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The projection of eight weeks by MainOne, the Digital Infrastructure Service Provider, for the repair of the recently damaged subsea cables that disrupted Internet connectivity in Nigeria and some other West African countries is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced that 29 ships are expected to arrive at the port from March 17 to March 31.
A total turnover of 2.449 billion shares worth N20.653 billion (about $50.373m) in 20,764 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $104.96 a barrel on Thursday, March 17, 2022, compared with $104.06 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The report by the Debt Management Office on Thursday that Nigeria’s total public debt stock increased to N39.56tn in 2021 from N32.92tn in 2020 dominates the headlines of Nigerian newspapers on Friday.
“Contracting Lassa fever was a very bad experience”, says 41-year-old Marian Oyinbor, a resident of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area (LGA), Edo state, who was treated for Lassa Fever – a haemorrhagic disease which has killed 98 people in Nigeria in 2022.
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $104.06 a barrel on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, compared with $102.86 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The declaration by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday that subsidy on power amounting to about N600bn during some period had now been stopped by the Federal Government is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Thursday.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, led the Nigerian Police delegation to the World Police Summit taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 14th – 17th March, 2022.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued the following statement expressing disappointment in response to news reports that a court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday declined to dismiss the 2021 immigration case against New York Times freelance correspondent Jeffrey Moyo.