Day: November 17, 2021

Embattled A.B.C Orjiako Resigns As Seplat Energy Chairman

ADEOLA YUSUF

Orjiako’s resignation came just eight days after Zenith Bank Plc received an order from a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos blocking Seplat from transacting with him, an embattled Chairman and Co-founder   Chairman and Co-founder of Seplat Energy Plc, Dr. A.B.C. Orjiako has stepped down from his role as the company chairman and from the Board of Directors of the company he co-founded. Platforms Africa reports that the company announced this on Wednesday, 17 November, 2021 in a circular sent to the leading Pan-African energy-focus media. Orjiako will exit…

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How Another Building Collapsed in Lagos Killed 4, Injured 5 – NEMA

Tade Salako

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital has, again, suffered another building collapse, killing four people and injuring 5. Platforms Africa reports that the ill-fated structure, a 2 storey building under construction at Flour mill Estate, collapsed at about 1300 hour on Wednesday afternoon in the city. READ ALSO: Don’t Ask Me What Happened to Camera I Recovered at Lekki Tollgate -Fashola Gas Cylinder Explosion Kills 10 Year-Old Boy, 4 Others in Lagos Why Nigerian Varsities May Be Shut In Next Three Weeks – ASUU PDP kicks As Court Evicts Party From Lagos…

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Lagos #EndSARS Panel Couldn’t Convince Itself There Was a Massacre, by Temitope Ajayi

Temitope Ajayi

Originally entitled; “My Take On the leaked Lagos #EndSARS Panel Report,” this article by Nigerian journalist and social critic, Temitope Ajayi, asks probing questions on reasons the writer thinks the panel did a poor job that has created “doubts and further ill-will” on the report   “The atrocious maiming and killing of unarmed, helpless and unresisting protesters, while sitting on the floor and waving their Nigerian flags while singing the National Anthem can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context.” -Lagos Panel of Enquiry on #EndSARS It is obvious the…

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Lekki Massacre: Sack, Prosecute Lai Mohammed Now – Human Rights Group to Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

Here are some of the “shocking” findings in the report of the Panel on #EndSARS, which labelled the Lekki incident a “massacre”   A human rights group has called for the dismissal, arrest and prosecution of Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for allegedly lying to Nigerians over the killing of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate. Platforms Africa reports that the group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), made the call in a statement released on Tuesday in reaction to the findings of the Lagos State…

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Lekki Massacre: A Country And Its Pogrom Against Its Youths

Folorunso Fatai Adisa

Originally entitled; ‘Lekki Pogrom: Government Lied,” this opinion article by Folorunso Fatai Adisa, queried how a country could kill its youths and, still, labour hard to coverup the pogrom   “A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”—Mark Twain. The Yoruba submission that, “Ti iro na lo l’Ogun odun, Ojokan ni otito yio ba”, which can be loosely translated as “ regardless of how fast a lie travels, the truth will outpace it in a microsecond” aptly encapsulates the morbid…

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2 Infants, 93 Other Stranded Nigerians Flown To Lagos From Libya + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

A total of 95 Assisted Voluntary Nigerians who were stranded in Libya have been flown back to Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the Returnees who were brought with the assistance of International organisation for Migration (IOM), included two infants. They arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja at about 2018 hours on Tuesday, 16th November, 2021 via Al NEMA has received a total of 95 Assisted Voluntary Nigerians who were stranded in Libya back to Nigeria. The Returnees were brought with the assistance of International organisation for Migration (IOM). READ ALSO:…

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Don’t Ask Me What Happened to Camera I Recovered at Lekki Tollgate -Fashola

Precious Ibekwe

Nigerian Minister of Works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has embargoed for journalists questions about the camcorder (video camera) he recovered at the Lekki tollgate after the #EndSARS protests. Platforns Africa reports that Fashola, a former governor of Lagos, who stated this on an Arise TV programme monitored in Lagos, maintained that he did not know what happened to the video camera. Following the Lekki tollgate shooting in October 2020, Fashola, while visiting the scene alongside fellow ministers and south-west governors, discovered a hidden camcorder which he said must have been…

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‘Truth needs no defense’ — DJ Switch reacts to EndSARS panel’s report on Lekki Massacre

Amodu Ganiyu

#EndSARS: We either voice out now or risk being killed by insecurity, says DJ Switch Catherine Udeh, the Nigerian entertainer better known as DJ Switch, has reacted to the report presented by the Lagos judicial panel of inquiry into the Lekki tollgate shooting of last year. The disc jockey, who filmed the infamous shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020, had gone into hiding over alleged threats to her life for recording the military crackdown. READ ALSO: #EndSARS: Amnesty insists Nigeria covering up killing of protesters…

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