Month: September 2020

Adeola Yusuf secures Columbia Varsity Journalism School Symposium support

ADEOLA YUSUF

   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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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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Stanbic Bank official docked over N0.437m customers deposits’ theft

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A 22-year-old bank employee, Tope Olajide, on Monday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for stealing two customers’ Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) cards and used them to withdraw  N427,000. The defendant, whose residential address was not disclosed, is facing trial before Magistrate O. A. Olayinka on a charge of stealing. Olajide, however, denied committing the offence and was admitted to bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum. Olayinka said that the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years’ tax payment…

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How Gunmen murdered 2 Nigerian Road Safety Operatives, abducted 10

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has given a graphical details of how an attack on a bus conveying 26 of its operatives led to the gruesome murder of two and abduction of 10 of its officers. The corps confirmed the killing and abduction by gunmen who attacked the buses in the early hours of Monday. Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the development in a statement, noting that the operatives were said to be travelling to the FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State.…

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Nigerian Health workers’ union declares nationwide strike

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Joint Health Workers Union has asked its members to withdraw their services and embark on a nationwide strike starting from midnight on Sunday (today, September 13, 2020). The decision, the union said, was reached after its National Executive Council meeting held on Saturday. The decision to go on strike was contained in a letter on Sunday to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige. It reads; “Dear Sir, RE: NOTICE OF 15-DAY ULTIMATUM/OUTCOME OF JOHESU EXPANDED NEC MEETING. “You would recall that at the end of…

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How Polaris Pearl Account’ll equip women for profitable Businesses – Ihekuna

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Polaris Bank has pledged that its Polaris Pearl account will equip women entrepreneurs with the requisite knowledge, skills, and support to run their businesses profitably. The Bank announced that following from its interaction with women across the country, it has discovered that most of them are unable to access finance to either stabilize or scale their businesses mainly because of a lack of awareness on how to leverage bank funding to drive and sustain profit. It notes that this finding is contrary to the popularly, but erroneously held view that…

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TRAGEDY! How Flood swept away two toddlers in Lagos + WHY PARENTS SHOULD CARE

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Hope of seeing their children alive again is shattered for parents of two toddlers swept away by flood in Ketu area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as officials ended search and rescue operations. The two toddlers were swept away into the canal by flood during torrential Saturday evening rain at Oyebanjo Street, Ketu. Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the tragedy that occurred at around 8pm on Saturday, cautioned parents and guardians to take extra care of their wards during…

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