October 2021 – Page 2 – Platformsafrica

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Plateau State Assembly Speaker Impeached

October 28, 2021 Dawood Rabiu

Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon Abok Ayuba, has been impeached. Platforms Africa reports that Abok was impeached on Thursday morning after a vote of no confidence by over 18 members of the assembly. READ ALEO: e-Naira Disappears From Google Play Store barely 48 hours after launch Nigeria Marks ex-Oil Minister Diezani’s 30 Bras, Braziers, Others For Sale Tiwa Savage losses Four endorsement deals, Opens up After Sex Video Meanwhile Rt Hon. Yakubu Sanda representing Pengana constituency in the state assembly has been elected Speaker by the members. Details…

StartUpper Key for SDGs attainment, National Dev -TotalEnergies

October 27, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

TotalEnergies has underscored the benefits of StartUpper, its corporate Social Responsibility programmes, to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the development of Nigeria’s young entrepreneurs. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive General Manager, TotalEnergies Country Services, Mrs Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, who said this at a virtual press briefing to announced the third edition of the Startupper of the Year 3, described the three critical areas of the StartUpper – youth entrepreneurship, education and inclusion -as key to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the…

Gorontula: Sex-enhancing fruit turns Gombe into tourist attraction

October 27, 2021 Aliyu Aliyu

The saying is common in Gombe State, the entire Northeast up to neighboring countries of Chad, Niger Republic and Cameroon: marry a Tula woman and you will never taste of another woman. While that might sound as a myth, recent developments in scientific research into herbal medicine, particularly in the past one decade, seem to confirm the popular saying as the development has been traced to a fruit called gorontula. A report by The Nation read that Goro is the Hausa word for kolanut, the caffeine fruit commonly consumed in…

e-Naira Disappears From Google Play Store barely 48 hours after launch

October 27, 2021 Gbenga Adeoti

The e-Naira speed wallet has disappeared from the Google Play Store barely 48 hours after its launch. Platforms Africa reports that the digital currency has two applications, which are eNaira speed wallet and eNaira merchant wallet. “However, the e-Naira merchant wallet, which is designed for businesses, is still running and has over 10,000 downloads on the Google Play Store made available to Android users,” a report by News Direct read. Checks showed that the app had only gained 1.9 stars out of 5 stars preview. Also, in the review section,…

African Union slams suspension on Sudan over coup

October 27, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

The pan-African body says tsaid Sudan’s suspension would be in place until ‘the effective restoration’ of the transitional authority steering the country towards elections. The African Union (AU) has said it suspended Sudan from all its activities after the country’s military overthrew the civilian-led transitional government in a coup. The African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security on Wednesday tweeted the news of the suspension, an expected move typically taken in the wake of military coups. In a communique, the pan-African body said the suspension would be in place until…

Nigeria Marks ex-Oil Minister Diezani’s 30 Bras, Braziers, Others For Sale

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Efe Wellington

The Diezani world’s most expensive bras valued at the $12.5-million (£8.5-million) include Heavenly Star Bra, by sapphires, which has at its centerpiece a 90-carat emerald cut diamond that was worth $10.6 million (£7.28 million) alone at the time. The Nigerian Government has begun the process for the valuation and sale of property belonging to the country’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Platforms Africa reports that the property includes Bras, Brazier, Jewellery, wristbands and gold wristwatches earlier forfeited to the government. Asides these, “Diezani property located in the…

What is eNaira? All You Should Know About Nigeria’s Digital Currency

October 26, 2021 Damilola Olonade

Any difference between eNaira and the funds in your account? In this ABC of e-Naira, Platforms Africa compiles and unveils all you may need to know about Nigeria’s digital currency and how it will affect you eNaira is a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a legal tender. It is the digital form of the physical Naira and can be used the same way as cash. What’s the difference between eNaira and the funds in one’s account? eNaira is a digital currency…

Oil Price Hits New Peak, Surges Pass $85 per Barrel

October 25, 2021 ADESUPO OSOSANYA

Oil climbed $85 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC+ alliance should maintain its cautious approach to managing global crude supplies given the threat to demand still posed by the pandemic. Global benchmark Brent was 0.2 per cent higher in early Asian trade following a run of seven consecutive weekly gains, the longest such streak since March. Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told Bloomberg Television at the weekend that producers shouldn’t take the rise in prices for granted as similar…

Friends, Family Remember Fountain Varsity Don Who died Day He Bagged PhD

October 25, 2021 ADEOLA YUSUF

“Exactly the time his colleagues were stepping out at the University of Ilorin for their PhD Honours, he was being lowered into his grave in Iwo.” Family, friends and colleagues have taken to social media to remember Dr. AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, a lecturer at the Fountain University, Osogbo who died on the day he bagged a PhD. Reacting to an update by a Nigerian Senior journalist, Semiu Okanlawon, tagged “Irony!” many still expressed shock at the sad incident, which occurred on October 23, 2016, Platforms Africa reports. The pity-evoking…