Day: January 1, 2022

Igboho, the Fly, by Oladeinde Olawoyin

ADEOLA YUSUF

He wanted to fly, but he eventually became a fly. Sunday Igboho sneaked into Cotonou with a secret plan to fly to Germany, but, accidentally, he landed on the most sensitive part of Nigeria’s genitals. What do our elders say about a fly that perches on the scrotum? Caution. In July, weeks after he was declared wanted by Nigeria’s secret police, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho was arrested by the Beninese police while trying to travel to Germany, and then transferred to the Cotonou Criminal Brigade. He has since remained…

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Taiwo, Kehinde, Eta Omosuwa:‘Marry One, Marry All,’ Nigerian Triplets Say

ADEOLA YUSUF

For Taye, Kehinde, and Eta Omosuwa, Nigerian triplets, sustaining their bond beyond marriage is a fight to finish The triplets have many things in common. They work in the same company and department as nurses, are usually clad in the same outfits and spend most of their time together.  “We wash together, eat together and also wear the same size of shoes and clothes,” they told BBC Pidgin.  The triplets said they are always together because whenever they are apart, they usually fall sick. READ ALSO JUST IN: Fire Outbreak…

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JUST IN: Fire Outbreak Rocks Port Harcourt Refinery

ADEOLA YUSUF

NNPC confirms outbreak, gives details of how “minor fire at the facility was put out”   A fire outbreak has rocked the Port Harcourt refinery company (PHRC), a facility undergoing $1.5 billion rehabilitation. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), which confirmed the outbreak on the first day of the New Year  in a statement to Platforms Africa, declared that the “minor fire at facility is already put out” Here is the full statement signed by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Garba Deen Muhammad. READ ALSO: Surge In…

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BREAKING: Immigration Gets March Deadline to End Int’l Passport Scarcity

ADEOLA YUSUF

Acting CG, NIS explains how international passport application backlog will be cleared in three months   The International Passport scarcity rocking Nigeria will end by March, 2022, acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isa Idris, has vowed. Platforms Africa reports that Idris who said this at a virtual press conference today, January 1, 2022, stated that the immigration has received 45,000 booklet yesterday, December 31, which will help in clearing the backlog of applications within and outside the country for international passports. Speaking on three key areas of focus for…

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“I Am Sad, Scared of This My New Life” – BBNaija Saskay Shows Frustration

ADEOLA YUSUF

Popular reality star, Tsakute Ladi Jonah, better known as Saskay, pens a cryptic note on the extra weight that comes with her new life as a celebrity. According to the BBNaija 2021 star in a Twitter post, frustration set in for her while trying to make an Instagram post, which caused her to shed tears. READ ALSO: One Month After BBNaija, Tega Confirms She’s Pregnant White Money Polls 470million Votes, Wins BBNaija Season 6 N90m Prize Outrage as Sex Video of BBNaija Married Woman Housemate, Tega with Boma goes viral…

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JUST IN: Lagos Announces Jan 4 Resumption for Primary, Secondary Schools

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The mid-term break for 2nd term is Thursday 17th and Friday 18th of February 2022 while school closes on Friday 8th April 2022.”   The Lagos state government has announced Tuesday, January 4 as second term 2021/2022 resumption date for primary and secondary Schools in the state. This is contrary to January 10 date announced for resumption by the neighbouring Ogun state. Platforms Africa reports that all public and private schools below the tertiary level in Lagos State, by this announcement, are to resume for the second term 2021/2022 academic…

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Two Top Cops , One Happy Couple, by Tunde Olusunle

ADEOLA YUSUF

Perhaps the highlight of the recent elevation of senior police officers into higher ranks was the simultaneous promotion of a married couple to the rank of substantive police commissioner. Kehinde Patrick Longe, and his wife Yetunde, who were both deputy commissioners of police, moved up to the next rank, as contained in a press release from Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday, December 20, 2021. Instructively, husband and wife were enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on the same day; March 3, 1990, as cadet assistant superintendents of police…

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Monarch seeks More Infrastructure for Ota, Ogun Commercial Capital

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Olota of Ota honours Ogun Gov Abiodun with Culture & Tourism Commitment Award   The Olota of Ota, Oba (Professor Adeyemi Obalanlege, Lanlege Ekun II, has charged the government of Ogun state to give more infrastructural development to the city, generally referred to as the commercial capital of the gateway state. Platforms Africa reports that Obalanlege said this during the grand finale of the 2021 Iganmode cultural festival where he honoured the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun with the Culture and Tourism Commitment Award. READ ALSO: Ota and its Totally…

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