Month: January 2021

Man uses wife, kids as ‘collateral’ to collect N43,000 at POS shop

Precious Ibekwe

  A Middle-aged man has abandoned his wife and three children in a Point of Sales shop at Oluku near Benin City, the Edo State capital. Reports had it that the man went to the POS shop with his wife and three children, gave his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Card to the female POS attendant and requested for the sum of Forty-Three Thousand Naira. Unfortunately, the transaction did not go through; the man then pleaded with the POS attendant to give him the Forty-Three thousand naira (N43,000) to give to…

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Kano gets more share than Lagos as Nigeria releases Vaccine sharing formula

Precious Ibekwe

  Kano will have 3,557 vaccine doses while Lagos has 3,131 doses apportioned for it in the new sharing formula for COVID-19 vaccine released by an agency of the Nigerian government. In all, six states – Lagos, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Bauchi and Oyo – would receive higher doses of the first batch of COVID- 19 vaccines for health workers, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. The breakdown of the data released by the NPHCDA at the weekend showed: Kano, 3,557; Lagos, 3,131; Katsina, 2,361; Kaduna, 2,074;…

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It’s Dangerous To Reopen Nigerian Varsities Now, Lecturers warn

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigerian Lecturers’ Union has given a stern warning against reopening of universities due to the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday, according to a report by The PUNCH, assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the  National Universities Commission that universities could resume on January 18, but must adhere to COVID-19 protocols in hostels…

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Saudi-Based Nigerian Oil Magnate Assasinated + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

  Victim told to say his ‘last prayers’ before being ‘mercilessly’ shot at close range – brother   A Saudi Arabia-based Nigerian oil magnate, Ogacheko Atanu, had been assassinated in his home in Idah, Kogi State, North Central Nigeria. Elder brother to the deceased, Mr Ukubile Atanu, who is a lecturer with the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, who confirmed the incident, notec that the assassination happened at about 11pm when the deceased was about retiring to bed. When the assassins stormed his compound, Atanu was asked to say his last…

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‘Pfizer Vaccine For The Elite, China Vaccine For The Rest’

Fredrick Nwabufo

  One thing is constant in the human ecosystem – class struggle. According to Karl Marx, “The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.” There is perhaps, no other country where the fault lines of class are well accented like in Nigeria – where the rich secrete themselves in vulgar mansions with ramparts flanked by slums and where the elite hedge themselves about with phalanxes of police officers, and even conscripting the security officers into their household servantry. But I think Nigeria is where there…

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Our job not done yet, LASU ex-VC, Prof. Fagbohun, says in farewell address

Olanrewaju Fagbohun

  Here in an emotional look-back at the last five years, immediate past Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, opens up, in an address “for the last time as VC,” on what he truly thinks of thousands of students, members of governing council, lecturers, the alumni among others.     My Farewell Address as LASU’s 8th Substantive Vice-Chancellor Dear incredible members of the LASU Community, with a heart full of gratitude – I address you today for the last time as your vice-chancellor. Exactly five years…

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How NCC official, wife, 4 kids, niece, driver died in road crash + PHOTOS

Dawood Rabiu

  More details have emerged on how a staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Nuhu Hamman’Gabdo, and all members of his immediate family perished in a road crash. Hamman ’Gabdo died alongside his wife, four children, his niece and driver in an accident that occurred on Saturday, January 9, 2021 along Nasarawa-Abuja Expressway while the deceased and his family were returning from his country home, Serti in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State, the commission said in a statement sent to Platforms Africa on Sunday evening. An…

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Why Millions of Users may dump Whatsapp for Telegram, Signal, others

Precious Ibekwe

  A new privacy policy by the popular social media platform, Whatsapp, is triggering an exodus of users to other less popular but equally functional platforms such as Telegram, Signal, among others. Technology experts say if this is addressed, it could lead millions of users away from WhatsApp. The new privacy policy which comes into force from February 8, allows WhatsApp and Facebook to share user information with businesses and third-party service providers that transact on these platforms. Whatsapp in its new ‘Terms of Service’ which the users are expected…

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Nigeria’s APC Berates US Riot, Urges Donald Trump To Emulate Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigeria’s ruling party, The All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged United States President Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari, on how best to react to losing an election. The APC, generally referred to by some of its staunch members as the biggest political party in Africa, made this known in a statement by Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, entitled, “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions’. The party also condemned the US Capitol Hill riot…

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7 toddlers, 55 others on board “disappeared” Boeing 737 Plane – Official

Aoko Benjamin

  Seven toddlers and 55 adults were onboard the Boeing 737 passenger jet which disappeared over the sea in Jakarta, Indonesia Saturday, January 8, 2021, an official has said. The plane was declared missing moments after take-off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Media reports said the plane plummeted 3,048 metres (10,000 feet) shortly after take-off from Jakarta, reports claim. The Sriwijaya Air plane reportedly lost contact with the control room four minutes after take-off, plunging over 3,000 metres in less than 60 seconds. On board the 26-year-old plane were 56 passengers…

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