Day: September 15, 2020

Adeola Yusuf secures Columbia Varsity Journalism School Symposium support

Precious Ibekwe

   Platforms Africa Convener attends Columbia Journalism Review “The New Journalism” Event Multiple award winning Nigerian Journalist, Adeola Yusuf, has secured a free ticket from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism to attend Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) symposium. Yusuf, the convener of Platforms Africa, who is a Thomson Reuters Foundation laureate and a one-time winner of Africa Investigative Journalism Conference Bursary, was given the free ticket to, alongside other A-list journalists across the World, attend the highly sought-after symposium themed; “The New Journalism: Rethinking the news in the wake…

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EKEDC sorts customers into 5 bands for Optimum services, freezes tariff hike for 2

Damola Oyede

  Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced grouping of its customers into five service bands depicting the quantity and quality of supply they receive. General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Company, Godwin Idemudia, who declared this in a chat with newsmen, noted that this is for quality service delivery in line with promise made on Service Reflective Tariff. The tariff, which the leading utility firm commenced on September 1, is, accirding to an earlier report by Platforms Africa, to the growth of the Electricity ecosystem. “Customers on Band A will receive an average 20 hours…

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$1bn Ogoni cleanup: CISLAC demands incompetent contractors’ probe, sack

Precious Ibekwe

  The $1 billion Ogoni cleanup in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been brought back to the front burner as Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has demanded the probe and sack of incompetent contractors. United Nations Environmental Protection (UNEP) Agency has earlier in a report recommended that the Ogoniland be cleanup through an investment expected to gulp about $1 bilion. Executive Director of the Centre, Auwal Ibrahim Musa also known as Rafsanjani, who made this demand at a regional capacity building for environment editors in Lagos Nigeria, alleged that the…

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Seadogs raise alarm over Lagos flooding

Micheal Olatunji

The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has raised the alarm over the recent flood witnessed in some parts of Lagos. A statement by the Capon, Ikeja Chapter of NAS, Mr. Iheanyi Konkwo, said contrary to predictions by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), the ‘Little Dry Season (LDS)’, a seasonal weather phenomenon commonly known as August Break, extended beyond the projected 25-day period. While it lasted, the ever-busy Lagos metropolis was ‘dry’ and accommodated its relatively high-frequency hustle and bustle. NAS IKeja Chapter, equally took a swipe at the Lagos…

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NUJ Chair: How passengers, crew escaped death, Bandits’ attack on moving Kaduna-Abuja Train

Aliyu Aliyu

  Passengers and crew on an Abuja-bound train from Kaduna State, North West Nigeria, have escaped death by the whiskers as their train was reportedly attacked on Monday night by suspected bandits. This happened few hours after bandits attacked 26 officers of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the same region, killing 2 officers, injuring 4 and abducting 10. Chairman of the National Union of Journalist, Abuja Council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, who, on his Facebook page, announced the attack on the moving train, shared an eyewitness accounts on how the…

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