Month: August 2021

100% Bread Price Hike Imminent in Nigeria – Bakers

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “They should tell us; do they import every day? In a single month, they can inflate the price of flour three times,” bakers accused flour sellers of profiteering   Bakers in Nigeria have declared to citizens of the country to expect 100 per cent hike in the prices of loaves of bread. Platforms Africa reports that President of the Bakers Association of Nigeria, Daud Suleiman, who declared this blamed the imminent hike on the increasing rates of flour, key ingredient for bread. Bread is a stable food eaten by…

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BREAKING: Blackout as Nigeria’s Power grid suffers 2nd collapse in 26 days

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Electricity Transmission System in Nigeria also known as the national power grid has suffered its second collapse in the last 26 days. Platforms Africa reports that this collapse worsened the blackout rocking businesses and households in Lagos and other major parts of Nigeria. The collapse, which occurred around 1:00pm on Monday, was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country. READ ALSO: National grid suffers 3rd Collapse in 5 months, Darkness Rocks Nigeria FCT EXCLUSIVE: How Nigeria’s Grid collapse, Blackout lasted for 6hrs 53mins BREAKING! Blackout…

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TotalEnergies deepens Nigeria’s downstream footprints, rebrands stations

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oil supermajor, TotalEnergies, has deepened its footprints in Nigeria’s downstream oil subsector as it began rebranding of its stations nationwide. Platforms Africa reports that the Managing Director of the company’s downstream arm, Imrane Barry, who led other members of the company’s top management team to the official launch of the new name at the Abule Onigbagbo station in Lagos, said that the TotalEnergies, which remains the only International Oil Company (IOC) in the Nigeria’s downstream, would continue its operations and investments in the country. This move, he said, was a…

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BREAKING: Wife of Nigeria’s ex-President dies at 97

ADEOLA YUSUF

The wife of Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe (J.T.U.) Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, Chief Mrs. Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi died in the early hours of Monday, aged 97. Born on November 21, 1923, she was the second First Lady of Nigeria from January 16, 1966, to July 29, 1996, when her husband was assassinated in a counter military coup carried out by Nigerian military officers of Northern extraction. READ ALSO: Lies People Aged 40 and Above Believe about Their Health +…

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JUST IN: Nigeria ex-Military Governor, General Tunji Olurin, dies at 76

ADEOLA YUSUF

General Adetunji Idowu Ishola Olurin (rtd), a former Military Governor of Oyo State; Sole Administrator of Ekiti State; and a Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State all in Southwest Nigeria, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the soldier turned politician, who hailed from Yewa Land in Ogun state, died at the age of 76. Described by associates as a patriotic Nigerian; Olurin who was an associate of Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is an eminent citizen of Ogun State and a respected elder statesman. READ…

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Oil King: Meet Tsola Emiko, 21st Olu Of Warri Crowned Aug. 21st, Year 2021

ADEOLA YUSUF

NAPIMS through Shell to Sahara Energy, Warri through Kwara to Ohio, here is Platforms Africa’s summary of the career and educational sojourn of the new King of a Nigerian popular oil Kingdom.   Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko was on Saturday crowned the 21st Olu of Warri, an oil-rich ancient kingdom in present day Delta State, Niger Delta region of Nigeria. NAPIMS through Shell to Sahara Energy; Warri through Kwara to the Ohio in the United States, Platforms Africa offers a summary of career and educational sojourn of the new King of…

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Court Rejects Suit To Stop Super Cop, Abba Kyari’s Arrest, Extradition to US

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Nigerian High Court has refused to grant an ex parte application to stop the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) from arresting and handing over of the country’s controversial super cop, Abba Kyari, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for extradition to the United States. Platforms Africa reports that Mr. Kyari, a deputy Commissioner of Police suspended penultimate week, is enmeshed in an alleges scam over $1.1 million internet fraud presently under probe by the United State’s agency, FBI. READ ALSO: How I Bribed Nigerian Top Cop Abba Kyari In…

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TotalEnergies: Egina wins Award at OTC, Ikike attains 70% completion as JV carbon credit hits €1.4m

ADEOLA YUSUF

TotalEnergies flagship deepwater project in Nigeria, Egina, has won special laurel at the just concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, United State of America. Platforms Africa reports that the OTC, biggest assembly of stakeholders in the global oil industry, gave the special recognition to Egina based on unprecedented feats it achieved, particularly its contribution in raising Nigeria’s quota to the global pool of TotalEnergies’ daily output to 10 per cent. READ ALSO: Shell loses Nigeria’s Oil Block Renewal Case, NPDC Resumes Asset Operation Why N5trn Missing From Nigerian…

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Shell loses Nigeria’s Oil Block Renewal Case, NPDC Resumes Asset Operation

ADEOLA YUSUF

Appellate Court held that the Minister of Petroleum Resources has the discretion whether or not to renew the OML 11 Lease in favor of SPDC.   The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host community restiveness. Platforms Africa reports that the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday upturned the August 23, 2019 ruling of the Federal High…

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How EFCC Arrested, Detained Nigeria’s Ex-Governor Orji, Son

ADEOLA YUSUF

The anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. The EFCC had in February 2020 interrogated Mr Orji, a serving Senator, and Chineďu, his son who is presently the Speaker of House of Assembly in Abia, Southeast Nigeria, over allegations that they diverted N521 billion public funds. The investigation followed a petition dated March 17, 2017, filed by a group, Fight Corruption: Save Nigeria Group. Platforms Africa reports that the ex-governor, who had for long been on the Commission’s…

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