Month: July 2021

Report Nigeria recorded 3m new Lines in Q1 inaccurate – NCC

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described as inaccurate, report that N8geria recorded 3 million new line in the first three quarter of 2021. The Commission said this in a statement sent to Platforms Africa issued by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs. The statement read; “The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to an online media report alleging that mobile telephony subscriptions in Nigeria somehow grew by 3,000,000 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, despite the suspension on the registration of new…

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Court awards N30m against Nigeria for ‘torture of journalist Agba Jalingo’

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalized and dehumanized.   The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has “ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist Agba Jalingo N30 million as compensation for ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in Cross River state.” The court said in a judgment on Friday: “Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalized and dehumanized. This action taken…

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How Inbound traveller imported deadly COVID-19 Delta variant into Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has given details of how an inbound traveller imported most transmisible variant of COVID-19 into Nigeria. The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility. The agency on Thursday said it detected the confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2 in the traveller to Nigeria, following…

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MultiChoice guilty of tax evasion in Nigeria, owing N1.8trn, says FIRS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria Tax Agency directs banks to freeze MultiChoice Accounts The Nigeria’s tax agency, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover the sum of N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami. The statement confirmed that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and to freeze the accounts was as a result of the group’s continued refusal to grant FIRS access to its…

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Nigerian Senate approves President Buhari’s N2.343tn foreign loan request

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Senate has approved N2.343 trillion External Borrowing Plan (EBP) for President Muhammadu Buhari. The EBP is for financing of part of the deficit authorised in the 2021 Appropriation Act. This was sequel to the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts by the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Clifford Ordia during plenary.   READ ALSO: NNPC unveils Template for Wealth Multiplicity, Liquidity for Stakeholders Nigeria overlooks $14m Bail Bond, Frees Detained Vessel to Swiss Govt FoC JUST IN: U.S. to pick…

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Nigeria’s Sports Media Guru, Mumini Alao, Bags PhD In Mass Communication

ADEOLA YUSUF

A veteran of Sports journalism in Nigeria, Mumini Alao, has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that Alao, the Group Managing Director of Complete Communications Limited (CCL), received the highest academic degree after he successfully completed the advanced academic research on “Audience Preference on Media Coverage of Domestic and Foreign Football in Nigeria.”   READ ALSO: BallersAwards names Mumuni Alao Sports Industry Icon of The Year + PHOTO Babies Kidnapped As Bandits Raid Nigeria’s Kaduna Hospital Meet Abigail…

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NCC advances ICT parks’ construction in Nigeria, earns Eulogy for Danbatta

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), under the leadership of its Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has been commended for its ongoing initiative in building Information and Communication Technology (ICT) parks across the six-geo political zones of the country. Platforms Africa reports that the latest commendation came from the Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, when he visited the site of an ongoing construction of an ICT Park by the Commission for the North-Western zone located in Kano State, recently.   READ ALSO: NIN: Report on Mass disconnection…

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BREAKING: Director General, Orderly assassinated in Enugu

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Director General, Science and Equipment Development Institute, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi, has been assassinated in Enugu by unidentified gunmen. This is coming barely 48 hours after the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AutoEase Service Limited, Ifeanyi Okeke, was also assassinated by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the presence of his eight-year-old son. The PUNCH gathered that the SEDI DG was shot dead along with his Police Orderly on the Port-Harcourt Expressway, Enugu around 4pm while he was reportedly going home. The State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was said to have…

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Kyari’s Two Years of Transparency Triumphs

ADEOLA YUSUF

Beyond the clatters and the glitters, the big question is, how has Kyari performed in the last 24 months of his stewardship as the GMD of Nigeria’s national oil company and by extension the “ operator-In-Chief’’ of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry? Here is the answer in less tham 400 words   Two years ago, precisely, on July 8, 2019, Mallam Mele Kyari mounted the soap box to assume duty as the 19th Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in an elaborate hand-over ceremony. On…

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