Month: November 2020

Trump fires Defence Secretary amidst rejection of Biden’s victory

ADEOLA YUSUF

  United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump has sacked the country’s Secretary of Defence, Mr Mark Esper. The sack came after reports of recent clashes between the two over several issues. Trump, who announced the decision on Twitter on Monday, named Mr Christopher Miller, Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, as Acting Secretary of Defence. “Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service. “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by…

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Niger Governor contracts COVID-19 + List of Governors who tested positive

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Governor of Niger State, North West Nigeria, Abubakar Sani Bello, has tested positive for COVID-19, an aide disclosed in a statement. Chief Press Secretary to Bello, Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Monday said “his sample was taken for test, and unfortunately returned positive. Noel-Berje said the governor made this known via his Twitter handle and that he has immediately gone into self isolation and commenced treatment. She solicited for prayers from all and sundry for his quick recovery even as he is asymptomatic to the virus.She advised the people…

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Why Nigeria varsity lecturers won’t resume even if IPPIS is resolved – ASUU

ADEOLA YUSUF

The striking University lecturers in Nigeria under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have said that the issues which led to their industrial action are beyond Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS). They urged the Federal Government not to think that the IPPIS is the sole condition for them to call off the ongoing strike in the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, adding that the ongoing strike may still linger if government failed to meets its demand.…

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How NNPC’s Oil Exports surged by 64.84%, hit $139.50m in One Month

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has given details of how it recorded a 64.84 per cent increase in crude oil exports sale in August to post $139.50 million revenues for the month. The Corporation had in its 61st edition of Monthly Financial and Operational Report (MFOR) for the month of August 2020, indicated a total Crude Oil & Gas export sale of $139.50 million; increasing by 64.84 per cent compared to the previous month. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru, gave a…

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Trump adamant, begins Legal battle against Biden Today

ADEOLA YUSUF

Baring last minutes change of mind, the United States (US) President Donald Trump has vowed to begin a legal battle today, Monday, November 9, against the victory of President-elect, Senator Joe Biden. Trump who has refused to call and congratulate Biden over 24 hours after Biden’s victory at the polls, vowed through his team to challenge the election in Court. He is still fuming at the emergence of Biden as winner of the Presidential election, Saturday evening, as he has declared that the race is ‘far from over.’ Trump who…

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Digital age offers greater revenue-earning potential for Nigeria – NCC CEO

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has underscored the centrality of economic diversification and ethical leadership at all levels of government as panacea for the current economic headwinds in Nigeria. Danbatta stated this when he delivered a paper entitled: “Ethical   Leadership as an Instrument for National Sustainability in the Post-Oil Nigerian Economy. A Public Sector Perspective” at a  two-day hybrid (online and onsite) Annual Directors Conference (ADC) organized by the Institute of Directors (IoD), Nigeria earlier this week, where he also…

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Why Mexico Won’t Congratulate Biden yet + link with Trump

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Saturday he would not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until legal challenges are concluded. This decision is in an apparent bid to avoid friction with Washington during the transition. Democrat Joe Biden won the election on Saturday after a victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania put him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes, reports Reuters. Mexico is the United States’ top trade partner, with over $600bn of annual two-way commerce, and the bilateral relationship with its northern neighbour…

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Americans have rejected Trump – Obama, Clinton hail Biden’s victory

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The emergence of Joe Biden as oldest President in America’s history signified a total rejection of Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, have said. The duo said this at different fora thanking Americans for making Democrats candidate Biden 46th United State’s president-elect. While Obama in a tweet said that Americans have spoken clearly with Biden as their choice, Hilary, who lost Donald Trump in the 2016, described the Biden’s feat as “history-making ticket”. In her speech on Twitter handle @HillaryClinton, the former…

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‘Why the Rich, Educated are not safe from Depression, Suicide, Crimes’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ahunanya, PhD   What played out last week in Tanzania where results of Presidential election were rejected by a candidate also came up in the United States of America, a democracy that first adopted its constitution in 1788! Globally recognised emotional intelligence Coach and Deputy Director at Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Stella AHUNANYA, in this no-holds-barred interview with Platforms Africa opens up on why people, regardless of age, colour, educational qualification, class and status, react to defeat and victory same way making them susceptible…

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Fuel tanker explosion kills Two, burns 47 vehicles on Lagos Expressway

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 33,000 litres fully loaded tanker has exploded on an expressway connecting Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, to other parts of the country. The explosion, which occured around 12:47 am Saturday on the Kara bridge of the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Platforms Africa gathered, killed and burnt corpses of the tanker driver and his motor-boy beyond recognition. The bridge is notorious for accident. It has witnessed several of such in recent times. “The petrol-laden truck crashed, caught fire and exploded at about 12:47am this morning,” a motorist who simply identified himself ad…

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