Month: August 2020

MTN Shuts Nigeria’s Kaduna Office, quarantines all staff as Manager contracts Covid-19

Precious Ibekwe

Telecomminication giant, MTN Nigeria, has shut down one of its offices in Kaduna, Northwestern part of the country, and enforced self-quarantine on the entire staff as one of their managers tested positive for COVID-19. The company, which confirmed this in an update sighted by Platforms Africa charged all customers or guests who used the facility within the last 2 weeks, beginning July 31 2020, to contact the Kaduna State Emergency. “The affected staff is a senior staff in management level at the Kaduna branch,” a source added. MTN Nigeria update…

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Nigeria resumes International flights Saturday, August 29

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Government has announced the resumption of international flights from Saturday, August 29, 2020. The country’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika  made the announcement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening about five months after the airspace was closed. “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from August 29, 2020. “Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption,” he tweeted. Sirika added that all protocols must be observed. “Protocols and procedures will be announced in due course. We thank you for your patience,” he…

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How Ibadan ‘Serial Killer’ Escaped from Our custody – Nigerian Police

Okanlawon Adisa

  Ibadan Police Commissioner begs Residents to, again, help be on a lookout, re-arrest, and handover suspect to his men The Nigerian Police has given details of how the suspected serial killer in Ibadan, largest city in West Africa, 19-year-old Sunday Shodipe, escaped from its “lawful” custody. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Gbenga Fadeyi, who quoted the Police Commissioner, Mr. Joe Enwonwu, to have goven the details, maintained that Enwonwu “implored the general public to be on the lookout, arrest and immediately inform the officers and men of…

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Nigeria’s Kwara State secures N160m Dangote grant for 16,000 rural women

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigeria’s Kwara State government has secured N160 million Aliko Dangote Foundation Micro-Grants for 16,000 rural women across the State. Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou (Mrs.), said in a letter of offer accepted on behalf of the state government by Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Intervention, Kayode Oyin-Zubair, that the state met all the requirements for the disbursement of the grants. She also extolled the sterling leadership style of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The grant is meant for the rural women living in the 16…

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We’ll wear nose mask during sex – Ghana’s Prostitutes beg customers as patronage crashes

Aoko Benjamin

  Some commercial sex workers in Ghana have expressed worry about low patronage since the country confirmed its first COVID-19 case in March. Drinking spots, pubs and other places for social gatherings had remained closed since March, until a month ago when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lifted the ban on them. The development, according to a report by Accra-based Mirror newspaper, affected the ‘oldest profession’ of the world forcing most of the prostitutes to resort to other businesses. Although the bars are now operating, some of the commercial sex workers are…

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Shell kicks as Nigerian Court Orders Sale of Stakes in lucrative oil bloc

Efe Wellington

A Nigerian High Court has affirmed the enforcement of the sale of interests in the Shell Joint Venture, JV, assets in Kidney Island and specified interests in a lucrative oil bloc named; ‘Oil Mining Lease 11’ to the country’s Rivers State Government. The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), which confirmed this in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintained that it had swiftly filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution against the judgment issued by the Rivers State Highest Court on 13 August 2020, on oil asset,…

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Reactions flood Twitter as BBNaija’s Kaisha, Neo caught together in the bathroom

Damola Oyede

  Reactions have continued to flood Twitter as Big Brother Naija, BBNaija housemate, Kaisha and Neo, were on Saturday night caught together in the bathroom. Another housemate, Praise, disclosed to Wathoni that the two lovebirds were in the bathroom and asked her to go and confirm in the bathroom, though it was not immediately clear what both housemates were caught doing. This seems to have caused tension between lovers; Vee and Neo as they slept on separate beds last night and had a little fight. Below are some of the…

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NNPC rules out Equity sale, crashes debts in JV with Shell, Chevron, others to $2bn

Efe Wellington

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out the sale of its multi-billion dollars equity in oil assets across the country to investors, declaring that this is the wrong time to venture into that. Group Managing Director of the corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, who gave this hint in a keynote address at the 45 th Anniversary Lecture of the Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), maintained that the corporation is proactive bearing in mind the place of oil and gas in the next 40 to 50 years. Kyari’s…

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Nigeria’s EKEDC appeals N1m damages judgement, says verdict inconsistent with power industry regulations 

Precious Ibekwe

Eko Electricity distribution company (EKEDC), Nigeria’s leading power utility firm that connects major parts of Lagos to the grid, has appealed the judgement of an Igbosere High Court, which awarded N1 Million damages against the company in the case filed by one Sunday Babalola. In a statement signed by EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, the company has appealed the judgement on the premise that it is inconsistent with industry regulation, as the company has the right to demand for outstanding payments before reconnection in accordance with the provisions…

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How Bayern Munich shattered record, Thrashed Messi’s Barcelona 8-2

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Spanish giants Barcelona suffered an historic embarrassment in the hands of German Champions Bayern Munich on Friday night. The Lionel Messi side conceded four in the opening half of a UCL knockout-round game for the first time in club history. The German side hit 8 past Barcelona in a thrilling Champions League win to book a spot in the semifinals of the tournament in Lisbon. The match got off to a cracking start with Thomas Muller putting Bayern ahead early and David Alaba conceding an own goal to Barcelona…

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