Tag Archives: Hike

I’m on the easiest bit of one of the easiest legs of the GR20 – the self-styled hardest trek in Europe – so naturally here I am alone, lost in a cloud, with hands so cold I am seriously considering peeing on them. GR20 Corsica In the guidebook, this was …

Authorities of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State have announced an indefinite shutdown of the institution over protest by its students.   Some students of the institution protested against a hike in tuition fees on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The students also alleged that authorities of the institution chased …

Some power distribution companies in the country have denied reports of having plans to increase electricity tariff beginning from today, January 1, 2024.   They stated that there is no directive from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission for such.   The Head, Corporate Communications, Jos Electricity Distribution Company, Adekole Elijah, …

Operators of Point of Sale (PoS) have increased their charges by 100 per cent for all transactions, following the scarcity of naira notes.    According to the PoS operators, the hike in charges is due to their inability to easily get cash from banks. They claim they were paying extra …

Passengers prefer to negotiate for prices they can afford before boarding. Some commercial bus drivers operating within Onitsha metropolis have lamented low patronage in their daily activities as a result of the current economic hardship in the country, occasioned by the current fuel pump price hike.

A father-of-two who was hiking in Hawaii, USA fell to his death just days after his 41st wedding anniversary, it has been revealed. Mark DeBarr, 66, of California, fell and was found about 120 feet below the Waipo’o Falls in Kōkeʻe State Park on Friday morning, September 22 according to …

ASUU warned that many university students may drop out of school due to a recent hike in fees. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concerns over the recent …

It’s late. The sun is setting. I’m sitting on a clifftop on the Jurassic Coast with my family. I can hear the clatter of forks against enamel, the slurp of camp-stove noodles, the distant draw of the sea below. Our tent is pitched on a rough patch of long grass, …

Petroleum marketers have told Nigerians to expect further hike in the pump price of petrol.   The oil marketers explained that this is due to the rise in the cost of crude oil, coupled with the depreciation of the naira against the US dollar, both of which account for over …

Pandemonium broke out at University road leading to the University of Lagos state this morning, September 6, after men of the Nigerian Police fired teargas to disperse students of the University of Lagos protesting a hike in their school fees.   Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students had …