Day: November 24, 2021

Popular Nigerian Rights Activist, Tony Uranta, is Dead

Precious Ibekwe

Last wishes of the Executive Secretary of Nigeria National Summit Group (NNSG) before he lost long battle with stroke and partial paralysis, left wife, Baarong Uranta, a sports analyst with Channels Television, and children   Popular Rights Activist in Nigeria, Tony Tamuni-Ipriye Uranta, has died after a long time battle with ill-health that partially paralysed his body. Platforms  Africa reports that a statement by his family, which confirmed his death, read : “We announce the passage of Tony Uranta (TIU) at 1:32pm this afternoon. “Tony has gone home to rest,…

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Why Black Marketers, Fuel Queues Resurfaced in Abuja – Adeola Yusuf (VIDEO)

Dawood Rabiu

    Team Lead, Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, has called for an end to the reported lingering queues at filling stations in Abuja , Nigeria’s administrative capital, and other parts of the northern Nigeria. He said that the black marketers and fuel queues, which resurfaced in Abuja, may spread to Lagos and other parts of Nigeria if the government, marketers and the labour unions do not, in the next few days, agree on issues bothering the downstream sub-sector. Yusuf, a multiple award-winning journalist and a leading energy policy analyst in…

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Man With 7 Wives Impregnates 13-Year-Old Housemaid, Wife Procures Abortion

Tade Salako

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command are currently investigating a housewife, Wuraola Ibrahim, and a chemist identified simply as Olaseinde for procuring an unsafe abortion for a 13-year-old victim (names withheld) in the Ajegunle area of Lagos. It was gathered that Ibrahim reportedly took her housemaid, who her husband, Kazeem Ayemojuba, an Oodua People’s Congress Commander, impregnated to a community chemist to procure an abortion after it was discovered she was pregnant. Vanguard learned that 55-year-old Ayemojuba, who has seven wives and 36 children, took advantage of the victim…

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Nigeria Mulls N5000 Monthly Transport Grant For Citizens, Sets Eligibility

Dawood Rabiu

Here are the finacial identities and status of those who will be eligible for the N5000 transport grant   Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigerians would get N5,000 per month as a transportation grant after the removal of fuel subsidies. According to the Minister, the Government will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and give only the poorest Nigerians a transportation grant of N5,000. Platforms Africa reports that the government has, through previous social intervention, once described the poor to include those with…

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Cooking Gas hits N10, 200/12.5kg As Minister Says Buhari Has No Control Over Price

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Government has no control over the skyrocketing prices of cooking gas, which has reportedly hit N10, 200 per N12.5 kilogram (kg) in some parts of Abuja. Mr. Sylva said this while fielding questions from State House reporters after introducing the CEO, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engr. Faruk Ahmed and the CEO, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission NUPRC, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Executive Secretary…

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Buhari Embargoes Inauguration of NNPC Ltd Board Indefinitely

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why Senator Ifeanyi Ararume-led newly constituted NNPC Limited board will not be inaugurated today, Wednesday, ss earlier scheduled    The Senator Ifeanyi Ararume-led newly constituted NNPC Limited board will not be inaugurated today, Wednesday, 24th of November, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted Board indefinitely. Platforms Africa reports that Senator Ifeanyi Ararume was, two months ago, appointed as Chairman of the Board, while Kyari and Umar Ajiya were Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer respectively. Other members included Dr Tajudeen Umar (North East),…

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