Day: June 8, 2021

Woman, 37, gives birth to ten babies, breaks World Record – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

“It’s seven boys and three girls,” husband says, adding; “She already has six-year-old twins, making her a mother to twelve children from two deliveries.”     A South African woman, Gosiame Sithole, has broken the Guinness World Record as she gives birth to 10 babies, says reports. Sithole, 37, gave birth to seven boys and three girls on Monday, breaking the world record once held by a Malian woman, Halima Cisse, who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month. She already has six-year-old twins, making her a mother…

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Wizard Called Emmanuel Has Been Consumed – Pastor Okotie ‘Mocks’ T.B Joshua

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Nigerian popular pastor, Reverend Chris Okotie, on Tuesday morning, shared a cryptic post on his Facebook page, in which he referenced a certain ”wizard of Endor” who assumed the title of ”Emmanuel” has been consumed. Platforms Africa reports that Okotie had a serious bickering, in the early 2000s, with Prophet Temitope Balogun (T.B) Joshua who used the name Emmanuel, a disagreement that also dragged the name of another popular clergyman, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. In his post on Tuesday, Okotie said the Wizard who assumed the title of Emmanuel had been…

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BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmakers Summon Minister Lai Mohammed Over Twitter Ban

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  Nigeria’s House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the indefinite suspension of Twitter in the country. Platforms Africa on Friday, reported that the federal government announced the suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban JUST IN: Count RCCG out of Nigeria’s Twitter Ban – Pastor Adeboye Over 1,000 by-pass Nigeria’s Twitter Ban, Face Scam, Viruses threats BREAKING: Nigeria adamant, reiterates condition for Twitter ban lift   Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi…

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JUST IN: Man Lands Hot Slap on France President Macron’s Face + PHOTO

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  A middle-age man has landed a slap on the face of President of France, Emmanuel Macron. Platforms Africa reports that man, who is yet to be named as at the time of this report, slapped the face of France President Emmanuel Macron during an official visit to southeast France. In a video circulating on Social Media, President Macron was seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage outside the city of Valence before a man slapped him in the face.   READ ALSO: Traditional Rulers, Synagogue…

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Nigeria reads Riot Act to IOCs, Narrows Barites Purchase to 4 Firms + NAMES

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Buy barites elsewhere asides these four firms, risk sanctions, NCDMB tells oil producers, rig operators, contractors     Nigeria has read riot act to producers in its crude oil value chain on Barites purchase for their drilling operations, declaring that they either buy the material from four firms it approved or risk sanctions. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) approved four firms for the supply of Barites required for any drilling project or contract in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.   READ ALSO: DPR…

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Meet Patrick Ukah, Okpanami-born new SSG to Nigeria’s Oil-rich Delta State

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Here is why NIPR threw weight behind Delta Gov’s Choice of Member, Patrick Ukah, as SSG – Sirajo   President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, has applauded Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for appointing Chief Patrick Ukah, seasoned public relations practitioner as Secretary to the State Government. He noted that the decision to engage a core professional was best option for the State. Platforms Africa reports that Sirajo who made the statement on Monday in Asaba during the inauguration of the Secretary…

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Traditional Rulers, Synagogue divide over Prophet T.B Joshua’s Burial rites

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“We can handle all his burial arrangements,” Oba Olanipekun, Arigidi Akoko monarch tells Synagogue Church members   The monarch of Arigidi Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, has said that traditional rulers in the four Akoko local governments had decided to give the Founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun (T.B) Joshua, a befitting burial and that he must be buried in the town, contrary to the position of church members. The traditional ruler, who, according to reports,…

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African Oil Producers Mull Breakaway From Foreign Lenders’ Funding Yoke

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Here is Platforms Africa report on reasons Regional Investments, breakaway from foreign lenders’ yoke topped agenda at the African Local Content Roundtable   The maiden edition of the African Local Content Roundtable has ended at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Southsouth Nigeria, with a strong push by Nigeria and other members of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPO) to develop regional oil and gas investments and renegotiate the COP-21 Climate Change Agreement. Platforms Africa reports that the agreement is what is driving the accelerated move by developed…

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2000 Nigerian School Pupils Jostle for Systemspecs Essay Trophy + WINNERS

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  15-year-old Uchenna Rita Ohiaeri of Queensland Academy, Okota, Lagos emerged winner in the senior category while 12-year-old Chetachi Best Mbalu of Lagooz College, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos emerged winner in the junior category.   2000 entries were received for Systemspecs National Essay Competition from students between ages 9 and 16 from about 600 publicly owned and private secondary schools across the country. The African technology firm, which confirmed this to Platforms Africa, added that it had empowered some of those children who showed creativity in suggesting various means of enhancing…

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