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Tension as Police arrests Mr. Macaroni, 14 Other #LekkiTollgate Protesters

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Residents of highbrow Lekki Ajah put class, shame aside run to relatives, friends in Ikorodu, Epe, Sango-Ota Tension is building at the popular Lekki Toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria, where the Police has begun a clampdown on protesters. Platforms Africa can authoritatively report that many residents of the highbrow Lekki, Ajah and ibeju have put shame aside and ran to relatives, friends in middle/low class areas like Ikorodu, Epe, and Sango-Ota. A resident of Lekki Phase 1 scheme who pleaded not to be named confirmed this development. “The tension…

Shell loses 5-year legal battle on Nigeria community’s rights to sue in UK

February 13, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

UK Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal ruling, declares oil Polluted communities ‘can sue in English courts’ Royal Dutch Shell has lost its five-year legal battle on rights of impacted communities in the Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region to sue it in Court located in far away England over oil spills and pollution in Nigeria. The Supreme Court, the UK’s final appeal court for civil cases, ruled that the cases brought by the Bille community and the Ogale people of Ogoniland against Royal Dutch Shell were arguable and could…

ExxonMobil, Chevron suffer downgrade on Earnings, Climate Risk Ratings

February 13, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Ratings agency, S&P cuts Exxon’s long-term rating to AA- from AA with a negative outlook. Chevron was lowered to AA- from AA with a stable outlook. Conoco was reduced to A- from A with a stable outlook. Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips had their credit ratings lowered after S&P Global Ratings followed through on its recent warning and revised the industry’s risk profile due to climate change and weak earnings, Bloomberg has reported. The three oil and gas producers all had their ratings cut one notch,…

Caleb University secures NUC’s approval to commence Law Program

February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Caleb University has secured approval from National Universities Commission (NUC) to commence its Law Program at the City Campus for Full Time Students. NUC Director of Academic Planning, Dr N.B. Saliu, who confirmed this in a letter sighted by Platforms Africa, said; “I am directed to inform the Vice-Chancellor that the Executive Secretary has considered and approved the establishment of the Full-Time Mode of the following Undergraduate Programme to be run in the City Campusof the University, with effect from the 2020/2021 Acadenic Session – LLB, Law”.…

Nigeria’s major oil marketers advocate post-deregulation National Dialogue

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, has called for a national discourse among all stakeholders including Government, Labour, Civil Society Organizations, the Organized Private Sector and Operators. The dialogue, they said, is not on the merits or demerits of petrol subsidy removal but on the initiatives that can be taken to ease the impact of the subsidy removal on the most vulnerable in our society. Speaking at a virtual press briefing, Chairman of MOMAN, Mr. Adetunji Oyebanji, maintained that the group “remains committed to the sustainability and…

INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY LATEEF JAKANDE, LAGOS GOVERNOR ON 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1979

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Here, Platforms Africa reproduces the inaugural speech of Lateef Jakande read on 1st of October 1979 as first civilian governor in the history of Lagos state. Here is one of the reasons, even in death, Baba kekere remains a Giant. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR JAKANDE TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE — 1ST OCTOBER, 1979. FELLOW Citizens of Lagos State, On Saturday, 28th, July 1979, you elected me, by 559,070 votes to 126,805, the first Executive Governor of Lagos State. Today, as a result of that election,…

NIN AND NIGERIA’S NATIONAL DATABASE CREDIBILITY QUESTION

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

This article, originally christened “NIN: TOWARDS A CREDIBLE NATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA” by Waheed Ogunjobi, takes a deeper look at the National Identification Number (NIN) and the question repeatedly asked on the credibility or lack of it about Nigeria’s National Database Ever since the Federal Government issued the new order on the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card by all Nigerians, there has been flurry of activities around the offices of the National Identification Management Commission by Nigerians who…

Nigerian Communications Commission’s Facebook Account Cloned

February 12, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has raised an alarm over its Facebook account cloned by yet to be identified individuals. The commission, which stated this in a statement made available to Platforms Africa, noted that it has “since contacted Facebook Team to take down the fake account.” “The fraudulent Facebook account with the name: “Nigerian Communications Commission – NCC – Info Zone” was opened by unidentified individuals, ostensibly to deceive and defraud unsuspecting members of the public, some of whom, as NCC believes, may have inadvertently signed…

Court orders arrest of popular Nigerian Pastor over EKEDC’s power theft

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Utility firm, EKEDC, reads riot act to Customers, begins clamp down on illegal connection A Nigerian Court has ordered the immediate arrest and arraignment of the Pastor of the Power & Life Christian Mission, a Church in the Amukoko area of Lagos, over an unlawful re-connection of power supply from Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) to the Church premises The leading electricity utility firm in Nigeria, EKEDC, which confirmed this in a statement made available to Platforms Africa on Friday, warned its customers to refrain from engaging in…

How twin explosions rocked Nigerian opposition party PDP’s secretariat

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Details have emerged on how twin explosions rocked the secretariat of the Nigeria’s major opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria. The edplosions were caused by dynamite detonated in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) parked in front of the secretariat at about 3pm during the councilorship primaries of the party. Though nobody or group had claimed responsibility for the blasts, it was gathered that party members, who ran away later came back after calm had returned to the area. The Publicity Secretary…