Day: February 5, 2021

THE DAY I CONFRONTED PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA, by Ken Ikonne

Ken Ikonne

  One odd evening in July, 2001, my boss and learned Senior colleague in chambers, Amobi Nzelu Esq, did to me what I considered the greatest injustice on earth. He suddenly summoned me to his office on the intercom, and handed me a bulky file. To my utter astonishment, he then thundered: “Ikonne, tomorrow morning, at 9 am, you will go to Oputa Panel. You will cross examine Wole Soyinka, on a petition he filed at the Panel against Doctor Walter Ofonagoro, former Information Minister. Study the file well and…

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University of Ibadan frets, embargoes campus accommodation for students

Gbenga Adeoti

  “No student will be accommodated on campus,” UI insists, noting the “prevailing circumstances occasioned by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has embargoed accomodation for students at its hostels on campus as a measure against the spread of Coronavirus. The University insisted in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa that it would not accommodate any student on campus when it resumes for the 2020/2021 academic session. The clarification follows the information trending on the social media that the university has…

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Fresh Fuel Price hike Looms as Nigeria mulls 20% Freighting Cost surge

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Government has revealed plans to increase cost of transporting (freighting) Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol by 20 percent. The surge, which will see the price jumping from N7.51 to N9.11 per litre in the pricing template of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), will, if scaled through, lead to hike in the retail price of the product across the country. The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) management Board, Ahmed Bobboi, who stated this, maintained that this development was a measure to…

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