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Hell bank note 10003/30/2023 … We mustn’t forget that HIV is still causing needless suffering around the world and we must protect those most vulnerable to this disease with testing and compassionate care.” Singer Rina Sawayama serenaded the star-studded crowd with performances of her songs “Minor Feelings,” “Hold The Girl” and “This Hell.” Elton also joined her onstage for a resounding duet of “Chosen Family,” a song that was featured on his compilation album The Lockdown Sessions.Įlton said in a statement, “I’m delighted to have reunited with all of my friends tonight after such a long time apart and better yet, to have raised over $9 million for the fight against AIDS. The event was co-hosted by his husband, David Furnish, with special guests Eric McCormack and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and raised the milestone amount of money for the foundation.  Sir Elton returned to host this year’s event in Los Angeles on Sunday night after missing out on last year’s festivities due to a scheduling conflict. ![]() ![]() The 31st annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party raised a whopping $9 million for the ongoing global effort to end AIDS. It was that bad.Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation Some Lagos-bound students had to risk hitching a ride in trucks to get home. Parents who besieged the campus to transport their children home, however, came to the rescue of some of the students. Worse still,most of the transporters did not accept bank transfers at the motor parks. Many of them were stranded on campus for days because they had no cash to travel. The students also suffered when they were asked to vacate the campus as a result of the election break granted them. So, many times, I managed to eat only one meal a day.” ”I also couldn’t get essential purchases at the market because the traders refused to accept old notes or bank transfers. I had to stay put in my hostel since I couldn’t access cash for the bike. She recounted: “I couldn’t attend my matriculation and it was most painful. One of the students lamented that she missed her matriculation owing to the naira crisis. She added: “Although I had old notes, the bike riders refused to accept them, neither would they accept bank transfer, especially after the expiration of the February 10 deadline.” ![]() “Sometimes, I wasn’t able to attend classes because I had no new notes with me,” a student, who preferred to be quoted simply as Olamide, recalled. Worse still, the POS agents on campus too could not help because they had no access to cash, while a few of the traders in the students’ hostels neighborhood, who were initially accepting bank transfers, suddenly refused to allow same.” ![]() One of the students, who pleaded not to be quoted, recounted: “Many parents sent money to their children on campus but the measure could not help them as they could not translate the money into physical cash.
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