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How Zenith Bank Staff Committed Suicide After Facebook Post + PHOTOS

January 18, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa has retrieved the Facebook post made by a young banker, Nwokorie Nnamdi Godson, less than 24 hours before he committed suicide. Godson who completed his one year compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) just in 2018 beforw joining services of the Bank, allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Sapele, Delta State, south south Nigeria. READ ALSO: 200-level Varsity Student who ‘committed suicide’ is NCC Board Chairman’s Daughter Missing N603m: Assistant Director Commits Suicide After EFCC Summon Secondary School Pupil Commits Suicide After Boyfriend’s ‘betrayal’ +PHOTOS Daughter of popular…

AFCON: Ivory Coast Keeper Loses Dad Hour after Costly Error against S’Leone

January 18, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Ivory Coast goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare learned of the death of his father on Monday, only a few hours after making headlines for a disastrous gaffe in his team’s Africa Cup of Nations game against Sierra Leone. “It is with great sadness that the Ivorian national team learned of the death in the night of January 16-17 of the father of goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare,” said the Ivorian Football Federation in a statement. The news comes after team-mate Max-Alain Gradel lost his father on the eve of the tournament. READ…

Plagiarism: You’re Wrong, Court Faults FUNAAB Over Lecturers’ Sack

January 18, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

A Court of Appeal (Lagos Division) has voided the dismissal of two lecturers of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta ( FUNAAB), Dr. Janet Bamgbose and Mr. Akeem Bamigbade, by the institution for alleged plagiarism. Platforms Africa reports that the lecturers, both of the Chemistry Department, were sacked in May 2013 after an investigation and disciplinary committee recommended their dismissal which was upheld by the governing council of the university. READ ALSO: Nigerian Polytechnics Lose Accreditation Over Lecturers’ Shortage How UI, UNILAG, LASU Researchers, Others Broke Guiness World Record Meet…

Nigerian Polytechnics Lose Accreditation Over Lecturers’ Shortage

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Federal Polys’ Rectors panic, write a Save Our Soul (SOS) letter to the Minister of Education and Head of Civil Service of the Federation for intervention Federal polytechnics in Nigeria are losing accreditation of course because of serious dearth of requisite academic staff. This is following Nigerian Government’s embargo on employment, The Nation has reported. A reliable source at the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the regulatory body of polytechnics told The Nation some of the institutions visited for quality assurance have failed accreditation owing to the acute…

Buhari Sanctions N100m Youth Tech Empowerment Scheme, Eulogises NCC

January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a N100 million Technology Youth Empowement fund to encourage young Nigerian innovators. This is coming as the Nigerian government has applauded the commitment and dedication of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) towards enhancing digital skills development among youths, through implementation of various Information and Communication Technology skill acquisition programmes. Platforms Africa reports that the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, gave the commendation during the inauguration of a Digital Nigeria Centre (DNC),…

IPMAN Crisis Worsens, BOT Opposes Parallel NEC Members’ Inauguration

January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Board of Trustees of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) had a meeting and warned against what it called, “a proposed illegal inauguration of parallel National Executive Committee (NEC)” on 18th of January, 2022 in Abuja. Platforms Africa reports that the IPMAN Board of Trustees Secretary, Mr Tunji Adeniji, gave the warning on Monday in a statement. This, Platforms Africa gathered, followed an invitation to inaguration of NEC members by Engineer Sanusi Abdul- Fari-led group faction. READ ALSO: Fuel Marketers’ Billions of Naira Trapped in PPPRA, DPR,…

How Nigerian Man Raped 80-Year-Old Grandmother – Police

January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Police has given graphical details of how a middle-age man, Dan Asabe Eddo, raped an 80 year-old grandmother and widow in Kundami village, Garaku, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State, Northwest Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that officers of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested the 43-year-old man, Eddo, accused of raping the 80-year-old Grandmother who was staying alone in the same village with him. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the crime and the arrest in a statement sighted by Platforms Africa. READ ALSO: I…

Why Men Don’t Usually Survive Breast Cancer – Medical Expert

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Medical Doctor offers useful tips on how you can avoid hospital and live a long, healthy life, An expert and Chief Medical Director at Solomon Jayden Medical Centre, Dr. Akin Oyejoko, has said although the chance of a man having breast cancer is very low, the odds of survival is even lower. He made this known at the weekly e-Discourse organised by leading Pan-Africa forum, Platforms Africa led by Adeola Yusuf, an award winning journalist. READ ALSO: Lies People Aged 40 and Above Believe about Their Health + Risk, Danger…

460 Duplicated Projects Worth N378.9bn Uncovered in 2022 Budget

January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says 460 projects amounting to N378.9 billion were duplicated in the 2022 budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari into law on December 31, 2021. Iyanu Fatoba, communications associate at BudgIT, disclosed this in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa. The presidency had submitted a proposed fiscal budget of N16.391 trillion to the national assembly, but the lawmakers later raised it to N17.127 trillion — an increase of N735.8 billion. BudgIT said it uncovered the discrepancies after examining the 21,108 capital projects in the budget. “Our…

Finally, APC Picks February for Convention as Govs Meet

January 17, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has promised that the party’s national convention to elect new leaders will hold in February. The Chairman, Atiku Bagudu addressed journalists after a meeting of the body in Abuja, Sunday night. The Yobe Governor said the February timeframe as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari was sacrosanct and would be respected. He added that APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) was in the best position to announce the specific date. “We are one group of stakeholders and our party respects institutions. The appropriate organ…