Day: September 6, 2020

No strike, protest over fuel price, power tarrif hike – Nigerian oil workers union, NUPENG declares 

Efe Wellington

  Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) has declared that there would be no industrial action or protest over recent hike in price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol and the electricity tariff increase in the Africa’s biggest economy. National President of NUPENG, Comrade Wiliams Akporeha, and South West Chairman of the union, Tayo Aboyeji, who declared this in separate phone interviews with Platforms  Africa, stated that at no time did the oil workers union issue any threat to go on strike over the…

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MD NNPC Shipping, Inuwa Waya’s choice as Nigeria’s Kano Governorship candidate stirs debate

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Kano Youth Support Group, a non-partisan assembly of young Nigerians in the commercial City, has raised the alarm over what it described as clandestine social media attacks on Mr. Inuwa Waya, a prominent indigene of the state and Managing Director of NNPC Shipping, by some people apparently threatened by his rising profile ahead of the 2023 state governorship election. Mr. Balarebe Yakub Jeje, Chairman of KYSG in a statement made available to journalists, explained that though Waya has not indicated his interest to join the race to succeed…

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BBNaija’s Erica Disqualified + Laycon, Nengi’s connection

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Big Brotther Naija (BBNaija) Lockdown housemate, Erica has been disqualified. She has hours before her disqualification apologised to Laycon and other housemates for verbal attacks on them. Erica who has been given two strikes, particularly apologised to Laycon for insulting him and making threats to kill him after the show. She also apologised to Nengi and housemates she had an altercation with last night. Recall that Erica confronted Nengi during Saturday night party for being close to her lover, Kiddwaya. Nengi, who was not pleased with her statement, told…

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Nigeria spends N30.5bn COVID-19 funds, palliatives from Banks, Citizens in 4 months

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Accountant General, Ahmed Idris, has given details of how the Government spent N30.5 billion on efforts to curtail COVID-19 between April and July. The amount, checks by Platforms Africa showed, represented 84 per cent of the N36.3bn public funds and donations received by the Nigerian Government to tackle the pandemic. Some of the funds came from the public funds and donations from Nigerians, Banks, Nongovernmental organizations and many more. Idris gave the details in a response to a Freedom of Information request jointly made by Socio-Economic Rights and…

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NO-NO! Nigeria Insists on Air France, Lufthansa, RwandAir Flights’ ban Over COVID-19 Spike

Aliyu Aliyu

Nigeria has resumed international  flights just as it reiterated the ban it slammed on Air France, KLM airline, and five other airlines from flying into the country. The reopening of International airspace on September 5 came five months after shutdown by the authorities due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Other airlines banned by the apex government when the international airspace resume were: Lufthansa airline, Etihad airline, Rwanda Air, Air Namibia, and Air Maroc. The decision came less than 48 hours to the reopening of Nigeria’s international airspace which was closed about five…

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BBNaija2020: Why I Slept On Same Bed With Laycon – Dorathy

Precious Ibekwe

  Big Brother Naija 2020 housemate, Dorathy, has now made known the reason why she slept on Laycon’s bed last week Tuesday. Dorathy made it clear during a conversation with Prince in the kitchen that, she shared the same bed with Laycon due to the fact that she was experiencing coldness and required warmth seriously. She stated: “I TOLD LAYCON I WANTED TO SLEEP ON HIS BED BECAUSE I WAS COLD THAT NIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO FEEL SOME WARMTH NOTHING MORE. “A DIFFERENT MAN EVERY WEEK, I’M NOT A…

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How Ogun 527 motocycle, vehicle accidents killed 109 In 8 Months

Damola Oyede

Authorities in Nigeria’s Ogun state have given details of how over 109 persons were killed in 527 road crashes involving vehicles and motorcycles in the last eight months. The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), which said this, added that 665 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the road accidents in the state between January  and August this year. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, who stated this in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, disclosed that, most of the accidents were caused…

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