Month: October 2021

IT’S A SCAM: NNPC Disowns Fake 50th Anniversary Quiz Contest

ADEOLA YUSUF

The NNPC on Tuesday disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claims to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad, disclosed this to Platforms Africa. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Gunmen Open Fire On Nigeria’s Imo Traditional Rulers, Kill 5 Oil Minister confirms Platforms Africa Exclusive News on DPR, PPPRA, PEF scrapping, CEOs’ sack Carbonated Drinks Price Hike Imminent as Minister Announces Jan. 2022 Tax Takeoff Comply With Regulations, NCC Tasks MTN, Glo, 7,983 Other Telecoms Licensees “In the purported quiz contest, unsuspecting…

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Why Nigerians Who Link SIMs to Third Party’s NINs Risk Jail Terms – NCC

ADEOLA YUSUF

“If the person, whose SIM is linked to your line, uses their own SIM to commit crimes or any form of atrocities, it is easy to be traced to you and then, you will be dealt with because the SIM is linked to your NIN.” The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecommunication subscribers not to allow their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Platforms Africa reports that a statement quoted the NCC as disclosing this during the third run of…

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BREAKING: Gunmen Open Fire On Nigeria’s Imo Traditional Rulers, Kill 5

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gunmen have opened fire at traditional rulers meeting in Imo, Southeast Nigeria, killing at least five persons. The meeting held at the Njaba local government area of the State, Platforms Africa reports, has was attended by top traditional rulers. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Immigration chief assassinated in Imo, body dumped in Bush +Photo JUST IN: Nigeria’s Popular Politician, Security Guard beheaded In Imo BREAKING: Buhari dares IPOB, Lands In Imo Despite Group’s Warning [PHOTOS] Though details of the attack remain sketchy as at the time of filing this report, at least…

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Oil Minister confirms Platforms Africa Exclusive News on DPR, PPPRA, PEF scrapping, CEOs’ sack

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The law specifically repeals the DPR Act, the Petroleum Inspectorate Act, the Petroleum Equalisation Fund Act and the PPPRA Act.  It is very clear that those agencies do not exist anymore.”   Four weeks after the Platforms Africa exclusive news on the scrapping of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), the Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has officially confirmed the report. Mr. Sylva also noted, in confirmation of the Platforms Africa report published on…

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Group targets 1000 widows, widowers for 2021 Charity Event

ADEOLA YUSUF

A non-governmental organisation in Nigeria, AbidingTV Initiatives has said that it would host indigenes of the Ibadan, Southwest part of the country, to her yearly “Operation Feed the Widows” program with a target of 1,000 beneficiaries. Platforms Africa reports that this was cintained in a statement by the convener of the event, Arinola Olakanmi Yinka. READ ALSO: Nigeria is World highest porn-watching country – Report How Fire Gutted Our Headquarters – Premium Times Opens Up ‘How, Why Colin Powell, 1st Black US Secretary of State, Died of COVID-19 After Being…

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JUST IN: One Dies, 3 Missing In Lagos 2-Storey Mansion Collapse + LOCATION

ADEOLA YUSUF

A two-storey mansion has collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, killing no fewer than one person instantly, leaving two with life-threatening injuries and trapping three others. Platforms Africa reports that the sad incident, which came up on Monday night, occurred at 97, Lagos Road, Haruna axis of Ikorodu, Ikorodu Local Government, Lagos State. Eye witness accounts showed that asides the deceased victim and the three persons trapped under the rubbles, two persons, a male and a female, were rescued by residents and community response team after the building caved in…

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Carbonated Drinks Price Hike Imminent as Minister Announces Jan. 2022 Tax Takeoff

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has insisted that government would not rescind its position on imposing exercise duties on carbonated drinks. Platforms Africa reports that this means an imminent surge in the prices of these products including some global soft drinks bottled carbonated in Nigeria for preservation. Ahmed insisted that they would be taxed as a part of the additions in the 2021 Finance Act which will take effect from January 2022. The Minister said this at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the…

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Buhari Dragged to Court Over N5bn Budget to Monitor Nigerian’s WhatsApp

ADEOLA YUSUF

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged plans to spend approximately N5 billion (N4.87billion) to monitor WhatsApp phone calls and text messages. PLATFORMS AFRICA reports that the group is asking the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, as it severely threatens and violates the right to the preservation of privacy.” The suit followed the proposal in the Supplementary Appropriation…

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Comply With Regulations, NCC Tasks MTN, Glo, 7,983 Other Telecoms Licensees

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked telecom licensees in the Africa’s most populous country to always comply with the provisions of extant laws, subsidiary legislations and other regulatory frameworks put in place to ensure a more competitive and sustainable telecoms sector in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that under the list of licensees last updated by the NCC as at October 13, 2021, there are 7,985 Telecoms licensees in Nigeria including the MTN, Glo, 9Mobile and Etisalat. “The NCC confirmed 930 entries at the Individual category Licensees while there 7,055 licensees…

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‘How, Why Colin Powell, 1st Black US Secretary of State, Died of COVID-19 After Being Fully Vaccinated’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook, noting that he was fully vaccinated. He was 84. “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook, noting he was fully vaccinated. Platforms Africa gathered that Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune response, as well as Parkinson’s,…

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