Month: November 2021

Pan-Atlantic Varsity Appoints Finance Prof, Enase Okonedo, First Female VC

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Board of Trustees of the Pan-Atlantic University Foundation has appointed Professor Enase Okonedo, as the new vice-chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University. Professor Okonedo, who is currently the deputy vice-chancellor of the University, had previously served as the dean of Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University. Platforms Africa reports that Professor Okonedo joined LBS as a research associate in 1995, following a stint in the banking and financial sector. She went on to become a full-time faculty member at the school, specialising in Finance, Problem-solving and Decision making. She also held…

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How Ogun NUJ Chair, Soji Amosu, died 9 Months After Court’s Reinstatement

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chairman, Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Soji Amosu,is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the death of Amosu came barely nine months after the National Industrial Court reinstated his mandate in February 2021. He has, before this, been removed through the national body of the journalists association. His executive elected in 2019 was dissolved by National President of the NUJ, Chris Iziguzo,and this led to a serious crisis in the Ogun state NUJ. Amosu who before his death works with the National Orientation Agency (NOA), died…

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Meet Dapo Akande, Nigerian-born Law Prof elected into UN law commission

ADEOLA YUSUF

Raised in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, Akande studied law at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun state. Nigerian-born Dapo Akande, a professor of public international law at the University of Oxford, has been elected into the International Law Commission (ILC)   A Nigerian-born Dapo Akande, a professor of public international law at the University of Oxford, has been elected into the International Law Commission (ILC), has bee elected into the United Nations Law Commission. Platforms Africa reports that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) announced the development on…

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OSUN Mega Schools: ‘There are lateral cracks on ground floor walls’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Osun SSG, Prince Wole Oyebamiji said the consultant, an Engineer and an appointee of former Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, had in 2019 after carrying out inspection on all the 10 Schools came up with a disturbing report containing a wide range of defects and glaring material failures in schools commissioned between 2016 and 2018. “The report, submitted in April 2019, specifically raised some structural concerns that questioned the safety of occupants of two of the schools namely Ayedaade Grammar School, Ikire and Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo. READ ALSO: BREAKING:…

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Nigerians Succeed Abroad Due to Good Education at Home, Says Buhari

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said the competitiveness which Nigerians display abroad is a result of the good education they acquired before traveling out of the country. PLATFORMS AFRICA reports that the President said this when he met with the Minister of State Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Shaikh Shakboot Alnahyan, at the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum on Friday. This is as he urged Nigerians in Diaspora to always abide by the rules of their host countries. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,…

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Polaris Bank Awareness: 1 in 5 men, 1 in 6 women’ll die from cancer before age 75 – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

Polaris Bank advocates quality lifestyle, early presentation to save lives   According to a GLOBOCAN report, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 alone. One in every five men and one in every six women will die from cancer before age 75. Against the background of widespread incidence of breast cancer in the country and its attendant impact on patients’ overall wellbeing, experts have advocated for early presentation as a key first step towards the prevention and cure of the disease. Platforms Africa reports…

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Nigerian Man Impregnates Mother-in-law who visited for Omugwo, Newborn care

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why, How I teased, had sex and got Pregnant for my son-in-law, Woman Opens up   A Nigerian man,Christopher Chori, has impregnated his mother-in-law, Priscilla Kwange, who visited to take care of his newborn baby, an act known as Omugwo in Nigeria. Priscilla’s legitimate husband, Mr. Kwange who is a Tiv native of Taraba State, has, according to a report by Gistreel.com, been married to her as the second wife for about 10 years. Their marriage came after he lost his first wife, Rose Kwange, to a gruesome motor accident.…

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BREAKING: Nigeria Hikes Electricity Meters’ Prices

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Government has hiked the cost of both single-phase and three-phase meters for the about six million un-metered individual and business electricity consumers in the country. Platforms Africa reports that a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, showed that the hike in prices is beginning from Monday, November 15, 2021. The circular, with reference number NERC/REG/MAP/GEN/751/2, entitled ‘Review of the unit price of end-use meters under the Meter Asset Provider and National Mass Metering Regulations,’ was addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution…

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Jeleel Ojuade: Chronicles of First Professor of Dance in Yoruba History

ADEOLA YUSUF

Meet Jeleel Ojuade, a child dancer in the 70s who became the first Professor to present an inaugural lecture in the area of Dance Studies and Practice in any Nigerian University, in this chronicles by Folorunso Fatai Adisa   On Thursday, November 11, 2021, a Professor of Dance Studies at the Performing Arts Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, Northcentral Nigeria, Jeleel Ojuade, delivered the 208th in the series of the University’s inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Dance is Life, Life is Dance: A Cyclical Nature of Man…

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OPEC Pegs Downstream Funding Gap in Nigeria, Others at $1.5trn

ADEOLA YUSUF

Despite fears in some quarters that fossil fuel will become irrelevant in the next few years, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday said downstream investments in Nigeria and African countries would gulp N1.5 trillion from 2021 to 2045. Secretary General of OPEC, Mohammed Barkindo, stated this in his keynote address at the African Energy Week in Cape Town, South Africa. Barkindo explained that $450 billion out of this amount would be invested in new refinery projects and expansions of existing units, adding that most of these projects will be…

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