facebook’s subsea cable to Africa to be completed early 2024. /2P2VFfg

�� After India and US, Japan looks to ban TikTok and other Chinese apps. tcrn.ch/3gctaYD
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⚽️ Ben Chilwell 'to tell Leicester he wants to leave and join Chelsea'. dailym.ai/2P6UuLT

⚽️ Manchester United might have their first key signing for the 2020/21 season already. /39DlSuz

⚽️ Chelsea midfielder Willian who is out of contract this summer has two "concrete offers" from Premier League clubs, says his agent. /39CvJRt
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Gtbank has been trying to own an e-commerce platform since 2014. They started with Smemarkethub in 2014, and it flunked. And they are now wasting money on Habari. Flutterwave also launched an e-commerce platform not long ago and Paystack just announce another commerce platform today.

Is there something hidden within e-commerce that the payment companies believe that it’s their call to find/solve or is it just a growth strategy?

See the interesting replies on Techpoint Community: https://community.techpoint.africa/t/gtbank-flutterwave-now-paystack-why-are-payment-companies-dying-to-play-in-e-commerce/605

LAUTECH Merit Admission List Released

https://talk.proudlyladokite.com/t/lautech-2018-2019-merit-admission-list-released/141/2

Adroit144:
pls who knows if lautech p-utme form is out

It's is out now http://proudlyladokite.com/news/lautech-begins-post-utme-screening-exercise/

http://proudlyladokite.com/news/lautech-begins-post-utme-screening-exercise/

LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO 2018/2019 POST UTME SCREENING OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION

1. ELIGIBILITY

Notice is hereby given to all candidates that made Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso as their first choice and second choice of institution in the 2018/2019 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to a Post-UTME Computer Based Test (CBT) Screening Exercise between Friday, July 27th and Saturday, 28th July, 2018 at 10:00am.

For an applicant to be eligible for the exercise, he/she must have scored 160 and above in the 2018/2019 University Matriculation Examination.

2. METHOD OF APPLICATION

Applicants are to proceed to the admissions website of the University www.admissions.lautech.edu.ng to make payment of a fee of Two Thousand Naira (N2,000 .00) only for the purpose of online registration for the screening exercise using Inter-Switch Enabled Debit Cards (ATM).

Applicants are expected to carefully complete and submit the online application form as incomplete application form will not be treated. In completing the online application form, a candidate is expected to upload a digital copy of his/her scanned passport photograph which must be in JPEG (i.e. jpg) and must not be more than 20kb.

The photograph must be in white background showing ears, with no cap and glasses.

On submission of the application form, a candidate is to print out an acknowledgement page which assigns him/her the venue and date of the screening exercise.

3. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

The application form will be available online for completion and submission from Friday, 13th to Thursday 26th July 2018. Applicants are to note that late completion/submission of application forms will not be entertained.

Any applicant with blurred picture on the acknowledgement page will not be admitted into the screening center as the photograph will be used as means of identification.

Applicants are also to provide valid and active email addresses and phone numbers through which the University can send information

Any applicant who fails to present himself/herself for the Computer Based Test (CBT) as scheduled, automatically forfeits being considered for admission.

Applicants are advised to come for the exercise with their acknowledgement page colour print-out. The use of cell phones (GSM, CDMA, PDA) and other electronic devices is NOT ALLOWED during the test.

Applicants are advised to BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS as the University will not be liable for any transaction with any unauthorized person.

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A lot of undergrads often skip breakfast while on the run to ensure that they start their day as early as possible.

We tend to knowingly or unknowingly skip our morning meals either because we forgot while rushing to meet lectures, or sometimes because we’re just plain lazy to go through the stress of cooking or even sitting to eat.

However, what a lot of students do not know is that eating breakfast is very important.

It is an integral part of the day and should be a routine to ensure a good start for each day.

Check out the 5 main reasons why you should never skip breakfast again

http://proudlyladokite.com/food/5-very-important-reasons-why-students-should-never-skip-breakfast/

Barely one month after winning a national public speaking competition at FUTA, Ladokites have again won another inter-university debate at the University of Ilorin on Tuesday.

Unilorin came in second while Adekunle Ajasin placed third. Other participating schools were UNIOSUN, OAU, and EKSU.

[url] http://proudlyladokite.com/featured/again-these-ladokites-just-won-another-debate-competition-at-unilorin/[/url]

Ladokites made another sweeping victory at the Oyomesi Hackathon over the weekend, with several dominating the winning teams and securing N1 million � and a one-week training trip to London ✈.

http://proudlyladokite.com/featured/lautech-students-dominate-winning-team-at-oyomesi-hackathon/

Mamoudou Gassama, who just arrived in Paris from Mali a few months ago, scaled several balconies of a building to save a young child, who was dangling from a fifth-floor balcony, on Saturday.

In appreciation of his heroic act, the French government said he will be made a French citizen and offered a job as a fireman.

Video: http://proudlyladokite.com/trending/watch-this-real-life-spiderman-climbed-a-building-to-save-a-baby-dangling-from-a-balcony/

The funny thing is there are more legit Lautech students than Yahoo boys, but nobody talks about them.

Just yesterday, a team from LAUTECH won the national level of Hult Prize competition held in Abuja and now stands a chance to win $1 million in the London finals.

But they won't notice that one

http://proudlyladokite.com/frontpage/lautech-win-hult-prize/

http://proudlyladokite.com/frontpage/lautech-win-hult-prize/

Ladokites are simply the best, and we’ve just proved it again at the Hult Prize 2018!

Team ‘Tech Farm Institute’ from LAUTECH has won the national level of Hult Prize competition held in Abuja and now stands a chance to win $1 million in the London finals.

This feat means that members of Team Farm Institute will be joining other national winners from universities around the world for an 8-week-long training that will transform their ideas into startups for a chance to win $1 million.


Members of Team Tech Farm Institute are Samson Ogunfuwa (400L URP), Similoluwa Akande (400L CPS), and Barnabas Adejinmi (200L Management & Accounting).

Two other teams from LAUTECH, including Team Green School and Team Skymax also participated at the national round alongside Team Tech Farm.

In case you’re wondering, Hult Prize is an annual, competition that crowdsources ideas from students after challenging them to solve a pressing social issue around topics such as food security, water access, energy, and education.


Ladokites are always reppin. We are Proudly Ladokite and we’ll come home with the global award!

Source: http://proudlyladokite.com/frontpage/lautech-win-hult-prize/

The future may not be as far away as we thought, with revolutionary breakthroughs like AeroMobil — the flying car that can transform into a plane in less than 3 minutes.

The car is being developed by Slovakian company AeroMobil. They plan on delivering the first models in 2020, if it can overcome regulatory scrutiny, according to CNN.

The price has reportedly been set at $1.5 million once it hits the market.

VIDEO LINK: [url]ekometro.com/tech/1-5-million-dollars-flying-car-can-transform-less-3-minutes/[/url]

via http://ekometro.com/entertainment/davido-photo-lekki-mansion/

Top Nigerian recording artist Davido shared a pic of his new house on Instagram on Tuesday (July 18), hinting that he might be moving in soon.

The celeb captioned the photo of the white mansion: “My crib complete!! Big ups @_infiniteconstruction !,” praising the construction company which intuitively also named the house ‘White house’ on their IG page.

The house is supposedly in Lekki, as the photo location tag showed. Bellanaija later confirmed that the house is located at Lekki Phase 1

Davido also has a lush vacation house in Atlanta, US.

See the photo below!

An angry mob set Diamond Bank and Sterling Bank bank in Apapa, Lagos, ablaze on Wednesday afternoon (July 19) after a policeman stationed at Diamond Bank in Burma Road allegedly shot dead some trailer driver.

The trailer drivers were said to have parked ‘indiscriminately’ in front of the bank before they were shot by the policeman. According to reports, the riot started after the bank refused to hand over the policeman to the driver’s angered colleagues who had already formed a mob.

They reportedly set the bank ablaze, destroying properties and other valuables.


Witnesses report that security agents including Policemen from the RRS, anti-riot squad and Area B command, as well as operatives from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECEOFT have been deployed to the scene of the incident.

http://ekometro.com/news/mob-burns-two-banks-apapa-policemen-shot-three-tanker-drivers-dead/

Via [url]ekometro.com/news/nigerian-troops-suicide-bombing-dala[/url]

Nigerian Army troops deployed at Dala village prevented what could have a catastrophe on Tuesday night (July 13) when they neutralized a possible suicide bombing in the community.

In a statement following the incident*, the Army PR Director, Brigadier General Sani Usman said that the suspected suicide bomber attempted to cross through the Army’s forward defenses at about 10 pm Tuesday.

“Upon several challenges and warning shots the suspect refused to halt. The suspect who still continued to approach towards the troops location was immediately neutralized,” he said.

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross was contacted by the Army to evacuate the suspect remains.

He also pleaded with the public to keep volunteering information to the security agencies in order to help prevent attacks by ‘remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists.’

Photos below (May be considered disturbing . Viewer discretion advised! )

Lagos state government says it has begun works to connect Agric area of Ikorodu to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway through Arepo area, Ogun state.

The Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Rotimi Ogunleye, who was representing the the state governor Akinwunmi Ambode, revealed this on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ikorodu, according to Punch.

“The Agric-Isawo-Konu-Arepo Road will have a link bridge that will connect the state to the Ogun State boundary, which will link the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,” he said.

http://ekometro.com/politics/lagos-road-ikorodu-lagos-ibadan-expressway/

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Never before in the history of our country has it been utterly imperative for us to look inwards and create value for ourselves by manufacturing and patronizing locally-made products and services than now. The ideals of the recent #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira trend was a major consideration when the idea for Furnish.NG came over 10 months ago. To the glory of God, Furnish.NG launched on 3rd of April, 2016 after 10 months of product development and customer development efforts.

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Hi guys, I just did my Home study test and it was awful. Not that I didn't know the answers, but the page was not responding. It also wasn't the fault of my network because every other thing was loading perfectly well. On about 5 different occasion after I chose an answer the smarterer dialog box remained non-responsive for about 3-5 mins, after which it will notify me that I ran out of time, although I got the answer right. I ended up scoring 553. I've complained to Andela but haven't gotten a reply yet. Any advice?

Google63:

I submitted my result properly. Do I still need to send them a screen shot?

I submitted properly too but I didn't send the screenshot. Could that be a problem? And i got 562, is it good enough?

Well....it seems nobody has gotten any direct email concerning the plum test yet. I guess that's good, at least we know we're still on the waiting list

olahwisdom:


That must be the Home Study test score you are talking about. The Home Study test will be done later, after application for this class (XI) is closed - I think. In the meantime, are you going through the Home Study tasks on Codecademy and doing some extra reading and practice?

blueyedgeek:
@ezra, @toystars, I just got called up for boot camp, it would be nice to get some inside info on how it all works. Thanks a million

How long did it take you to get your result and reply from Andela after completing the plum test?

Ramos16:




Thanks, I really appreciate, I am applying now

Hi, I just finished the plum test and I've seen my profile but I haven't gotten any email or seen my result. How long will it take before I get them?