Month: June 2021

BREAKING: Nigerian Popular Prophet, T.B. Joshua, Dies at 57

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Popular Prophet T.B. Joshua Dies at 57 According to family sources, Temitope Balogun Joshua, a prominent Nigerian preacher and televangelist, has died.   READ ALSO: Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban Meet Yemisi Bamgbose, Veteran Broadcaster who emerged BON Exec. Secretary Speaker ejects Female Lawmaker from Parliament over ‘too tight’ Trousers   Platforms Africa gathered that Mr Joshua, the founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), died on Saturday evening in Lagos just after wrapping up a performance at his church. Family sources…

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Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Country’s Justice Minister Orders prosecution of Twitter ban violators as country’s bickering with microblogging degenerate   Nigeria has threatened prosecution, which could lead to jail terms, for any of hundreds of thousands of Twitter users in the country who violates the suspension it slammed on the microblogging site. Apparently to show the Government’s seriousness, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Platforms Africa reports, ordered the prosecution of offenders of the Nigerian Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Outrage as…

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Over 1,000 by-pass Nigeria’s Twitter Ban, Face Scam, Viruses threats

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “If you aren’t paying for the service, you’re not the customer, you’re the product. You will likely be sold to clients including government.” Here is why bank accounts or data of government’s Twitter ban by-passers may be at great risk     Over 1, 000 Nigerians have engaged alternative sources including the services VPN providers to access Twitter and other social media networks 24 hours after the country suspended Twitter’s operations.   READ ALSO: Millions blocked as Twitter Operations Officially Grounded In Nigeria Why we Suspended Twitter’s Operations in…

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Nigeria’s ex-Rep at OPEC, Dan Etete, Tasks Biden on Global Peace, Security

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Former Representative of Nigeria at Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Chief Dan Etete, has called on President Joe Biden of the United States of America to use his position as the leader of the most powerful country in the world to steer the world away from disaster by bringing hope, love and unity to the poor, homeless, hungry and traumatized people as well as the rich and affluent in the society. In a statement sent to Platforms Africa, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources noted that President…

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Millions blocked as Twitter Operations Officially Grounded In Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Step by step process of how some Nigerians are already by-passing the government’s suspension of Twitter through VPN   Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, has officially stopped its operation in Federal Republic of Nigeria. Platforms  Africa reports that Twitter is the second most used social media network after facebook in Nigeria where millions of people in the country interact with others across other countries of the world. This development is coming hours after Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter in a recent statement signed by Lai Mohammed.   READ ALSO:…

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Why we Suspended Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria – Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

Government orders licensing of all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria   The Nigerian Government has declared that it slammed an indefinite suspension on operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria because Twitter has been persistently used for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement signed by his Special Assistant Segun Adeyemi sighted by Platforms Africa.   READ ALSO: Twitter Deletes Nigerian President Buhari’s ‘Civil War’ Tweet Twitter Office in…

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Nigerian Soldier commits suicide ‘after killing Customs Officer in Seme’

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, Lagos State, Lance Corporal Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a Customs Officer at Seme border on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange behaviour.   READ ALSO: REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Buhari’s absence at Army Chief, Others’ burial sets Twitter on fire Outrage as UNILORIN 300-level Female Student…

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Indonesia embargoes Hajj 2021 for Citizens 2nd Year in a row

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  We will not allow Indonesians to travel for the Hajj, government of World’s largest Muslim majority country declares amid concerns over COVID-19 pandemic   Indonesia has cancelled the Hajj pilgrimage for people in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation for a second year in a row, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. For many Indonesians, the pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, with an average wait time of 20 years due to a quota system. “Due to the pandemic and for the safety of the pilgrims, the government has decided…

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Outrage as UNILORIN 300-level Female Student ‘Raped to Death’ + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

Kwara Gov seeks justice for Blessing allegedly murdered few weeks before birthday as killers are still “yet-to-be-identified persons” days after crime   Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as “shocking and utterly condemnable” the reported rape and murder of Miss Olajide Omowumi Blessing, a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin by some yet-to-be-identified persons. “The development is heart-wrenching and absolutely unacceptable. Such antisocial and despicable behaviour will never be acceptable to all people of good conscience, and all of us will unite to fight this to a logical…

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Meet Yemisi Bamgbose, Veteran Broadcaster who emerged BON Exec. Secretary

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Resume of Ilogun-Orile-born who will oversee 482 radio, television and broadcasting firms in Nigeria   Nigerian Veteran Broadcaster, Dr.Yemisi Bamgbose, has emerged the Executive Secretary of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), the umbrella bosy for 482 government and private-owned broadcasting companies in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that Bamgbose, a two-term National President of the Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), emerged at the 74th session of BON rounded off on Thursday, June 3, in Abuja.   READ ALSO: BREAKING: Gunmen Hijack School Bus In Nigeria’s Ondo…

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