Month: September 2021

Why N480/kg Cooking Gas price surge rocking Nigeria may linger – NNPC

ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa reports that the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas in Nigeria, a major gas producer, has hit the roof, selling for N480 per kg and N6,000 per 12.5 kg.   The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has declared that the cooking gas price surge rocking Nigeria may linger until the volume supplied to the domestic market is increased. Platforms Africa reports that the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas in Nigeria,…

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When will NNPC Shares go Public? GMD Kyari answers questions on sale, date

ADEOLA YUSUF

When will the shares of the proposed succeaaor company of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) go through Initial Public Offering (IPao)? Platforms Africa reports that the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, has provided an answer to this and many other questions. The proposed successor company of the present entity, NNPC Limited, Kyari added, may not be ready for an Initial Public Offer (IPO) till 2024. READ ALSO: 5 Lies In circulation About The Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 How NNPC raked in N158.04bn from fuel sales…

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Eaton begins campaign, rallies electricians for onslaught on counterfeiting

ADEOLA YUSUF

Power management company, Eaton Nigeria, has staged a war on products counterfeiting as it rallied electricians in the country for an onslaught on fakery and substandard goods in the industry. Platforms Africa reports that the Regional Manager, Eaton West Africa, Charles Iyo, who, according to a statement, said this during a one-day technical training and seminar for electricians in Lagos, re-emphasized his company’s commitment to the anti-counterfeiting mission with the launch of its anti-counterfeit campaign. READ ALSO: Missing N603m: Assistant Director Commits Suicide After EFCC Summon 10 things you may…

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Missing N603m: Assistant Director Commits Suicide After EFCC Summon

ADEOLA YUSUF

An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. Orji’s lifeless body was reportedly found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing Authority Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, at about 4pm on August 30. READ ALSO: 200-level Varsity Student who ‘committed suicide’ is NCC Board Chairman’s Daughter Daughter of popular Nigerian Pastor commits suicide + PHOTOS ‘Why the Rich, Educated are not safe from Depression, Suicide, Crimes’ Abuja-based Daily Trust reported this quoting sources…

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JUST IN: Bandits Kidnap NBC ex-Director, 15-Year-Old Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

Bandits have abducted Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, a retired NBC director, and his 15-year-old daughter, Laila, last night after they raided Bakori Housing Units. Platforms Africa reports that this comes some  24 hours after the abduction of family members of lawmakers in the Katsina State House Assembly, The NBC has recently come up with different memos and sactions, considered by some as a calculated effort to stop them from reporting atrocities of bandits. Three other residents were abducted by the bandits who wielded AK 47 rifles. READ ALSO: Bandits Going Nowhere,…

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Colonel Dialo, Guinea ex-President Conde’s trusted Ally who overthrew him

ADEOLA YUSUF

By some accounts he is a brilliant commander, while others say his credentials are dubious   Colonel Mamady Doumbouya A.K.A. Dialo took over power after military coup in Guinea, detaining president Alpha Conde, his kinsman who he entrusted with many military operations. Little, Platforms Africa reports, is known about Col Doumbouya’s early life, except that he is from the Malinké community like President Condé and hails from Guinea’s eastern Kankan region. READ ALSO:President’s Fate unclear as Coup Attempt rocks Guinea capital, Conakry Real Reason I Sold My 2 Daughters for…

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Bandits Going Nowhere, Sheikh Gumi flays Nigerian Military Operations

ADEOLA YUSUF

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that bandits currently troubling the northern part of Nigeria “are going nowhere.” Gumi, an ex-officer in the Nigerian Army, according to Platforms  Africa, declared, in a post on his verified Facebook page, that the military action against criminal herdsmen and bandits will not solve the security challenge, but “will only worsen the situation”. READ ALSO: Why CBN should pay N100m Greenfield Students’ Ransom to Bandits – Gumi BREAKING: Nigeria’s Secret Service, DSS, Summons Sheikh Gumi Over Banditry BREAKING: Bandits Kidnap Negotiator for…

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10 things you may not know about Ifedayo Adetiba, new DG, Nigeria CDC

ADEOLA YUSUF

From Ilorin through The Netherlands to London, here is Platforms Africa closeup on Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, an associate Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, who took over flag of Nigeria’s war against COVID-19 and other diseases from Chikwe Ihekweazu   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Platforms Africa reports that Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been given an appointment at the World Health Organisation (WHO). READ ALSO:COVID-19 vaccine, a ploy to…

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UI, LASU, Covenant retain Nigeria’s best Federal, State, Private Varsities’ Rankings

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Only six universities from Nigeria feature in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University of Ibadan maintained its top spot in Nigeria and ranked 401-500 out of over 1,600 institutions across the world. Platforms Africa reports that this was according to the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released in September 2021. However, the University of Lagos moved a step ahead to rank second in Nigeria and 501-600 across the world. READ ALSO: Lagos backs down on 168% tuition fee increase for LASU Students Lies People Aged…

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Gloria Okorie: Coalition flays Nigerian Police noncompliance with Court Order

ADEOLA YUSUF

A coalition of 45 Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria said it strongly condemned the continued incarceration of 21-year-old Gloria Okorie by the police in, what it alleged, the “utter disregard to Court orders directing the police to either release her or produce her in Court.” Platforms Africa reports that Gloria Okorie’s parents were in search of their missing daughter for more than two weeks before it was revealed to them that their daughter was in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Owerri, Imo State.…

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