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Why 15 Countries Suspended AstraZeneca Vaccine: Here is the Answer + List

March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Over 15 countries have, at the last count, slammed a sispension on the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine while others particularly Nigeria continue to vaccinate their citizens with the same jab. Statistics from the Nigerian government showed that over 800 people, including President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, have received the vaccine in the country as at Tuessay, March 16, 2021. The suspension, though temporary, was implemented over fears the AstraZeneca vaccine might have caused some recipients to develop blood clots. Several countries, mostly European, have…

Reason Burnaboy, Wizkid won Grammy Awards – Buhari

March 16, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigerian music superstars, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, and Ayodeji Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, won the prestigious Grammy Award due to the musical prowess and artistry of both Nigerian-born songsters, whom he said, have remained consistent in their chosen profession. The President also congratulated the due or winning different awards during the 2021 edition of Grammy Awards. He commended Burna Boy who took home the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album with his 2020 album Twice as Tall, as…

23.18m Nigerians Jobless, Unemployment Rate Hits 33.3%

March 16, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

23.18 million Nigerians are jobless as the unemployment rate rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020. The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, whiich revealed this, added that underemployment rate decreased from 28.6 per cent to 22.8 per cent. The NBS report on ‘Labour force Statistics: Unemployment and underemployment report- Abridged labour force survey under COVID-19 (Q4, 2020) was released on Monday. The 33 per cent, the report showed, translates to 23.19 million…

Why Women are key to Nigeria’s Decade-of-Gas target – NNPC

March 16, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

. Kyari at WEIN/REIN Conference, promises Corporation’s continuous inclusion of women in energy value chain The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the contributions of women are key to the achievement of the government’s declaration of 2020 and beyond as a decade of gas. Kyari who gave the charge in his keynote address at the first edition of the Women In Energy Network, WIEN in partnership with the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria, REAN, WEIN/REIN Conference, maintained that the contributions of women are needed in the area…

Why I bathed My Husband, Father of my 5 kids in Hot Water – Woman + PHOTOS

March 15, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The woman also gave birth to a baby about eight months ago, but she killed and secretly buried the baby out of frustration, Police says A 43-year-old Nigerian housewife, Bisola Awodele, has opened up on real reasons she bathed her husband who doubled as the father of her five children in hot water thereby causing him grievous harm. Mrs. Awodele was on March 8, 2021 arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, Southwest Nigeria, for pouring hot water on her husband. This was revealed by the…

Crescent Varsity Matriculates 412 Students for Law, ICT, Others

March 15, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Universiry has constituted a panel of enquiry on a trending online story of a 500-level student of law, Samuel Olusope alleged to have sexually abused another male student of the university. The Crescent University, Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria, has matriculated four hundred and twelve students. They are to study various programmes at the Bola Ajibola College of Law(BACOLAW), College of Information and Communication Technology (CICOT); College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences (CASMAS); College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CONAS) and College of Environmental Sciences(COES) respectively for the…

Polaris Bank commences Extra N5 payment for Dollar remitted to Nigeria

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Polaris Bank has commenced implementation of the regulatory Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s extra N5 for every Dollar received into domiciliary accounts or as cash over the counter. The acting Managing Director/CEO of Polaris Bank, Mr. Innocent C. Ike disclosed that “growing evidence has shown a positive relationship between diaspora remittances and economic growth and as such, the Bank will continue to contribute its quota to enhancing economic development in the country”. The Polaris Bank CEO further explained that, the decision is in line with the CBN’s directive and fully…

Two Nigerian Superstars, Burnaboy, Wizkid Win Grammys, shine for Africa

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

Burnaboy, Nigerian singer, has won the ‘Best Global Music Album’ at the 2021 Grammy Awards for ‘Twice As Tall’, his 2020 project. His album saw off competition from Antibalas’ ‘The Fu Chronicles’, Bebel Gilberto’s ‘Agora’, Anoushka Shankar’s ‘Love Letters’ and Tinariwen’s ‘Amadjar’ to clinch the much-coveted gong at the award ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Burna Boy is winning the Grammy for the first time. This is also the second time the ‘Ye’ crooner will be nominated for the prestigious awards. Burna Boy was nominated in the…

BREAKING: Lagos ex-Commissioner for Energy, Taofiq Tijani, dies + PHOTOS

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The wishes, Views and unfulfilled dreams of the ex Manager Upstream Gas Supply at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation + last interview A former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Engineer Taofiq Tijani, is dead. Tijani, who was also a former Manager UpStream Gas Supply at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as a Senior Technical Assistant to the Minister of Petroleum Resources from 2009 to 2010. died in Lagos and his corpse has been scheduled for burial today, Saturday, March 13,…

EXCLUSIVE: PPPRA Boss Queried, Minister Opens up as Fuel Crisis Lingers

March 13, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

. No Increase In Petrol Price, Sylva, NNPC Charge Nigerians Against Panic Buying The Executive Secretary of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), AbdulKadir Umar Saidu, has been queried by the Nigeria’s Presidency over the controversial Monthly Pricing Templates released by the agency for March. Platforms Africa, which gathered this exclusively on Friday, reports that the Minister supervising the agency, Timipre Sylva, was also questioned on why he allowed the slip, which has resulted in long queues for fuel in Lagos, commercial capital and other major cities across the…