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Meal For Learning (2): Market Prices Stiffen Cooking Process, Alternative For Students
For Twentyten Daily, Abdulsemiu Monsuroh highlighted how Nigerian students are finding it difficult to adjust to the increasing food prices despite having income from their sponsors (parents/guardians). For Kabirat Arowona, a part two undergraduate of Pasture and Range Management at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta(FUNAAB), cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) has become…
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Meal For Learning (1): Nigerian Students Struggle With Increasing Food Prices
Despite the declining inflation rate in Nigeria, the persistent increase in food prices is affecting students in different tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Faith Omoniyi, for Twentyten Daily, spoke with several students who narrated their experiences studying in Nigeria’s unfavorable economic situation. Victor Awotubo, a student of english and literary studies in the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti,…
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Infographic: Countries Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19
According to a report from UNICEF, which analysed 115 million confirmed COVID-19 cases from 105 countries, people under 20 account for 16 percent of reported Covid-19 cases. Now more than 100 countries around the world have extended their COVID-19 vaccination drive to children. The three vaccines that have been approved by the World Health Organization…
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FINTECH Rising To Become Africa’s Investment Magnet
Digest Africa reports that African fintech firms raised $906 million in the third quarter of 2021 alone, an amount that represents more than 60 percent of all venture money that flowed into Africa’s last quarter, and more than all other sectors combined in the first half of 2021. A separate analysis by BFA Global’s Catalyst…
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Infographics: Countries On America’s List Of Religious Freedom Violators
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday added 10 countries to the list of countries where severe violations of religious freedom rights have been reported within their borders. These countries not only suppress religious expression, they systematically torture and detain people who cross political and social red lines around faith. “The United States will not waiver…
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Infographics: Anambra State Election In Numbers
With over 2,246,663.8 registered voters and the accreditation of 253,388 voters, the Anambra State gubernatorial elections have chauffered in Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governor-elect of the state, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday, November 10, 2021. A total of 18 candidates contested at this…
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Metaverse: Facebook’s New World Of Virtual Reality Explained
The covid-19 pandemic has forced changes in our world in many ways including the acceleration of technology transformation. Artificial Intelligence and virtual reality are two digital megatrends that have grown astronomically through the pandemic, pushing tech companies to invest more in what already is the future of technology. Facebook recently joined the race with the…
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Everything To Know About The COVID Subvariant Strain “Delta Plus”
A new Delta subvariant COVID-19 strain has been designated a “Variant Under Investigation” by the U.K., as new evidence suggests it may be 15% more transmissible compared to the Delta variant. Is this sub-variant more transmissible than Delta? According to the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the strain which has two mutations that strengthen its transmissibility, does…
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What To Know About The New Malaria Vaccine
With close to half a million deaths from malaria in 2019, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has approved for the first time a new vaccine that scientists have spent decades working on. However, with only a 30 to 40 percent efficacy, some have questioned its worth among other concerns on funding and…
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At Least 30 People Were Killed Everyday In 9 Months
Between January to September, at least 30 people were killed in Nigeria, an analysis by Twentyten Daily has shown. The data was gathered from reports of media killings put together by SBM Intelligence within nine months– three quarters of the year. The data gathered from the deaths of civilians, insurgent criminals as well as security…