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Kenyan Schools Postpones Resumption Due to Flooding
Kenya declared on Monday that it would postpone the resumption of schools by a week because of the ongoing heavy rains that have caused severe flooding in the country of East Africa.
The education ministry decided to postpone the commencement of classes because the intense monsoon rains had damaged numerous school buildings. Originally, classes were supposed to resume on Monday after the midterm breaks.
The destructive impacts of the rains in some of the schools, according to Education Minister Ezekiel Machogu, are so severe that it would be foolish to risk the lives of students and staff before watertight safeguards are put in place to provide proper safety.
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“Based on this assessment, the Ministry of Education has resolved to postpone the reopening of all primary and secondary schools by one week, to Monday, May 6, 2024,” Machogu said in a statement.
76 people have been reportedly dead in Kenya since March as a result of the El Nino weather trend and heavier-than-normal rains that have slammed East Africa.
According to government data issued on Saturday, flash floods have swamped roads and neighborhoods, resulting in the relocation of over 130,000 individuals and over 24,000 families, many of whom are in Nairobi, the country’s capital.
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Nigerian Govt Is Not Addressing Artificial Fuel Scarcity and Insecurity – CLO
The Federal Government did not go far enough, according to the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) on Thursday in Akwa Ibom State, to bring down the fraudulent actions of fuel marketers, which have kept gas prices high in various regions of the nation.
Additionally, it demanded that the Akwa Ibom State Government and the National Youth Service Corps, or NYSC, management step up efforts to guarantee the release of the remaining Corps members who are being held captive in Zamfara State by kidnappers.
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Following the organization’s monthly meeting, the state chairman, Barr Godknows Njoku, and vice chairman, Comrade Eridiong Obong, signed a statement describing the marketers’ actions as economic sabotage.
The statement expressed regret over the Federal Government’s apparent lack of commitment to regulating the actions of middlemen and other downstream sector operators.
It further stated that this has resulted in marketers manipulating the legal system by inventing circumstances to drive up the price of the commodity.
CLO claims that if the situation is allowed to worsen, Nigerians may experience even more agony, and their already impoverished and suffering populace may take to the streets in large numbers.
It said it was a disgrace to the nation that the kidnappers of the prospective NYSC members from Akwa Ibom were still holding them captive in Zamfara, more than a year after they were kidnapped, and it urged security services and the state government of Akwa Ibom to step up their efforts to swiftly free the remaining hostages.
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) recently announced new rules addressing Point of Sale (POS) operator registration. The CLO claimed that these guidelines were inappropriate and insensitive, and they called on the federal government to halt the activity and permit the current regulations with banks.
It went on to say that any additional fees imposed on the operators will just make matters worse for Nigerians by raising the already excessive withdrawal fees.
With current government policies already choking the downtrodden, the organization labeled the latest regulations released by CAC as insensitive and an additional attempt to mistreat poor Nigerians who have kept continuing to get poorer due to the poor handling and leadership of the economy by successive federal administrations.
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Top Three Nigerian States with Highest Food Prices – NBS Report
In spite of increasing poverty and hardship, the three states in Nigeria with the highest food costs are Kogi, Kwara, and Ondo.
The most recent Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report for April from the National Bureau of Statistics supports this.
Based on a year-over-year comparison, Kogi State had the highest food inflation rate (48.62%), followed by Kwara (46.73%) and Ondo (45.87%), according to the research.
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In contrast, the states of Adamawa (33.61%), Bauchi (33.85%), and Nasarawa (34.03%) saw the slowest increases in food inflation.
On a month-to-month basis, however, the most expensive states in Nigeria for food are Edo, Yobe, and Lagos.
As a result, Yobe (3.99%), Edo (4.06%), and Lagos (4.74%) saw the least increases in food inflation.
This trend coincides with a sharp increase in April’s headline and food inflation rates, which reached 33.69% and 40.53%, respectively.
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Tacha Claps Back at Troll Calling Her and Korra Obidi Foolish
Famous dancer Korra Obidi and reality TV personality Natacha Akide, also referred to as Tacha, were called “most foolish” on social media, which caused a social media uproar.
The event, which transpired on Twitter (now X), has sparked a heated discussion among online users.
A Twitter user going by the handle @FemiFemo posted a video of Korra Obidi and provocatively likened her to Tacha in terms of her level of stupidity. This sparked the dispute.
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The widely shared tweet provoked an immediate response from Tacha, who angrily denied any similarities.
In an outrageous backlash, Tacha directly attacked the troll’s mother, casting doubt on her judgment in a way that heightened tensions and elicited varying reactions from netizens.
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