Month: August 2020

Nigeria’s Mega Churches, Mosques reopen as Ogun State lifts Worship Centres’ ban

Damilola Olonade

  Mega Churches and mega Mosques (also known as Asalatu) in Nigeria have been reopened as Ogun State, host state to majority of them, lift the ban on Worship Centres. The headquarters of Mega Churches like the Winners Chapel, Redeemed Christians Church of God (RCCG), Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry (MFM), Deeper Life Bible Church, as well as the headquarters of NASFAT, Saadatu Abadiyya, Dawah Front of Nigeria (DF) among others are located in the state. Governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun, said on Friday while giving an update…

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How Nigeria’s Popular lawmaker was Assassinated, two wives, son abducted – Police

Damola Oyede

    A popular lawmaker in Nigeria who is presently a member of the House of Assembly, Bauchi State, Musa Mante, has been assassinated. The Nigerian Police, which confirmed this incident, gave details of how Suspected gunmen on Thursday night killed Musa Mante, a member representing Baraza Dass constituency in the House of Assembly. According to reports, the gunmen invaded his residence in Dass Local Government Area of the state and abducted two of his wives and a son. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command,…

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EXCLUSIVE: ExxonMobil ex-Image Maker, Omo-Ojo petitions Buhari, declares sack Abuse of Nigerian law

Aliyu Aliyu

  An ex-staff at the Media and Communications unit of the United States (U.S) oil giant, ExxonMobil, Ernest Ivie Omo-Ojo, has written a petition to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that his suspension and sack by the company in Nigeria were “Wilful and Flagrant Abuse of the country’s Regulations.” Platforms Africa gathered that Omo-Ojo got a letter of suspension from Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (a subsidiary of ExxonMobil) on April 12, 2019. While arbitration by the country’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) was ongoing between the employer and employee, Omo-Ojo…

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COVID-19 cases slowing down in Africa, WHO declares

Aoko Benjamin

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the COVID-19 cases in Africa has continued to slow down in the past two weeks. 9% increase in COVID-19 cases in Africa over past week, compared to 13% previous week, the Organisation said in its situation report, sighted by Platforms Africa. The WHO Regional Office for Africa said there has been “a 9% increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the African Region over the past week (Aug. 5-11), compared to a 13% increase recorded during the previous reporting period (July…

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Why Eni, Partners built 10MW Power Project in Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa State – Fiorillo

Precious Ibekwe

  Managing Director of Eni Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Lorenzo Fiorillo, has given reasons his company and its partners – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC/NAPIMS), Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Oando Energy – constructed the multi-million dollars 10 mega watts (MW) power plant in Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa state. The plant, a statement made available to Platforms Africa read, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, August 13, 2020. It is to power the headquarters building of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), and other major government and…

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DPR begins 203.16trn scf gas reserves’ optimisation, plugs domestic hubs into NGTNC

Efe Wellington

  The Nigeria’s oil industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has advanced plans to optimise the country’s.16 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) gas reserves. This, the Director for the agency, Engineer Sarki Auwalu said, would be achieved by plugging the domestic gas market hubs into the Nigeria Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC). Reiterating its commitment to fast-tracking full integration of the domestic gas market hubs into the NGTNC, the agency said in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs, Mr. Paul Osu, that this is to ensure optimal…

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Condoms Have Reduced in BBNaija House – Nengi Gossips with Ozo

Precious Ibekwe

  Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Nengi, has noted that condoms in the house are reducing. Nengi made the observation while having a breakfast with her supposed boyfriend, Ozo. She told Ozo, “Condoms have reduced.” “How many have you used,” she said jokingly. In response, Ozo said “I wish I had used them.” The first housemates caught having sex in this Lockdown edition were Praise and Ka3na who were not even into any serious relationship. This was followed by that of Erica and Kiddwaya. However, conversations between housemates over time…

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Arotile’s Suspected Killers Plead not Guilty, Get N1m Bail

Damola Oyede

  Nehemiah Adejo and David Adejo, driver and owner of the vehicle, which killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, have been arraigned in Kaduna. They got N1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the four-count charges against them. Tolulope died in an auto crash at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base, Kaduna, in July. The accused were arraigned before a Kaduna State Magistrates’ Court on a four-count charge bordering on causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and attention, driving without driver’s…

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WHO makes U-Turn, says Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Not Infectious

Aliyu Aliyu

  Less than six months after it declared that asymptomatic COVID-19 patients could infect others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a complete detour declaring that its recent study shows that it is rare that “an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual.” An asymptomatic coronavirus patients are those who test positive for the virus but who do not show any sign (symptoms) of infection. On the percentage of COVID-19 patients that are asymptomatic, WHO data to date suggest that 80 per cent of infections are mild…

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BBNaija: How Ozo caused ‘dirty fight’ between Nengi, Lucy

Precious Ibekwe

  2020 Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) lockdown housemates, Nengi and Lucy are in a serious bickering over a handsome male housemate, Ozo. Lucy wgo almost engaged in physical fight with Nengi on Sunday, has revealed that she dislikes the way Nengi toys Ozo around like a child. She cited Ozo as the main reason why she attacked Nengi on Sunday night right after the live eviction show, which nearly snowballed into a physical tussle but for the intervention of other housemates. While having a heart-to-heart talk with her bosom friend,…

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