Month: October 2021

How Fire Gutted Our Headquarters – Premium Times Opens Up

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The fire started from the office of the Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, shortly after he left for Jumat prayers before the spraying of soot to other parts of the offices.”   Nigeria’s news platform, Premium Times, has given graphical details of how its headquarters in Abuja was razed by fire, destroying properties and vital documents. Platforms Africa gathered from a report by the newspaper that the fire started from the office of the Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed. Mr. Mojeed has, few minutes before the incident, left for Jumat prayers, according to the…

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Experts Seek End To Nigeria’s surging electrical fire outbreak in buildings

ADEOLA YUSUF

Experts at a roundtable session organised by Eaton in Lagos, Nigeria’s  commercial capital, have craved enhancement for safety of buildings against incessant electrical fire outbreaks across the country. A statement sent to Platforms Africa showed that the annual event was a ln avenue for experts, regulators, MEP consultants, contractors and other stakeholders to discuss safety in Buildings and sustainable ways to curbing electrical fire outbreaks. READ ALSO: Why, How NNPC GMD, Kyari, Bagged “The Sun Man of The Year” Award – MD/E-i-C How UI, UNILAG, LASU Researchers, Others Broke Guiness…

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Nigeria’s Domestic Cooking Gas Production Hits 49,453.1MT, 66.58% – PPPRA

ADEOLA YUSUF

Over 66 percent of domestic gas supply in September 2021 was produced locally, according to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Platforms Africa reports that the General Manager, Corporate Services, Mr. Kimchi Apollo, who made this known in a statement explained that Nigeria produces locally, a major portion of the LPG consumed in the country. He attributed the feat to the enabling environment created by the Federal Government through its programmes and policies to attract investment into the entire gas value chain. READ ALSO: Why N480/kg Cooking Gas price…

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Nigerian President Buhari Sets For Fresh London Medical Trip – Reno Omokri

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will any moment from now embark on fresh medical trip to London. Platforms Africa reports that Mr. Reno Omokri, a presidential aide to Buhari’s predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who said this, claimed that some sources within Aso Rock revealed the President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to jet out to London any momemnt. The socio-political activist who made the claim via a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday night warned the President to shelve the plan, stressing that he (Buhari) will be harassed as usual. READ…

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Why, How NNPC GMD, Kyari, Bagged “The Sun Man of The Year” Award – MD/E-i-C

ADEOLA YUSUF

In yet another recognition of his efforts since becoming the GMD/CEO of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has been honoured with the “The Sun Man of The Year Award”, the biggest recognition by The Sun Publishing Comapany Ltd, publishers of The Sun Newspaper titles. Platforms Africa reports that Kyari received the award at a ceremony attended by eminent Nigerians at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos on Saturday. They include the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe; Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Ondo State…

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Excitement as Saudi Mosques Return To Capacity, Relax Social Distancing

ADEOLA YUSUF

How news sparked excitement among World 2 billion Muslim population and effect on next year Hajj operations   Saudi Arabia Mosques have started to return to full capacity with more worshippers getting set to converged within the religious centres to perform their prayer sessions and other rites. Platforms Africa reports that this came after the country’s government relaxed compulsory use of face masks, social distancing, and other COVID-19 protocols ahead of next year’s hajj. The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced that due to a significant nationwide decline in COVID-19 cases as…

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Former Emir of Kano’s Manic Megalomania in Kaduna, By Farooq A. Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

On October 12, I received a message on WhatsApp, which the platform flagged as being “forwarded many times,” about how former Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (or whatever he calls himself these days) caused Governor Nasir el-Rufai to fire his Chief of Staff for the “offence” of referring to Sanusi as the “former emir of Kano.” Because WhatsApp has become a cesspit of false, malicious misinformation, my default inclination was to dismiss the forwarded message as yet another fetid rhetorical garbage huckstered by low-IQ philistines who are still after…

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JUST IN: APC Suspends Oyo State Congress as Fake Voting Papers Flood Centre

ADEOLA YUSUF

The national leadership of the Nigeria’s  ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, due to the forging of documents meant for the exercise and other irregularities. Platforms Africa reports that the Governor of Yobe State and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, gave the order. READ ALSO: JUST IN: How Spirit Of God Led Me to Join APC, Dump PDP – Fani-Kayode JUST IN: Iyorchia Ayu emerges PDP’s consensus National Chairmanship Candidate Award-winning Nigerian Journalist, Adeola…

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ThisDay Editor, Obinna Chima, Wife Welcome Triplet + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

What Friends, colleagues said at Lagos St. John Catholic Church dedication of the two boys and a girl named Michael, Raphael, and Gabriella   An Editor with ThisDay newspaper, Mr. Obinna Chima, has, together with his wife, welcome a set of Triplet Platforms Africa reports that Chima’s friend and colleague, Sunday Micheal Ogwu, who broke the news on his Facebook page, stated that the triplet is a set of two boys and a girl.   Rejoicing with the Chimas, Ogwu, an editor with Daily Trust newspaper, added that the children…

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How UI, UNILAG, LASU Researchers, Others Broke Guiness World Record

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Implementation of the research, which Guiness World Record tagged ‘Most authors on a single peer-reviewed academic paper,’ could prevent an additional 58,687 COVID-19-related deaths in one year.”   A study carried out by researchers from the University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Lagos State University in conjunction with counterparts from other leading universities in Nigeria, has been awarded the Guinness World Records title for the world’s largest scientific collaboration. Platforms Africa reports that the study led by University of Birmingham and Edinburgh experts involved over 140,000 (One hundred and forty…

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