Day: August 13, 2021

Nigerian High Commission Shut For 10 Days as Officials Contract COVID-19

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian High Commission in the UK has been shut for 10 days due to COVID-19 outbreak. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian High Commission has been shut for 10 days as a result of exposure to COVID-19 by some of its officials. A statement obtained by Platforms Africa showed how the COVID-19 crisis rocked the Mission. READ ALSO: EXPLAINER: Why COVID-19 may still Kill more Men than Women COVID-19 vaccine, a ploy to de-populate Africa? Here is the Truth! COVID-19 3rd wave hits Nigeria, kils six in Lagos daily This incident, the…

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BREAKING: NNPC ex-Board Chairman, Elder statesman Ahmed Joda, is dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

One of Nigeria’s elder statesmen, Ahmed Joda, is dead. He was the chairman and board member, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigerian Communications Commission, among others. Platforms Africa reports that before his death, Joda was a Nigerian seasoned administrator who rose through the administrative cadre of the nation’s regional government. READ ALSO: BUYERS BEWARE: WoodMac Raises Caveat on Shell’s Oil blocks Sale in Nigeria Man hacks into server of Nigeria’s bank, steals N1.87bn depositors’ money Nigeria approves N4.87bn to track citizens’ WhatsApp, Thuraya – Report He later joined the federal civil…

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Nigeria’s Minister, Ngige, Accuses Striking Doctors of ‘Playing God’

Tade Salako

Ngige to doctors: Don’t compete with God, carry yourselves with dignity   Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has advised doctors in the country to be humble and carry themselves with dignity, rather than ‘play God or compete with God’. Ngige gave the advice while speaking at the second Summit of Medical Elders Forum (MEF) on Thursday, in Abuja. Platforms Africa reports that the forum, organised by the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), in collaboration with 50 forward, had as its theme, “Medical Profession: a Look into the…

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BUYERS BEWARE: WoodMac Raises Caveat on Shell’s Oil blocks Sale in Nigeria

Adeola Yusuf

Shell’s Nigeria Oil bloc sale offers value, but bidders need to do their homework – WoodMac   Global oil research firm, Wood Mackenzie,  has raised caveat for prospective buyers of Shell’s assets in Nigeria’s onshore and shallow-water acreages. Platforms Africa reports that the oil supermajor, Royal Dutch Shell, has started a process to divest all of its operated joint venture licences held by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria. This includes a 30% interest in 19 Oil Mining Leases (OMLs). Gail Anderson, Research Director with Wood Mackenzie’s Sub-Sahara…

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Man hacks into server of Nigeria’s bank, steals N1.87bn depositors’ money

Gbenga Adeoti

Salau Abdulmalik Femi, a Nigerian cyberspace kingpin, has been arrested for allegedly infiltrating the Flex-Cube Universal Banking System of a first generation bank and scooping as much as N1.87 billion. Platforms Africa reports that the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, which snnounced thid, added that the suspect specialized in hacking into the server of banks and corporate agencies. READ ALSO: Nigerian Banks rattled by N10trn Debits, Interest Rates Hike Imminent Femi, who displayed exemplary mastery of the cyber environment, was arrested after he hacked the Flex-Cube Universal Banking System of…

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Nigeria approves N4.87bn to track citizens’ WhatsApp, Thuraya – Report

Gbenga Adeoti

  Military tracking equioment; Thuraya Interception Solution to gulp N2.94 billion while WhatsApp Interception Solution will consume N1.93 billion).   The Nigerian National Assembly has approved the supplementary budget  for, among others, the equipment for tracking of Whatsapp and Thuraya in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian Government has earlier banned Twitter, though talks are on-going on the possibility od lifting the ban. The president Muhhamadu Buhari’s government, in the just approved supplementary budget by the Senate, allocated N4 billion to tracking WHATSAPP and Thuraya, despite the upsurge…

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