February 22, 2022 – Platformsafrica

100 Youths Begin NCDMB/ITF Vocational Training

February 22, 2022 Efe Wellington

Hundred Nigerian youths have commenced training in the vocational skills programme sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and facilitated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF). The training covers eight skills areas, and they include Information and Communication Technology; Electrical/Electronic Technology; Industrial Automation and Mechatronics; Instrumentation and Process Control; Mechanical Services and Maintenance; Mobile Phone Repairs and Troubleshooting; Residential Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Maintenance and Building Technology. The programme would last for six months, and it is the second time the Board is collaborating with the ITF for…

Nedogas, NCDMB commissions 300 MMscfd Kwale Gas Gathering Facility

February 22, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Nedogas Development Company Limited (NDCL), a joint venture company between Xenergi Limited and NCDMB Capacity Development Intervention Company, has, in collaborative partnership with the Nigerian Gas Company Limited (NGC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), successfully completed the construction and technical commissioning of a 300 MMscfd Capacity Kwale Gas Gathering (KGG) and injection Facility located in the Umusam Community, near Kwale in Delta State, Niger-Delta, Nigeria. The KGG Facility was designed to handle stranded gas resources in Nigeria’s OML56 oil province by providing the opportunity for independent…

Ex-President Jonathan’s Minister, Sarah Ochekpe, Jailed Over N450m Scam

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Aliyu Aliyu

How N450m Diezani Bribe landed former Minister of Water Resources and two others, Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, deputy director for Goodluck/Sambo 2015 election campaign and former Acting Chairman of PDP, Plateau State respectively, in Jail for 18 Years The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, secured the conviction of a former Minister of Water Resources in the administration former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sarah Ochekpe. Ochekpe was convicted along with two others, Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, deputy…

Ghana Arrests, Detains 11 Nigerians for Cyber Fraud + NAMES

February 22, 2022 Aoko Benjamin

Eleven Nigerians have been arrested in two raids in Ghana on the allegations of committing cyber fraud. Platforms Africa, which reported this quoted Accra-based Joy Online to have maintained that the nine people were picked up by Bole Police Command in the Savannah Region in one operation in Bole township. Those arrested were Kelechi Chukwudoluwe, 30; Ibeneme Precious, 20; Nelson Chinedu and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Chukwu, 23. READ ALSO: Nigeria Arrests 9 Ghanaians For $400,000 Cannabis Trafficking + NAMES Ghana Spends $200m On Infection Majorly caused by Homosexuals in 1 Year…

Petrol to Hit N190/L As Depot Owners Hike Price by N20/L

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Dawood Rabiu

We are not aware, report them first, Industry Regulator, NMDPRA, says as IPMAN Speaks Out on alleged profiteering, sabotage by private depot owners The cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may hit N190/litre in most filling stations in coming weeks if nothing is done about a recent hike in its ex-depot price by private depot owners. A report by Punch showed that most private depot owners recently raised the cost of petrol by N20 per litre from the approved N142-N145/litre price to between N162-N170/litre. This, oil marketers…

2023: Ganduje Eyes Joint Ticket With Tinubu, Says North Behind Jagaban

February 22, 2022 Aliyu Aliyu

“Ganduje, we have been told, has promised to deliver Kano to Tinubu if he gets the vice presidential slot. The big challenge for this is that it will be a Muslim/Muslim ticket” Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has endorsed the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). With this, Ganduje, who is the Governor of Kano, political caputal of the north, has, according to pundits, moved a step further into eyeing the joint ticket with Tinubu, a Muslim/Muslim ticket many said would…

Nigeria Arrests 9 Ghanaians For $400,000 Cannabis Trafficking + NAMES

February 22, 2022 Amodu Ganiyu

How we got intels on the Ghanaian fishermen who trafficked 201 bags of Cannabis into Lagos – NSCDC The Lagos State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested and detained nine Ghanaians for allegedly trafficking 201 bags of cannabis saliva into the country. Platforms Africa reports that the state commandant, Edenabu Eweka, who said this, added that the nine alleged traffickers “brought the drugs into the country through their Nigerian counterparts who assisted the foreigners into the country.” He named the suspects to include Victor…

JAMB To Admit More Candidates, Adds Two New Lagos Varsities On Portal

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Tade Salako

NYSC considers enrolment of new Lagos Varsities graduates for annual scheme as NUC writes Federal educational agencies, TETFund and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed the possibility of admitting more candidates than ever before as it included the two newly established universities by the Lagos State government into lists of schools open to provide tertiary education in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the two new tertiary institutions, which increased the number of public varsities to four in the state, were…