Month: August 2020

A Must-Do Action for Male, Female After Sex, Even The Virtual Kind during COVID-19 – Doctor

ADEOLA YUSUF

An Argentine official has given some on-air sex education for onanistic lovers in the time of the coronavirus, underscoring how the pandemic and lockdown in response to it are shaking up every aspect of people’s lives. Jose Barletta, a doctor with the country’s health ministry, said in a televised broadcast that people needed to wash their hands after sex – whether it was in person or, as is increasingly the case, over digital channels. “It’s more important than ever to wash your hands after having sexual relations, after masturbation, or…

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All Eyes on Shell’s Oil Spill response, prevention in Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Asides $360 million contributed for Ogoni Clean-up by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Ventures (JV) in two years, the SPDC declared that it is working to eliminate spills from operational activities, remediate past spills and prevent spills caused by sabotage. Here is a comprehensive report by Shell on actions taken so far. – Platforms Africa  Oil spillage is an issue in the Niger Delta due to sabotage of oil facilities by vandals, oil theft and illicit refining by some unscrupulous elements in the region. Commendably, in 2019, the…

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African Youths demand Inclusion in policy formulation, entrepreneurship investment

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The African Youths Circle has demanded the inclusion of youths in entrepreneurship and policy formulation by government across the continent. The group particularly wanted the government across nations of Africa to do more in the area of youth empowerments, arguing that the time is ripe for Africa to have good leadership and also include Youths in conversations regarding policies, entrepreneurship support.   These demands, a statement sent to Platforms Africa read, were contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day all African Youth conference facilitated by…

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NUC approves 5 new entry, PhD programs for Caleb University

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The National University Commission (NUC) has approved five new entry and PhD programs for Caleb University Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie, who declared this during an interactive session with journalists at the main campus of the institution in Imota, Lagos Nigeria, maintained that all the progrmas being run by the Ivory Tower have also been long accredited by the NUC. “Asides from the fact that all of our programs are fully accredited, we now have five new entry and PhD programs. “One of them is Architecture.…

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Salvation Message Adeboye wants all Christians to read, all RCCG members to share

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Let all my children all over the World listen to this message, let everyone read this message. General Overseer of Nigeria’s largest Church in numbers of branches and, arguably, members’ population, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye admonished all members and Christians alike. Here is the message presented on Day 2 Of RCCG 2020 Convention on Excitement About Salvation. Give him the least opportunity and Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God will use part of it to win…

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How NNPC Recorded ₦2.68bn Trading surplus, 109% revenue upturn in May

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded a 109 per cent upturn in revenue with a trading surplus of ₦2.68 billion in May compared to the ₦30.81billion deficit posted in April 2020 when the effect of COVID-19 was at the peak. The Monthly Financial and Operational Report (MFOR) of the corporation, which showed this also revealed that the corporation also recorded an encouraging 43 per cent drop in cases of willful damage of its oil pipeline infrastructure by suspected oil thieves in May, 2020. NNPC has hitherto suffered…

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Ilaje Development Summit Group hails Gov. Akeredolu’s choice of Ilaje son as running mate

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Ilaje Development Summit Group (IDSG) has hailed the Governor of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (Aketi) on his choice of a distinguished Ilaje son, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as his running mate in the forthcoming governorship election in the State. The group, which said this in a statement issued by its Executive Administrator, Reverend Sola Adebawo, maintained that this “represents a clear recognition of both the obvious capacity of our brother and son to perform in this huge role, and a strong indication of an acknowledgment…

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Nigeria hikes Petrol ex-depot Price by N5.32 per litre

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude oil exporter, has hiked the ex-depot price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol by N5.32 per litre. The country’s Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), which is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), approved the new ex-depot price for petroleum products for the month of August in a memo released to all depots and marketers sighted by Platforms Africa on Wednesday morning. Ex-depot price is the price that the product is sold at the depot for marketers.  It largely…

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Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy, Bristow Helicopters sacks 100 pilots, engineers

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Barely 24 hours after Air Peace announced the sack of about 75 Pilots from its operations, Aviation giant, Virgin Atlantic Airways, has filed for bankruptcy while helicopters Service provider, Bristow Helicopters, also fired over 100 pilots and aeronautical engineers in its operations. In what is termed as a big trouble for aviation industry, Virgin Atlantic filed for the bankruptcy protection for its United States business, as it tries to nail down a £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) rescue plan announced last month. The Bristow Helicopters, on the other hand,…

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Nigeria’s Kwara State Dep Gov, Wife test Positive for COVID-19

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Deputy Governor of Nigeria’s Kwara State who doubles as Chairman of the State Technical Committee on COVID-19, Kayode Alabi, and his wife, Her Excellency Mrs. Abieyuwa Alabi, underwent test after they showed slight symptoms of the virus. The results of their test are positive, a statement by the spokesman for Kwara Task Force on COVID-19, Rafiu Ajakaye, read. “The second couple are very stable and in high spirit, and are now undergoing standard management protocols supervised by the government’s medical team,” Ajakaye who is the Chief Press Secretary to…

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