Day: January 10, 2022

Tinubu Silent on Buhari’s comment after He declared Ambition to President

ADEOLA YUSUF

2023: Tinubu visits Buhari, declares intention to become Nigeria’s President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling All progressives Congress, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidential election in 2023. He, however, declared that he has yet to inform Nigerians of his intention to succeed the President. Tinubu stated this on Monday while briefing State House correspondents after he met with President Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja. According to him, the President is a democrat and therefore, has not…

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JUST IN: Loaded 33,000 litres Fuel Tanker Falls in Apongbon, Lagos Island

ADEOLA YUSUF

A tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Aitomated Gas Oil (AGO) Popularly knowns as diesel has fallen at Apongbon area, a densely populated area of Lagos Island. Platforms Africa reports that the truck was moving from Mainland, inward Island. While the incident set jitters down the spines of some residents, others, however, besieged the accident spot and started scooping the leaking diesel from the tanker. The emergency workers have been called upon to attend to the situation, so as to avert large scale disaster in the area and Its environs.…

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ECOWAS Oders Borders’ Closure, Others Against Mali 5 Months After Coup

Aoko Benjamin

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),has slammed sanction on Mali over recent coup d’etat in the country. The sanctions which are expected to take immediate effect, includes withdrawal of all ECOWAS Ambassadors in Mali; closure of land and air borders between ECOWAS countries and Mali; suspension of all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS Member States and Mali. Platforms Africa reports that this sanctions which came about five months after the coup, is with the exception of the following products: essential consumer goods; pharmaceutical products; medical supplies and…

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N14.7bn Realised From PHCN Sale ‘Hidden’ in 4 Banks — Senate + NAMES

Aliyu Aliyu

Fidelity Bank, FCMB, Access Bank and Stanbic IBTC Bank, Senate releases names of banks and amount “hidden” in them.   The Senate has exposed N14.7 billion proceeds of defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria privatisation hidden in commercial banks by the Bureau of Public Enterprise. Platforms  Africa reports that the Senate Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide, relied on the 2017 Auditor General’s report to unravel the hidden fund in commercial banks as at December 31, 2016, whereas the privatisation of PHCN had been concluded since 2013. READ…

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NERC Makes N938.5m from Generators’ Importers, Others in 1 Year

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) generated approximately N938.5 million as fees collected from importers of generators and other internal revenue sources from June 2020 to June 2021, an analysis of the data for the four quarters provided by the industry regulator, has shown. Platforms Africa gathered that NERC had in 2013 introduced a N25,000 charge per unit of 100KVA generator imported into the country in its guidelines for obtaining clearance certificate for the importation of generating sets and related matters. READ ALSO: I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s…

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Meet Prof Ofodile, Lifetime Member U.S. Foreign Relations Council

ADEOLA YUSUF

Anambra to the World, here is all you may need to know about Nigerian-born Professor of law who just got elected into the prestigious U.S. Foreign Relations Council as a lifetime member   Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile, the E.J. Ball Professor of Law, has been elected a lifetime member of the prestigious United States Council on Foreign Relations, one of the leading foreign policy organizations in the world, Platforms Africa reports. Established in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, publisher and educational institution…

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