Day: December 9, 2020

Ghana President, Akufo-Addo, 76, Wins Second Term

Aoko Benjamin

  The Ghanaian Electoral Commission has declared the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, 76 year-old Nana Akufo-Addo, winner of the 2020 presidential election. The Commission said that Akufo-Addo, the incumbent president, polled 6,730,413 representing 51.59 percent of votes cast to defeat a former president and candidate of National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, who recorded 6,214,889 or 47.36 percent of the votes. The results follow a contentious poll that both candidates had said they were leading based on their camps’ tallies which led to violence that claimed no fewer than…

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Nigeria embargoes New SIM Cards’ Sale for MTN, Glo, others

Dawood Rabiu

  The Nigerian Government has directed telecommunication companies across the country to halt the sale registration and activation of new Subscriber Identity Module, known better as SIM card. Thw Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which issued this embargo in a statement to Platforms Africa, explained that the directive had become imperative to pave way for an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said that the move was to allow the commission focus on the task ahead and ensure all bottlenecks are…

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Lagos Criminalises Burying Dead Bodies Within Residence

Damola Oyede

Dead residents or indigenes of Lagos, including landlords and land owners, are no longer allowed to be buried in their house premises or any other parts of residential areas. As part of measures to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases across Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, the state government has banned the burying of dead bodies within residential premises across the state. This is coming as the state also prohibited the usage of residential areas as morgues, embalmment centers, and burial sites in the state. The Executive Secretary of Lagos State…

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We are not aware of Petrol Price reduction – Fuel Marketers

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Pricing Agency, PPPRA, has not recognised new fuel cost announced by Labour and Employment Minister   Confusion has greeted the N5 per litre price reduction on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol.Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, had said that the pump price of petrol had been reduced by N5 effective from December 14, 2020. “Our discussion was fruitful and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which is the major importer and marketers of petroleum product and customers have agreed that there will be…

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Facts Varsity Students, Parents should know about 9-month strike – ASUU

Francis KOKUTSE

Why 42 year-old Nigeria varsity lecturers’ union, ASUU, has no Twitter account, Chairman UNILAG ASUU opens up at Platforms Africa e-Discourse  Chairman, Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Dele Ashiru, has some messages for hundreds of thousands of students affected by the on-going 9 month’s strike and their parents. He was the lead discussant at the Platforms Africa e-discourse where he opened up on real reason the 42 year-old varsity lecturers’ union has no Twitter account, among other. Excerpts; What is your assessment of tertiary…

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Why Oando suspended 2018 AGM, delayed Q3 unaudited financial statement

Efe Wellington

  OANDO Plc has opened up on the reason the integrated oil giant delayed the release of its third (Q3) Unaudited Financial Statement for 2020. The company stated that the inability of the oil company to meet its 2020, Q3 filing of accounts obligation, which was due on November 20, 2020, is as a result of the indefinite suspension of the company’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM).   This was disclosed in a notification by OANDO for shareholders and stakeholders, which was sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on…

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Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke’s Fake Doctorate and Professorship By Farooq Kperogi

Farooq A. Kperogi

Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke’s Fake Doctorate and Professorship By Farooq A. Kperogi I don’t want to be known as the guy who exposes or popularizes exposés on people’s forged qualifications. But when our reporters have shown themselves to be either unable or unwilling to bring to light cases of shockingly brazen and bizarre certificate forgeries in high places, it behooves those of us on the reportorial fringes but with knowledge of these frauds to fill the gap. Early this month, the Nigerian diasporan online media were abuzz over the scandal of Ndi…

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