Month: September 2021

Why Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala considered quitting WTO job – Officials

Wonuola Olujobi

Nigeria’s ex-Minister of Finance Denies interest in Country’s presidency   Just seven months into her four-year tenure as the Director General at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), there are reports that Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is growing frustrated with the workings of the organization and has floated the idea of resigning if no headway can be found on critical issues. According to Bloomberg, five trade officials, who declined to be identified, reported that Okonjo-Iweala has fully grasped the frustrating reality of the WTO’s historical inertia, and has considered quitting. READ ALSO:…

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NNPC’s Corporate Existence Altered, CAC completes Oil giant’s Incorporation

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Wednesday said it had completed the incorporation of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in accordance with provisions of the provisions of Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari August 16. Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of the enactment of the PIA in consultation with the Minister of Finance on the nominal shares of the Company. Platforms …

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How Abiodun’s Aides Hijacked Governance in Ogun, by Folorunso Fatai Adisa

Folorunso Fatai Adisa

“Waiting for an incompetent government to fix things is much like Waiting for Godot.”— C.A.A. Savastano. The Cambridge Dictionary defines incompetence as: “lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done”. I am a lover of this dictionary. I prefer it to Oxford and longman dictionaries among others; however, for the first time, I would have to disagree with the dictionary because of its definition of incompetence. If the dictionary had defined “incompetence” as Gov. Dapo Abiodun, the executive Governor of Ogun State, I would have…

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Multi-million dollars NNPC Maiduguri Power Project’s construction begins

Dawood Rabiu

The Governor of Borno State, Northwest Nigeria, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has described the groundbreaking ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP) as the happiest day of his life and a huge relief to the people of Maiduguri, who have been without power supply for nine months. Platforms Africa reports that the governor was quoted by a statement from.the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to have said in Maiduguri during the event. According to the Governor, NNPC’s commercial investments in the 50mw combined gas power plant will…

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Why we awarded Abeokuta-Sagamu-Mowe 33KV Lines’ 5 segments to different contractors – IBEDC

Gbenga Adeoti

IBEDC has stated that the Abeokuta-Sagamu-Mowe 33KV Lines Near Completion   The Management of Ibadan Electricity Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has declared that it awarded the Abeokuta-Sagamu-Mowe 33KV Lines’ five segments to different contractors to hasten completion. Restating its commitment to the completion of the construction work on the 33KV dual-circuit line, the utility firm maintained in a statement to Platforms Africa that this would enable communities at Mowe, Magboro, Ibafo and environs benefit from the newly commissioned Abeokuta Transmission Station at Kobape. The statement signed by the company’s Chief…

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BREAKING: Nigeria declares Friday, October 1 public holiday

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Government has declared Friday, October 1 as a public holiday to mark the 61st Independence anniversary celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Nigerians on the 61st independence and assured of the government’s commitment to tackle and eradicate all forms of challenges and all diverse problems. READ ALSO: How Grandma Collected N50k bribe from Man Who Defiled Her 3-Year old Girl – Police BREAKING: Chike, NAFDAC late DG Dora Akunyili’s husband, murdered, brother fingers IPOB…

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How Grandma Collected N50k bribe from Man Who Defiled Her 3-Year old Girl – Police

Gbenga Adeoti

The Nigerian Police has confirmed the arrest of a grand mother that allegedly collected N50,000 bribe from a man, Seun Olarewaju, who raped her 3-year-old grand daughter to cover up the crime. The Ekiti State Police Command, which stated this in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa, declared that the two suspects are in its custody. The grandmother of the victim was particularly arrested after investigation revealed that she collected the sum of N50,000 to cover up the act. According to a statement by the Ekiti State Police Public Relations…

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Nigeria Approves Paternity Leave For Fathers of Newly-born Babies

Aliyu Aliyu

In a case of what observers described as what a woman can do a man can do better, the Nigerian Government has approved paternity leave for fathers of newly born babies. Platforms Africa reports that the country’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a 14-day paternity leave for male Federal civil servants to allow them to bond with their infants. The FEC explained that the leave was to give the new fathers ample time for proper bonding between the father and a newborn, either natural-born or adopted, especially at the early…

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BREAKING: Chike, NAFDAC late DG Dora Akunyili’s husband, murdered, brother fingers IPOB

Precious Ibekwe

Gunmen have murdered Chike Akunyili, the husband of late Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Dora Akunyili. Available reports showed that Chike was killed on Tuesday night near Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra State. A source said: He went for his late wife’s memorial lecture in Onitsha and was going back to Enugu, that was when the thing happened. “He was shot dead by gunmen. “I don’t know how it happened.” READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigerian Popular Senator Bala Na’Allah’s…

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77 Oil Firms’ Tax, Royalty Debts to Nigerian Govt hit $6.48bn – NEITI

Efe Wellington

The debts amounting N2.659 trillion could have constructed all the roads, built all installations, and covered the entire capital budget of the Nigeria government in 2020   77 oil and gas companies are indebted to the Nigerian government with a whooping $6.48billion equivalent to N2.659 trillion, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has declared. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, who said this during a media briefing on the status of EITI implementation in Nigeria and the agency’s mid-year scorecard in the…

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