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The first 19 days of this month have already recorded 75,000 reported Covid deaths which are by far the highest for any month. The previous record was held by April 2021 which saw about 49,000 deaths. Apart from these two months, the death toll was less than 6,000 for each of the first three months of this year. During the peak of the first wave, September was the deadliest month that saw over 33,000 reported covid deaths. The day also saw a marginal increase in cases which remained low in the first two days of the week. Because of lower testing over the weekend, the first two days typically...

By Emmanuel Addeh The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has raised its forecast for crude oil demand growth this year on the back of an expected stronger economic recovery. The cartel, in its April Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR), a copy of which THISDAY obtained yesterday, said demand would rise by 5.95 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2021, or 6.6 per cent, up by 70,000 bpd from last month. Also yesterday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) reported an improvement in the supply of gas for power generation, saying that along with its Joint Venture (JV) par...