Day: December 21, 2021

Ansar ud Deen Clocks 98 Years, Names 42 Youths Who Formed Group in 1923

Amodu Ganiyu

All 42 men who formed Ansar ud Deen “to rescue the Muslim community from the tactical conversion of their wards to Christianity before they could gain western education,” have all returned to their creator   A leading Muslim group in Nigeria, Ansar ud Deen Society, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 clocked 98 years as it released the names of 42 young Muslims then who formed the association that has built schools and impacted lives of millions of people. Platforms Africa reports that a Missionary of the Owode Yewa Branch of…

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Safety Tips During Fire Outbreak, Expert Tells How to Avoid Death, Injury

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Fire Safety Expert, Debbie Windele, has charged everyone to prepare for fire outbreak this Harmattan. The London-based Managing Director of Safety Experts Limited leads the Platforms  Africa weekly e-Discourse where she gives tips on how to prevent fire accident, death and injury during this hazy weather. The full interview from the session moderated by Ghana-based  veteran journalist, Francis KOKUTSE, is here. Excerpts:-:   In many African countries, the Harmattan Season announces itself at the end of the Year. What is Harmattan and what are the safety challenges that come…

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How Female Soldier Landed In Trouble Over Love Affairs With Corper + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

“Indulging in romance while in uniform. Her conduct was prejudicial to good order and military discipline,” Army Spokesman   Hannah Sofiat A, a female soldier who accepted a marriage proposal from a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, will be punished for flouting the army’s internal code of conduct and rules. Platforms  Africa reports that Sofiat can, in viral video clips, be seen gleefully accepting to marry a yet-to-be-identified corps member who had gone down on one knee on a…

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75-Year-Old Nigerian Dies In Lagos Airport On Arrival From America

Tade Salako

A 75-year-old man (name withheld) has died at the Lagos Airport in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The man arrived in the country on Monday via the Murtala  Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the United States of America. Platforms Africa gathered from sources at the Airport that the man died shortly after the aircraft touched down and taxied to the hanger for passengers to disembark and move into the airport terminal. READ ALSO: Hospital Shuts Down As Rape of Nurses, Patients by “Ghosts” Worsens Surge…

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Hospital Shuts Down As “Ghosts” Rape Nurses, Patients

Aoko Benjamin

Female Teachers flee school, say “Invisible Creatures rape us, our pupils too” A Zimbabwean hospital has been shut down after nurses and teachers reported surging cases that they have been raped by ghosts or ‘invisible creatures’. Platforms Africa reports that the bizarre incident occurred at Shale Clinic in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South. The mysterious creatures which are suspected to be tikoloshes, are also allegedly wreaking havoc at a nearby primary school where they are reportedly sexually molesting teachers. Teachers have also threatened to join the nurses in desertation of duty…

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Operators Counter Group Over Fraud Claim Against NCDMB Boss, Wabote

Efe Wellington

NOGIOA says allegation of violation of United States Banking Rules and Regulation, Racketeering, Financial Misappropriation and Acts of Treachery Bordering on Treason against Simbi Wabote, Baseless, Blackmail, Mere Diversionary Tactics   The Nigerian Oil and Gas Indigenous Operators Association (NOGIOA) has described allegations of fraud against the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote as diversionary and baseless. Platforms Africa reports that a group called the New Nigeria Global Initiative (NNGI) has made the allegation including claims that Wabote was guilty of violation…

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