Month: September 2020

EXPENSIVE SHIT! Nigeria’s Delta Education College Provost builds two Toilets with N36m – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria’s Delta State based Warri College of Education has allegedly constructed two toilets with N36 million. Sahara Reporters, which reported this, claimed that the provost used N36m to build two toilets in the institution funded by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. “Speaking under the condition of anonymity, a Senior Staff reported that the provost concluded everything with the contractors before going into the bidding process. Warri College of Education is synonymous with corruption and other fraudulent practices’the report by Sahara Reporters read. “But even if you raise the alarm,…

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11 Banks in trouble as EFCC probes link with Dubai-bound Nigerian caught with 2,886 ATM cards

ADEOLA YUSUF

EFCC reveals massive customers accounts’ stealing, sale for N10,000 each Says Scan machine at the Lagos Airport had revealed Man caught with 2,886 ATM Cards was carrying packs of noodles Eleven commercial banks in Nigeria are in trouble as country’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) begins the probe of their links with Dubai-bound Nigerian caught with 2,886 ATM cards. The Commission has also revealed massive bank customers accounts’ stealing and sale for N10,000 each going on in banks as a new strategy to launder money abroad. The…

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Despite COVID-19, We avert Food Crisis, Nigeria’s Buhari rates self high on Food Security

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the level of preparedness of nations to shocks of food security, explaining that his Government’s wisdom in promoting self-sufficiency over the years helped significantly in averting a food crisis. Speaking at the National Food Security Council meeting held at the State House, President Buhari noted that there was need for more effort to increase food production and self-sufficiency, assuring that the Federal Government will continue to promote policies that favour investments in the agricultural sector. “The coronavirus pandemic…

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Funny, Mixed Reactions Trail Ghana’s BBNaija version, ‘Big Brethren Ghana’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ghanaians are excited following the official launching of Big Brethren Ghana (BBG), which is reportedly the country’s version of Big Brother. However, several photos from the reality TV show which were posted on Twitter attracted mixed reactions as some of the housemates were spotted sleeping in an overcrowded and visibly unkempt room. Nigerians have since trolled Ghanaian for duplicating Big Brother Naija (BBN) with a substandard version of the reality show. Despite some Ghanaians being excited over the launching, others expressed their anger against organizers of the show for ‘disgracing…

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It’s Now Law! Rapists will be Castrated in Nigeria’s Kaduna State + Critical Questions Raised

ADEOLA YUSUF

  It has become law in the Nigeria’s Kaduna state, Rapists will henceforth be castrated. The State House of Assembly has approved castration as punishment for those convicted of rape, raising crirical question on what happens if the convict is a female? This, according to checks by Platforms Africa, is a detour from the stand earlier taken by the country’s National Assembly, which threw away such a bill based on contradiction on commensurate punishment for a woman convicted of rape. The stand taken by Kaduna legislators follows the passage of…

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Sadiya, Nigerian Sokoto ex-Governor Wamakko’s daughter dies of childbirth complications

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko, the daughter of former governor of Sokoto state, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has passed away. Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko died at the age of 23 years following complications arising from childbirth. TVC News reported that Sadiya died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. However, Sadiya was buried on Thursday night. The funeral took place at the residence of Senator Wamakko, Sahabi Dange, road, Gawon Nama, Sokoto.

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5100 card readers destroyed as fire razed Ondo INEC office 30 days to election

ADEOLA YUSUF

Over 5100 card readers which were meant for the October 10 governorship election in Nigeria’s Ondo state have been destroyed as fire, on Thursday, September 10, gutted the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) office in the state. The fire outbreak which started on Thursday night at the ICT unit of the Commission, raged for over five hours. The Inferno was said to have started around 8:30 pm. With the cause of the outbreak unknown, men of the fire service were yet to arrive at the scene. INEC Commissioner in Charge of Information…

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Nigerian Doctors Suspend Strike, confirm government’s N8.9bn COVID-19 allowance payment approval

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike, which it commenced on September 7, 2020. The group also confirmed that the government has approved the release of 8.9 billion naira to offset the outstanding balance of April/May and June COVID-19 hazard inducement allowance to all health workers, noting that the decision of the government to determine revised hazard allowance as soon as possible. A communique, signed after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting by President of NARD Dr. Aliyu Sokomba and other key officials…

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17,483 PPPRA, PEF staff face sack, mass redeployment as Minister declares end to agencies’ existence

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Minister of  State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has declared an end to the existence of some agencies buoyed by the full deregulation of the country’s oil industry. Sylva made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria. The minister specifically mentioned the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, ( PPPRA)  and the Petroleum Equalisation Board,  (PEF) as agencies that will no longer be in existence. The two agencies do not, according  to checks by Platforms Africa, operate a transparent system where the number…

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BBNaija: I wanna leave already, Love “crazy” Kiddwaya offers self for eviction over Erica

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Love crazy Kiddwaya has declared how much he missed Erica, his lover in the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Lockdown House as he declared that he “wanna leave already.” Erica was disqualified last weekend after having two strikes and her exit has left her love interest, Kiddwaya so lonely and crazy. In a rap, Kiddwaya intimated that he’ll like to leave the house in order to be with Erica. Kiddwaya said; “When the pressure is lost, that’s when you feel the pain, Do I know my long term mission or…

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