Day: October 11, 2021

Nigeria deepens 5G deployment plans, dissects regulatory frameworks

Aliyu Aliyu

How NCC’s regulatory instruments will impact 5G, national security, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, opens up   The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that three of the Commission’s regulatory instruments are set to offer enabling provisions that will help the country in tackling security and insurgency; as well as to enhance spectrum availability to facilitate the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology. Platforms Africa reports that the three instruments, which…

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‘How Gas can Help End Nigeria’s Perpetual Borrowing Embarrassment’

ADEOLA YUSUF

  While Nigerians presently face terrible financial pains emanating from skyrocketing price of cooking gas, huge volume of the commodity is being flared on daily basis. Executive Secretary, National Association of LPG Marketers, Bassey Essien, in this no-holds-bared interview opens up on the gas crisis rocking Nigeria. Is there any hope? Here below is the tough answer he provides at the Platforms Africa e-Discourse. Excerpts.   The Nigerian Government has nicknamed this decade as the decade of gas. As a stakeholder, what is your view about this? Evidences abound that…

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Platforms Africa Team Lead wins Chevron/Pan-Atlantic Varsity Award

ADEOLA YUSUF

The credibility of Platforms Africa, leading pan-African newspaper, was, again, reconfirmed at the weekend as its Team Lead, Adeola Yusuf, was declared by the prestigious Pan-Atlantic Varsity as one of the winners with Best Articles in Recognition and Rewards laurel. The award, organised by the university for its Alumni in the Advanced Writing And Reporting Skills (AWARES), was sponsored by Chevron Nigeria Limited. Director, Professional Education for the School, Isaac-Ogugua Ezechukwu, eulogised Platforms Africa‘s Adeola Yusuf and all the winners for being exceptional with their journalism careers. READ ALSO: DPR…

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BREAKING: Cooking Gas Hits N800/kg, Poor Nigerians Dump Product for Coal

Efe Wellington

  The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, well known as cooking gas, on Monday, October 11, hit N800 per kilogram (kg), highest mark in Nigeria’s history. A survey by Platforms Africa showed that the product sold between N750 and N800 in Ota, in Ogun state, Ipaja, Bariga, Bogije, and other parts of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital on Monday. “Life is becoming more difficult by the day on this issue of cooking gas,” a consumer, Taibat Oso, told Platforms Africa in Ota. “I have just bought 1kg now at N800, I…

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UNILAG rallies global Experts to Discuss Varsities’ future

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria Country Director for World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri, and the Managing Director (Sub Saharan Africa) Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch, Ms Yvonne Ike, will be leading other globally renowned experts to discuss the future of universities at the second University of Lagos International Week. A statement from the organiser sent to Platforms Africa showed that the 3-day event scheduled to hold virtually from October 12, 2021 to October 14, 2021, would have in attendance notable personalities such as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel; the Minister of…

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