Day: September 27, 2020

Journalists sent out as Nigerian Government, Labour Union’s Meeting holds behind closed door

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigerian Government, Labour Unions’ Make or Mar meeting dovetails into a technical session   Less than three hours into the planned nationwide protest and industrial actions by the organised labour unions in Nigeria, the crucial meeting between the Nigerian Government and leadership of labour has slipped into behind closed door as journalists were asked to leave the venue. The two parties stated that the decision to ask the newsmen leave the venue as at 10:07 pm on Sunday was because the meeting entered into a technical session. The two…

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How BBNaija Laycon mobbed 60% Total Votes, Won N85m Grand Prize + Votes’ STATISTICS

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Olamilekan ‘Laycon’ Agbeleshe mobbed 60 per cent of the total votes cast to, on Sunday, emerge winner of the N85 million Grand Prize for the Big Brother Naija ‘Lockdown’ reality show. Laycon beat fellow housemasters Nengi, Neo, Vee and Dorathy to win the coveted grand prize worth N85 million. While the winner clawed 60 per cent of the votes, leaving a paltry 40 per cent for the remaining four finalists, Dorothy who is second polled 21.85 per cent; while Nengi got 18.03 per cent of the votes. The two…

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Encomium as Nigeria’s ‘King of Energy Reporting,’ Yakubu Lawal retires from NDPHC on 60th birthday

Efe Wellington

  Platforms Africa, Energy Journalists’ group, friends all over Africa celebrate Media Icon, accomplished administrator – Yakubu Lawal – on retirement, 60th birthday.   It was an havest of Encomium as General Manager, Public Affairs, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Alhaji Yakubu Lawal, retired from active services coinciding with his 60th birthday. Lawal, a veteran energy journalist whose sojourn in the profession spanned many decades, worked for The PUNCH, Guardian among other Nigeria’s top newspapers before joining the NDPHC. He has travelled to some of the major countries of…

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Why COVID-19 Couldn’t Kill more Africans – WHO + Death, Infections’ STATISTICS

Precious Ibekwe

  More than 80 per cent of Africans who were infected with the virus were asymptomatic, the United States, with slightly more than a quarter of Africa’s population, has recorded 7.1 million cases and more than 206,000 deaths – WHO   Africans may be twice as likely to experience COVID-19 without any illness, compared with people in the rest of the world, according to preliminary analysis by the African branch of the World Health Organization. The results from several blood-sample studies in Africa could help to explain the low death…

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