Month: October 2021

OML 40: Seplat Announces Sibiri Well Drilling, Raises 2021 CapEx to $167m

ADEOLA YUSUF

Seplat Energy Plc has announced prospect drilling on its Sibiri oil well located at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the London Stock Exchange, which announced this at the weekend, added that it had raised the 2021 Capital Expenditure to $167 million. The company, according to a statement, also reported a nine month (Q3) 2021 revenue of N182.7bn, representing a rise of 18.7 per cent year-on-year. In its unaudited results for the nine…

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I insist, No COVID-19 in Kogi, Gov Bello Declares, says Nigeria Lockdown Unnecessary

ADEOLA YUSUF

At Lokoja venue of 29th NMMA, Governor Yahaya Bello Demands Award for “Fakest News Reporter, Newspaper of the Year”   Governor of Kogi state, Northcentral Nigeria, Yahaya Bello, has insisted that about two years after the outbreak of COVID-19, the state still has no single case of the deadly disease. This is contrary to the data from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control that, which has record of five cases for the state. Platforms Africa reports that Bello who reiterated his no-COVID-19-case narrative when his state hosted the 29th edition of…

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Nigeria Embargoes Sanctions for NIN-SIM Verification Deadline Violators

Aliyu Aliyu

Minister opens up on real reason government extended verification deadline “for the eighth time in a row”   Contrary to earlier announcement, Nigerians who are yet to link their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to their National Identification Numbers as at end of October won’t be sanctioned. The Nigerian Government has again extended the deadline for the NIN-SIM data verification. Platforms Africa reports that this is the eighth time the deadline has been extended. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who announced the extension, urged Nigerians and legal…

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Muslim Clerics Drag Oluwo to Court as Feud Over Chieftaincy Title Worsens

Gbenga Adeoti

How the choice of who becomes Grand Mufti of Yorubaland and of who installs him polarised Oluwo of Iwo and the League of Imams and Alfas   The League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland  has dragged the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Aburasheed  Akanbi, to Court over his plan to install someone as the Grand Mufty of Yorubaland. Grand Mufti is the highest honour bestowed on someone highly knowledgeable about Islam who can moderate and pass verdicts on issues about the religion. Platforms Africa reports that the League advised Oluwo against…

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EXCLUSIVE: DisCos, GenCos’ Investors Fret As Nigeria Begins Assets Sale Review

ADEOLA YUSUF

The statutory performance review, which is now being carried out three years behind the initial schedule, may, among other things, lead to revocation of licences and assets     The Nigerian Government has begun the major performance review of the power assets sold in 2013. This decision, Platforms Africa gathered explosively, has set jitters down the spines of investors in electricity distribution and generation strata. Minister in charge of power, Abubakar Aliyu, in a document made available to journalists in Abuja, said plans are underway to review the assets’ sale,…

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How ICPC Recovered 301 Houses From Two Civil Servants

Aliyu Aliyu

60 buildings were recovered from one of the suspects, the remaining  241 houses were recovered from the other suspect at different locations within Abuja      Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has given details of how the agency recovered 301 houses from two public officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The revelation came at the inauguration of the House of Representatives adhoc Committee on Investigation of the Operations of Real Estate Developers, yesterday. The ICPC chairman said while…

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NMMA Nominates Adeola Yusuf for 2021 Journalist of The Year Award

Damilola Olonade

How Platforms Africa Team Lead secured his eighth nomination out of record 1,050 entries for the prestigious NMMA 2021 Award holding in Kogi, North-central Nigeria, on Saturday   The Professor Ralph Akinfeleye-led Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) Board of Assessors has nominated the report by Adeola Yusuf out of record 1,050 entries for the prestigious 2021 Media Merit Award holding in Kogi, North-central Nigeria, on Saturday, October 30. Adeola Yusuf, a multiple award-winning Nigerian Journalist, is the Team Lead, Platforms Africa. The latest is the eighth time he has been…

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BREAKING: Facebook Changes Name to Meta

ADEOLA YUSUF

The social media network firm has changed name from Facebook. It shall, henceforth, be callled Meta   Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Facebook, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, has publicly announced a change of name for Facebook to Meta. Platforms Africa reports that Zuckerberg made this announcement on Thursday at the company’s Connect event. The social media company’s “new name will be ‘Meta,’ he declared. READ ALSO: Lagos Declares One-Week Break For Public, Private Schools Nigeria is World highest porn-watching country – Report NNPC to Spend N621.2bn on 21 Nigerian Roads’ Reconstruction…

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Lagos Declares One-Week Break For Public, Private Schools

Gbenga Adeoti

Private and public schools’ pupils in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, will go on one-week mid-term break next week. Platforms Africa reports that the state’s ministry of education announced this in a statement, declaring that the 5-day break, which comes up between Monday, November 1 and Friday, November 5, would help teachers meet up with the “challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.” READ ALSO: NNPC to Spend N621.2bn on 21 Nigerian Roads’ Reconstruction e-Naira Disappears From Google Play Store barely 48 hours after launch Nigeria Marks ex-Oil Minister Diezani’s 30 Bras,…

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NNPC to Spend N621.2bn on 21 Nigerian Roads’ Reconstruction

Aliyu Aliyu

Here is the full list of roads already taken over by the NNPC for reconstruction with full approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)   The reconstruction of 21 Nigerian roads taken over by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is to gulp a whooping N621.2 billion, Platforms Africa reports. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has already approved the takeover of the 21 federal roads by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for reconstruction. Platforms Africa reports that the approval was given at the council meeting presided over by Vice…

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