January 2021 – Page 5 – Platformsafrica

How Legendary TV Host, Larry King, Died Weeks After Contracting COVID-19

January 23, 2021 Wonuola Olujobi

US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87. The TV star was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for coronavirus. He died on Saturday morning. King, whose career spanned more than six decades, had Type 2 diabetes and had suffered from lung cancer, angina and heart attacks in recent years, reports Sky News. King’s broadcasting fame began in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, which he hosted on the network Mutual Broadcasting System. He…

240 Israelis test positive for COVID after vaccination

January 23, 2021 Timothy Akpati

Among the nearly one million Israelis vaccinated against coronavirus so far, some 240 Israelis have been diagnosed with the virus days after getting the shot. The Times of Israel, which reported this, maintained that the figure underscored the need for individuals to continue to protect themselves for weeks after being inoculated. This is as the body takes time to develop effective antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Quoting Channel 13 News, The Times of Israel reported that the Pfizer vaccine is not made with the coronavirus itself,…

How 60 Year-Old Nigerian was Jailed For Assault On Ikeja Electric Staff

January 23, 2021 Gbenga Adeoti

A sixty year old man, Bakare Buraimoh, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Ilaro Correctional Centre, Ogun State, for assaulting a staff of Ikeja Electric, IE, The Ifo Magistrate Court on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, according to a statement sent to Platforms Africa, delivered the judgment against Buraimoh, a resident of Isheri-Olofin Community, for assaulting Abiodun Fakoya, a staff of IE attached to its Olowora Undertaking Office. In the judgment delivered by Magistrate A. I. Arogundade, the accused was found guilty of the offence and thereafter…

Nigerian Varsity Workers Begin Nationwide Strike Feb 5

January 23, 2021 Damilola Olonade

Here are the issues the workers gave Nigerian Government 2-week ultimatum to address After series of attempts to draw the Nigerian Government’s attention to the latent and growing industrial tension in the university system, non-academic staff of universities have resolved to embark on a nationwide strike on February 5. The aggrieved workers under the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), had last week embarked on a three-day protest over government’s failure to honour the Memorandum of Understanding…

COVID-19: Why New UK “Deadly” Variant Spread Easily, Hit 50 Nations

January 23, 2021 Wonuola Olujobi

The UK variant of COVID-19 may also kill faster according to scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. The data has been assessed by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, which has briefed government. However, all the evidence remains at a preliminary stage, BBC reports. Studies have already shown it can spread more easily than other version of the…

Dangote retains No1 spot with $12.1bn fortunes + 10 African Billionaires

January 23, 2021 Aliyu Aliyu

Aliko Dangote has retained the number one spot as the richest man in Africa with fortunes worth $12.1 billion. Forbes, in its latest list of 10 Africa’s billionaires sighted by Platforms Africa, stated that Dangote, 63, is followed by Nassef Sawiris, 60, an Egyptian with fortunes worth $8.3 billion. Aside from Dangote, two other Nigerians made the list. They are Mike Adenuga, 67, with $6.3billion; and AbdulSamad Rabiu, 60, with fortunes worth $5.5 billion. Here is the list:

WHO uncovers plots to scheme Africa out of COVID-19 vaccination

January 22, 2021 Aoko Benjamin

WHO named Guinea as the only low-income country in Africa to have received doses of the vaccines, with only 25 people vaccinated so far. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has uncovered hoarding of COVID-19 vaccine against Africa, warning that hoarding would only prolong the ordeal and delay recovery for the continent. The organisation also warned that Africa risks being left out in the COVID-19 vaccination as prices spike due to serious competition in other regions. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, gave the warning during a briefing…

US President Biden Faces Impeachment 24 hrs after inauguration

January 22, 2021 Precious Ibekwe

GOP House Member Files Article of Impeachment Against Biden. Here, according to her, are the “sins” committed by 46th US President Georgia conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Thursday made good her promise to file articles of impeachment against President Biden barely 48 hours after his inauguration. The freshman Republican, who has supported QANON conspiracy theories and criticized the 25,000 National Guard deployed to Washington D.C. to protect the presidential inauguration, took to Twitter to make her announcement, reports Fox News. “I’ve just filed articles of impeachment on President Joe Biden, we will…

Nigerian Court dissolves 10-year-old marriage for lack of love

January 22, 2021 Gbenga Adeoti

A Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, on Friday dissolved 10-year-old marriage between a butcher, Sadeeq Ahmed, and his estranged wife, Morufat, for lack of love. Ahmed had described the wife as wayward and carefree to the children while testifying before Chief Ademola Odunade’s court. “Morufat’s common practice is to return home very late in the night and if I complain, she begins to nag. “As a result, Morufat doesn’t know anything about our two children’s living and educational performances. “In fact, she has changed the children’s school up to four…

How Super Eagles Assistant Coach Joe Erico Died awaiting COVID-19 result

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Damola Oyede

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer and assistant coach, Joe Erico has died. The late coach, Erico, nicknamed ‘Jogobonito exponent’, passed away on Tuesday, 19 January, 2021 in Lagos at age, 72, after a brief illness. A close family member, Tomiwa Aghedo said the country’s coaching icon had died after complaining of stomach ache. Aghedo told Goal, “I feel sad informing you that coach Joe Erico passed on Tuesday, 19 January, 2021. “He complained of stomach ache yesterday and he was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where he was…