Month: December 2021

Ikoyi Club Suspends Billionaire Alakija’s Husband For Violence, Assault

ADEOLA YUSUF

The 72-year-old lawyer was suspended for one year over physical assault and abuse, according to the circular signed by Bamidele Ibironke, the Honorary Secretary of Ikoyi Club   Mr. Modupe Alakija, the husband of popular business tycoon, Apostle Folorunso Alakija, has been suspended from the prestigious Ikoyi Club in Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that the 72-year-old lawyer was suspended for one year over physical assault and abuse, according to the circular signed by Bamidele Ibironke, the Honorary Secretary of Ikoyi Club. READ ALSO: ‘Why the Rich, Educated are not safe…

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BREAKING: The SUN Editor Escapes As Hoodlums Attack 7-Up/Alausa Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

“It’s only safe to assume that nowhere is safe. And that no one is safe.”, Tope Adeboboye narrates ordel in the hands of men of the underworld few kilometers to Lagos Governor’s office   The Editor of Saturday SUN, a weekend title of Daily SUN newspaper, Mr. Tope Adeboboye, has narrated how he escaped an attack by armed hoodlums who laid siege for him and other motorists along 7-Up-Alausa road, Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that the location described by Adeboboye in an update on his verified Facebook page, is less…

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Nigerians Spend ₦2.6 Trillion to Buy Fuel For Generators, Cars in 1 Year

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PPMC Realises N203.73 billion From Petroleum Products Sale to Nigerians In July 2021 as Gas Production Goes Up 4%   Nigerians have spent over N2.563 trillion to buy fuel for their generators, vehicles and other machines in just one year. The amount, checks by Platforms Africa showed, represents the spending on the white products by for Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a downstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd between July 2020 and July 2021. PPMC, which confirmed this, also stated that it generated ₦203.73billion from the sale…

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Nigeria suffers 200,000 bopd oil export deficit As Shell Declares Force Majeure on Forcados

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Royal Dutch Shell Halts shipments from Nigeria’s Forcados export terminal   About 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil is currently stranded as oil major Shell Plc halted crude shipments from Nigeria’s Forcados export terminal. The action is considered another blow to Nigeria which has struggled to stem falling production. Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. issued a notice of force majeure on Forcados shipments, effective from midday on December 21, and plans to issue a revised offtake program in due course. READ ALSO: Nigeria Reduces Oil Prices for…

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Mourinho To Storm Nigeria for New Super Eagles Coach Jose Peseiro Unveiling

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Nigeria will next week name Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro as the new coach of the senior national team ahead of the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Platforms Africa reports, following a lead by the print edition of Nigeria’s foremost sports tabloid Sportinglife, that the coach who is presently in charge of Venezuela will be named coach of the Super Eagles. READ ALSO: Minister Hints At Local Replacement For Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr UAE bans Nigerian Athletes From World Swimming Championships as Diplomatic Row Worsens Mourinho Lands…

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“It’s Illegal, we won’t allow it” Hisbah Vows to Grill Shatu Garko’s Parent

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The Kano State Hisbah Board, aka Sharia Police, is set to invite the parents of the 44th Miss Nigeria, Shatu Garko, over their daughter’s ‘illegal’ participation in the beauty pageant. The 18-year-old Garko become the first hijabi to win the Miss Nigeria pageant since its inception in 1957. Hisbah noted that it was illegal for her to participate in any beauty contest in the Islam religion. READ ALSO: Ansar ud Deen Clocks 98 Years, Names 42 Youths Who Formed Group in 1923 Surge In Fire Incidents Imminent In This Hammattan,…

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(BREAKING): Christmas: Nigeria declares Monday, Tuesday Public Holidays

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The Nigerian Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021; and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, felicitates with Christians and all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this year’s Christmas and New Year celebrations. More to folow

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Why Youths Must Embrace Peace, Avoid Violence this Yuletide, Beyond – YAF

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A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has enjoined Nigerian youths to embrace peace and eschew acts that can lead to the disintegration of Nigeria, especially as the 2023 general elections approaches. Platforms Africa reports that YAF which stated this in a statement, also kicked against violent agitations for the secession of Yorubaland or any other part of the country from the rest of Nigeria. READ ALSO: Ansar ud Deen Clocks 98 Years, Names 42 Youths Who Formed Group in 1923 1921-2021: How Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrated…

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

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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

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  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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