Month: May 2021

JUST IN: NLC suspends Kaduna strike action, gives reasons

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its strike action in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria. The NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who announced this on Wednesday, maintained that the suspension of the industrial action followed intervention by the Federal Government. Briefing newsmen after NLC National Administrative Council (NAC) in Kaduna State, Wabba revealed that the Congress decided to suspend the action as it has formally received a letter to dialogue with the government. Minster of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige had on Wednesday invited both the Kaduna State…

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NLNG stakes $100,000 for CSR, inks MoU with USAID against Malaria in Bonny

Efe Wellington

  Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today, Wednesday, May 19, signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) to make Bonny Island, its operational base, malaria free as it mentioned staking $100,000 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The MoU was signed by NLNG’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tony Attah on behalf of NLNG and the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, the gas giant said in a statement by Eyono Fatayi-Williams General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development. READ ALSO: NLNG inks…

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Fire kills 113, Destroys N24.69bn Properties In Lagos in 2 years

Tade Salako

  Fire accidents have killed 113 people and damaged structures worth N24.69 billion in the last two years in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.   READ ALSO: How Lagos gas explosion killed 8, injured 37, destroyed 41 houses, shops + PHOTOS Fuel tanker explosion kills Two, burns 47 vehicles on Lagos Expressway BREAKING: Bandits kidnap Nigerian Judge Inside Court    Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, said this at a cabinet briefing to commemorate Governor Babajide Sanwo-second Olu’s year in office in Alausa. He claimed that while fire…

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NECO Shifts Date for Entrance Exams Into Nigerian Unity Colleges

Aliyu Aliyu

  The National Examinations Council (NECO), has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Nigerian Federal Unity Colleges. The examination, which was initially scheduled to hold on Saturday May 29, 2021, will now be written on Saturday June 5, 2021. READ ALSO ;BREAKING: WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results + How 7,289 candidates fared BREAKING: We need N2.3 trillion fresh external loan, Buhari writes Senate How Ogun Gov’s Aide, Abidemi Rufai, defrauded Americans of $350,000 – FBI  A statement made available to Platforms  Africa by NECO’s Head Information and Public…

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TV News Anchor, Vivian Oguche, wins African Women in Media Fellowship

Precious Ibekwe

  How I got fellowship application notice, links on Platforms Africa forum – Oguche   A popular Nigerian News Anchor, Vivian Oguche, has won the African Women in Media Fellowship. Tagged “Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Training Programme,” the fellowship is powered by Africa Union and GIZ. Oguche, an experienced freelance broadcaster, has worked for TVPlus Africa, SilverBird Television, Galaxy T V among others where she featured prominently on the flagship news of the stations. READ ALSO: Meet Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, UNILAG first female Professor of Mass Comm Meet Prof Mahfouz Adedimeji,…

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Petroleum Sector Reforms: Let’s Say No To The Cannibals, by Ojie Ejemhen

Ojie Ejemhen

Energy policy analyst, Ojie Ejemhen, who, in this opinion piece published by the Platforms Africa, periscopes the Petroleum Sector Reforms, gives reasons Nigerians must “Say No To The Cannibals.” There is no doubt that the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry requires fundamental reforms to restructure its operations and reset its priorities and national objectives to align with globally accepted standards. Over the years, successive administrations lacked the boldness to undertake these critical reforms. READ ALSO: Shell Places all Onshore Oil blocks’ Stakes in Nigeria Up for Sale JUST…

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How Ogun ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel’s Hotel explosion killed 2, injured 3

Gbenga Adeoti

  A technician and another person have been killed in a gas explosion that rocked Conference Hotel, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The hotel, located at Okemosan, is owned by a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel.   READ ALSO: How Ogun Gov’s Aide, Abidemi Rufai, defrauded Americans of $350,000 – FBI BREAKING: We need N2.3 trillion fresh external loan, Buhari writes Senate JUST IN: Nigeria’s oil workers on red alert, threaten nationwide strike    According to Daily Post, three others were said to have sustained injuries in the…

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BREAKING: Bandits kidnap Nigerian Judge Inside Court

Dawood Rabiu

  The attackers broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge   Gunmen have abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the attackers broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge. READ ALSO: Why CBN should pay N100m Greenfield Students’ Ransom to Bandits – Gumi Bandits murder two more Nigeria’s Kaduna Private Varsity Students BREAKING: We need N2.3 trillion fresh external…

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Shell Places all Onshore Oil blocks’ Stakes in Nigeria Up for Sale

Efe Wellington

  “This is an exposure that doesn’t fit with our risk appetite anymore,” van Beurden, Anglo Dutch oil giant confirmed to have opened talks with Nigeria on stake’s divestment   Royal Dutch Shell is in talks with the Nigerian government to sell the Anglo-Dutch company’s stake in onshore oilfields, CEO Ben van Beurden said on Tuesday, according to a report by Reuters. Shell, the operator of the West African country’s onshore oil and gas joint venture SPDC, has struggled for years with spills in the Niger Delta as a result…

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How Ogun Gov’s Aide, Abidemi Rufai, defrauded Americans of $350,000 – FBI

Wonuola Olujobi

    Details of how Abidemi Rufai walked into the FBI’s trap, got arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport New York   READ ALSO:11 Banks in trouble as EFCC probes link with Dubai-bound Nigerian caught with 2,886 ATM cards ABOVE 45: Working 8 hours per day can cause Stroke, Heart disease – WHO JUST IN: EFCC Takes Over Nestoil Chairman, Ernest Azudialu’s Ikoyi Mansion   The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation has given details of how a Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Abidemi Rifai, defrauded…

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