Day: May 29, 2021

BREAKING: Kings of Europe, Chelsea, win UEFA Cup, beat Man City 1-0

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Blow-by-blow last minutes accounts of how the Blues won second European Cup   Chelsea has won their second European Cup after they beat Manchester City 1 – 0. The Tuchel side held out, and won their second European Cup after 95 minutes of play. As the Chelsea bench rushes en masse onto the field to celebrate, Pep warmly congratulated Tuchel. Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga, Jorginho and Andreas Christensen celebrate after winning the Champions league. Here is the update of the last minutes in the historic match. 90 min +6: Jesus battles hard down the…

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NAN loses 2nd female Journalist, Tomisin Erogbogbo, in four months

Adeola Yusuf

“She was at the office smiling and hugging everyone on Wednesday before she went for that surgery. That was the same way Dupe Oremule too died after surgery. God!? What is happening?”   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has again being thrown into mourning as Judiciary Correspondent for the online medium, Tomisin Erogbogbo, died on Friday. Tomisin is the daughter and first born of another Nigerian media man, Mr. Erogbogbo, who works with Lagos Television (LTV8). Her untimely death, Platforms Africa gathered, is the second this year after Dupe…

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Oil giant, Shell, Partner invest on Cassava, Nigeria may earn $16m in taxes

Efe Wellington

  Oil giant, Rivers Government to push Nigeria’s global market share for cassava above 29 per cent, Inaugurate Multi-Billion Naira firm   Local value-addition to cassava via local manufacturing and processing could potentially unlock about $16m in taxes to the government. Leading Energy Company, Shell, which said this on Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Shell Places all Onshore Oil blocks’ Stakes…

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Total secures Shareholders’ final nod, transforms to TotalEnergies

Efe Wellington

  Here is a special information for 105,000 employees on the direct payroll of the oil multinational across 130 countries   Shareholders of oil supermajor, Total have, at an Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, approved almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies. This, a resolution passed at the Paris meeting showed, is thereby anchoring TotalEnergies strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity.   READ ALSO: Total evacuates Staff, halts $20bn Mozambique gas project after attacks Total deepens fuel trucks’ safety, conducts…

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Ikeja Electric ups CSR investment, supports quality primary education

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric (IE), has restated its support for quality education with the donation of educational materials to Agidingbi Primary Schools, Ikeja, Lagos, as part of activities to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The company stated that it is in line with its commitment to support efforts in promoting quality primary education and also contribute to the growth of educational sector in Nigeria, through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.   READ ALSO: IBEDC secures N4.2bn CBN loan, targets September for project’s delivery EKEDC procures 217 transformers,…

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