President Trump Test Positive To Coronavirus

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Its all over the News. The president of the United States, President Trump tests positive to coronavirus along with His wife.

The President Himself tweeted the news on His official twitter account yesterday. He is said to be in a stable condition but many people think otherwise.

Since the news, there has been no official briefing on his current health status.

According to CNN, President Trump is going to Walter Reed Medical Center where He will be for several days for treatment.

Melania Trump is said to be in a stable state of health.

Spectranet’s Free Unlimited Night to Morning Browsing Data Plans.

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Spectranet’s unified value data plans

Spectranet has revamped their internet data plans make them cheaper and affordable. Not only that, most of the plans now come with a free unlimited Night to Morning browsing. Free unlimited night to morning browsing starts from 1am – 8am while free unlimited morning browsing starts from 4am-8am in the morning.

There are many data plans to choose from. Their data plans are as categorized as follows;

Unified value plans

Mega value plans

Always on plans

Smart choice plans

Bumpa value plans and mini plans

Whether you will be given unlimited night or morning browsing depends on data plan categories you are subscribed to.

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When you subscribe to any unified value plan you qualify for free unlimited morning browsing. The cheapest unified value plans costs 3,070 naira for 8GB per month. You have free unlimited browsing from 4am-8am.

When you subscribe to any mega value plan you qualify for free unlimited night browsing. The cheapest mega value plan costs 7,165 naira for 18GB per month and you have free unlimited browsing from 1am -8am.

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Spectranet mega value plans
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Spectranet’s mini plans

In addition, you can always take advantage of Spectranet’s free periodical 100% data bonus when it is available for your account.

For more information on Spectranet data plans check them out on Spectranet’s official website

Nigerian Presidential Speech Independence Day Address

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Nigeria is 60 years old and President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered the Independence day address to all Nigerians.

Here are some of the important points from the Independence day address;

President shows appreciation to Nigerians.

The President recaps Nigeria’s political and democratic history since independence.

He stated that the country is not only for him or political parties alone,but for all Nigerians. All Nigerians must all unite to move the country forward.

That there is a plan to lift one million Nigerians out of poverty.

And for the country to be in the best top 20 economies in the world.

He commended the electoral process in Edo state which was peaceful and well coordinated. It showed Nigeria can conduct peaceful and credible elections.

He stated Nigerians must have respect for the rule of law.

The Ppresident noted the depreciation of the naira among other economic factors which have made the country’s revenue drop by 60%.

Sustaining subsidy on fuel is no longer visible.

Nigerians should bear with the present economic policies as these policies are in place to save the economy from collapse. Things will improve with time.

You can read the Full Presidential speech HERE

Happy 60th Anniversary.

Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission Removes Electricity Tariff Hike.

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has officially suspended the electricity tariff hike. The information was released on their official website on Wednesday .

The suspension was reached upon during the meeting of government with the labour unions on the suspension of strike over the hike in electricity tariff and increase in pump price of petrol on Sunday night.

This means all electricity distribution companies are to revert to the old price as at August 31 2020.

It could be recalled that on September first, the electricity tariff was increased to 100% its original value for customers enjoying over 12hours of electricity in a 24hour period.

For full story you can read it on Sahara reporters

Design steps to be followed for an Unreinforced Masonry Wall as per IS 1905(1987)

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Here are the design steps to be followed for an unreinforced masonry wall.

  1. Estimate the self weight and imposed loads. See IS 875 part 1&2 on how to go about it.
  2. Estimate the eccentricity ratio taking moments about the centerline of the wall. You can use the equation stated below to calculate eccentricity ratio. WE=w1e1+w2e2 where W is the weight of the masonry wall and E is the eccentricity. Eccentricity ratio is E divided by thickness of the wall.
  3. Estimate the effective height, length and thickness of the wall.
  4. Calculate slenderness ratio as the lesser of the 2; effective height / effective thickness or effective length / effective thickness.
  5. With the eccentricity and slenderness ratios; estimate the stress reduction factor from the code . If necessary you can also estimate area reduction factor and shape modification factor.
  6. Calculate the compressive stress of the wall based on the wall load. Then divide by stress reduction factor, to arrive at the basic compressive stress required.
  7. Apply increase in  basic compressive stress if eccentricity is significant. Increase of up to 25% is allowed by the code
  8. With the help of TABLE 8 of the IS code 1905,and using the basic compressive stress, chose the appropriate unit strength and mortar mix required.

Over One Million People Have Died from Coronavirus

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Over one million people worldwide have died from the coronavirus pandemic since its inception. This is according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally.

In the United States alone, over seven million cases out of which more than 205,000 deaths. There are fears covid-19 case could surge as winter sets in. The much awaited official covid-19 vaccine will not be ready until November.

In India, cases have surpassed 6 million with US, Brazil, India, and Mexico accounting for more than 50% of the total deaths worldwide. 

In Europe there are fears of a second wave of the pandemic as lockdown reinstructions are being eased.

Even with the announcements of an official vaccine to come soon, it will still take time for things to get back to normal globally.

You can read more on this on CNN’s corona virus news