Month: March 2022

Meet Dr. Tinuade Sanda, EKEDC First Female Deputy CEO

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has appointed Dr. Tinuade Sanda as the Deputy Managing Director of the Company. Platforms Africa reports that Sanda is the first female to be appointed as the deputy CEO in the history of the utility firm. Prior to her appointment, Sanda was the chief accounting officer, a position she occupied since 2013. READ ALSO: BREAKING: National Grid Collapses, Plunges Nigeria Into Darkness I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power Sector – Buhari Why We launched Energy Club For Lagos School Girls – EKEDC…

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BREAKING: National Grid Collapses, Plunges Nigeria Into Darkness

ADEOLA YUSUF

The grid collapse, which is the second in 2022,  has worsened power epilepsy rocking the country   The Nigeria’s electrixity transmission system also known as the national grid on Monday suffered its second collapse in 2022, plunging the entire country into a blackout. Platforms Africa reports that the collapse, which occurred at about 10:40 am on Monday, affected he states like Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. READ ALSO: Diesel Price Hits N720 Per Litre, Nigerian Manufacturers Groan I Am Angry With State of…

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Nigerian Varsities Remain Shut Till May As ASUU Extends Strike For 8 Weeks

ADEOLA YUSUF

The government-owned universities in Nigeria are to remain under lock and key till May as their lecturers’ union has extended its strike by eight more weeks. After a month warning strike,the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), elongated its ongoing strike by two months as the Nigerian Government allegedly failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week warning strike. Professor Emmanuel Osodeke,President of the Union, made this known in a statement sent to Platforms Africa. READ ALSO: Meet Emmanuel Osodeke,…

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MC Oluomo Orders NURTW Members Back To Parks -Scribe, You Lied -Ex-Chair

ADEOLA YUSUF

NURTW embattled Chairman disowns message as statement  he allegedly sent to branch chairmen and how they should handle the Police patrols and government officials goes viral   The embattled Chairman of Lagos chapter of National Uion of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called Mc Oluomo, has reportedly directed the union’s members to return to motor parks across Lagos, a directive contrary to the pronouncement by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Confirming the development, the State Secretary, NURTW, Lagos Branch, Bankole Oluwaseyi, disclosed that the authorization directing all members to go…

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UK To Help Ukraine With 500 Generators As War Plunges Nation Into Darkness

ADEOLA YUSUF

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the United Kingdom will supply Ukraine with more than 500 generators. The generators, BBC reports, will provide energy for essential services, including shelters and hospitals. They will also supply enough energy to power 20,000 homes. Platforms Africa reports that 5this announcement came after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky made a direct request to the UK for the generators. READ ALSO: Russia-Ukraine war: Something Going Through the Mind of Xi Jinping JUST IN: Shakhtar Donetsk Coach Killed In Russia Invasion of Ukraine Ukraine President Says Country…

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Umahi and The Wages of Harlotry, By Lasisi Olagunju

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Like preening, thieving birds, it is not the size of a political party but how clever its operatives are, that determines how many governors or legislators it could have in Nigeria.”   “Thieves of a feather” is the title of a piece written by American journalist, Emily Sohn in the December 19, 2007 edition of ScienceNewsforStudents. Great writings advertise themselves first with great titles. You were probably suckled in a cliched world where birds of a feather always flocked together. And in that world, your teacher warned you never to…

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Father From Hell Defiles 15 Month-Old Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

A father, Yahaya Oisamaiye has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 15-month old daughter in Edo state. He was arraigned before Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo, who ordered his remanded in the correctional facility. In case No. B/CD/470M/2022 in which the state Commissioner of Police is the complainant/applicant, “The suspect is to be remanded at Oko Correctional Centre for an initial period of 14 days pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Return date is on the 23rd day of March 2022” The charge reads that “That you Yahaya…

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Diesel Price Hits N720 Per Litre, Nigerian Manufacturers Groan

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), is seeking urgent intervention from the government to support the production of goods, as the price of aitomative gas oil (AGO) also known as diesel hits N720 per litre. The Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo branches of the Chairman, MAN, Lanre Popoola stated this in Ibadan on Sunday, while speaking on the increase of prices of petroleum products and lack of power supply. “It is a difficult thing ensuring production at this time, as diesel has gone up to N720 and N730 per litre.…

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Meet Okike Chinyere, Prison Inmate Who Emerged Best Graduate At NOUN

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A male inmate, Alegbe Afolabi, was awarded an MSc in Peace and Conflict Resolution while seven other were awarded BSc degrees   A female inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, Okike Chinyere, has emerged as the best graduating student of the Peace and Conflict Resolution department, National Open University (NOUN). She bagged a second-class upper degree in the course, according to a statement by the correctional service. Aside from her, a male inmate, Alegbe Afolabi, was awarded an MSc in Peace and Conflict Resolution. In his vote…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Something Going Through the Mind of Xi Jinping

ADEOLA YUSUF

Russia and China may not agree on everything, yet they agree on most things. You may, in this well scripted view about the third force in Russian-Ukrainian tension, want to read about what Xi Jinping is peeping at in Vladimir Putin’s playbook   On February 24, 2022, just about the time Russia was shelling Ukraine with bombs and artilleries, nine Chinese military aircrafts were in a show of force, flying through Taiwanese airspace unrestrained. Either planned or by coincidence, a message was being passed across and it was one that…

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