Day: December 28, 2021

Wife of Nigeria’s ex-Senate President Dies 12 days After Husband’s Demise

ADEOLA YUSUF

How mum, Mrs Mary Abiola Wayas, died in a London hospital, son Mrs Mary Abiola Wayas, the widow of late a former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that late Mrs Wayas died 12 days after her husband who died in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2021. READ ALSO: Predict Doom, Go To 5-Year Jail, Police Warn Religious Leaders Mother, 2 Daughters on Holiday trip to East Die in Dangote Truck Accident Ghana Spends $200m On Infection Majorly caused by Homosexuals in 1 Year -Sam George…

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Acts Of Journalism Don’t Necessarily Make One A Journalist, by Akin Olaniyan

Akin Olaniyan

Even the uninitiated acknowledges that journalism has changed permanently. That journalism has been in a state of flux because of the digitalization of media is not in doubt since we all encounter the effects of the changes in our everyday lives. However, there is good reason to believe that such street-level understanding is missing when it comes to what the changes mean for everyday media consumption. Most of the confusion, it appears, concern the question of what qualifies to be described as journalism and who earns the right to be…

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Predict Doom, Go To 5-Year Jail, Police Warn Religious Leaders

Aoko Benjamin

The Ghana Police Service has warned religious leaders to desist from New Year prophecies that could cause fear or disturb public peace. Platforms Africa reports that the Ghana Police gave the warning via a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Supt. Alexander Obeng. The police said any religious leader found guilty could be liable to a term of imprisonment of up to five years. READ ALSO: Ghana Spends $200m On Infection Majorly caused by Homosexuals in 1 Year -Sam George Mother, 2 Daughters on Holiday trip to East Die…

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Ghana Spends $200m On Infection Majorly caused by Homosexuals in 1 Year -Sam George

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ghanaian popular lawmaker, Sam George, on Platforms Africa e-discourse, frowns at misinformation on anti-LGBTQ+ bill, alleges possible threat to his and lives of bill’s 7 other promoters   A prominent member of Ghanaian Parliament, Sam George, has declared that the government of Ghana, in 2020 alone, spent $200 million subsidising the cost of anti-retroviral drugs for persons who have HIV/AIDS, a viral infection surging majorly, according to him, by men having sex with men (MsM) and homosexuals. George, a lawmaker representing the Ningo Prampram constituency, stated this when he featured…

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Mother, 2 Daughters on Holiday trip to East Die in Dangote Truck Accident

Gbenga Adeoti

A woman and her two daughters on New Year holiday trip to the eastern part of Nigeria were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Dangote truck and a Ford jeep at old MRS filling station, Itako, Ijebu Ife on the Sagamu-Benin expressway, Southwestern parr of the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident, which occurred on Sumday, to newsmen in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State. Akinbiyi noted that the accident occured at 12:30pm and was caused by excessive…

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Nigeria blacklists Firm, Leaks Secret, Strategy of Latest Ponzi to Citizens

Gbenga Adeoti

Nigeria has, through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), alerted the investing public that a firm known as Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Limited is a Ponzi scheme, a front to defraud unsuspecting investors. Platforms Africa reports that SEC, in a circular at the weekend, stated that its attention had been drawn to the electronic and WhatsApp messages being circulated to investors on behalf of Pilvest. READ ALSO: Meet Priscilla, Single-Mum Hawker Who Became Varsity’s First-Class Graduate EXCLUSIVE: DisCos, GenCos’ Investors Fret As Nigeria Begins Assets Sale Review Hours After Platforms…

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