Month: March 2022

Transfer Abba Kyari, 6 Others To Prison Custody, Court Orders NDLEA

Abibat Babalola

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the transfer of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, and six others that are facing drug trafficking charges with him, to the Kuje Correctional Center. The court equally denied bail to former members of the IRT, ACP Sunday Ubia, Inspector Simon Agirgba, and Inspector John Nuhu. Trial Justice Emeka Nwike ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to transfer the Defendants to prison custody, shortly after he denied them bail. Abba Kyari, asides this case, is…

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Why More Men Die During Sex Than Women

Ayobami Adedinni

Contrary to popular belief, sex itself is not a major cause of heart failure but this is what usually kill “men in action”   Men are more predisposed to the risky life styles and problems of life that leads one to have a heart failure, a medical expert, Dr Akin Oyejoko has revealed. Oyejoko who is a Health Policy analyst, and Group Medical Director, Solomon Jayden Medical Centre, Iju, Nigeria  made this known at the weekly e-Discourse organised by Platforms Africa. Platforms Africa, an e-Community of intellectuals, Policy moulders and…

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PROF ADEBIYI DARAMOLA: EXIT OF AN ERUDITE SCHOLAR, BY ADEGBENRO ADEBANJO

Adegbenro Adebanjo

  “If he had any fault, it was his dogged commitment to causes he believed in and his resolute determination to ensure that those who worked with him deliver on assigned mandates,” Adegbenro Adebanjo pens emotional tributes for Professor Adebiyi Gregory Daramola, former Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA   In the death of Professor Adebiyi Gregory Daramola, former Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA the academic world has lost an erudite scholar, a pragmatic administrator, bridge builder and a courageous visionary leader. From the beginning…

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Strike: Consider Students’ Interest, Olubadan Begs Govt., ASUU

Abibat Babalola

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has called on all stakeholders in the education sector to intervene in the current face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which has plunged the university lecturers into strike. The monarch, in a statement made available to Platforms Africa on Sunday, appealed to the two parties to consider the interest of the students and end the strike, which is six weeks old. The Olubadan made the appeal during the courtesy visit to him at his Alarere palace by…

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Nigerians Spent $39.66bn on Foreign Education, Medical Tourism in 10 Years– CBN report

Ayobami Adedinni

Nigerian spent a total of $39.66bn on foreign education and healthcare-related services between 2010 and 2020, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria data. These statistics and their impacts were cited in a financial report released last week titled, “A Simple and Factual Explanation of Nigeria’s Exchange Rate Dynamics” According to CBN’s Balance of Payments, Nigerian parents and guardians paid about $28.65bn for their wards to study abroad during the period under review. The BoP report also revealed that Nigerians paid $11.01bn for healthcare-related services in foreign countries. The amount…

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I cried Daily for 3 Months, Had Therapy to Survive NYSC Saga – ex-Minister

Abibat Babalola

You have probably not read this indepth reaction/confession, coming first tine in many years, from Kemi Adeosun about the NYSC certificate scandal that consumed her as the Minister in-charge of finance.   A former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has come out to reveal how she was able to forge ahead after the National Youth Service Corps certificate saga. Adeosun said she wept every day without working for three months. Adesosun, who spoke at the 10th anniversary of the Uncommon Woman Conference organised by the Jesus House Church, United Kingdom,…

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Newly Elected Adamu-led National Executives of APC (FULL LIST)

Aliyu Aliyu

The National Executives of the ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have been “elected.” Platforms Africa reports that the names of the nen and women to paddle the canoe of the group were contained in an endorsement list signed by all the out-going caretaker executive if the party and made available at the National convention of the party at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Here are the names; Consensus candidates 1. National Chairman: Senator Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa State) 2. Deputy National Chairman (North): Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno…

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Nigeria Get U-20 Women’s World Cup Ticket, Thrash Senegal 4-1

Abibat Babalola

Nigeria’s U-20 girls, Falconets, on Saturday, in Benin City earned a ticket to the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after a comfortable 4-1 win over their counterparts from Senegal, for a 7-2 aggregate victory. First leg heroine, Flourish Sebastine, was again the cynosure of all eyes, scoring a brace, in the eighth and 19th minutes to denude the visitors of any hope of a dramatic comeback at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Sebastine cruised to a hat-trick at the Stade Lat-Dior in Thies two weeks ago and was not to…

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S’Africa’s Veteran Broadcaster Advocates All-Inclusive Campaign for Africa’s Indigenous Language

Nureni Aremu Bakenne

Broadcaster South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa shifted his time of national broadcast by 30 minutes in order to honour, commends ILMA for promoting African Indigenous languages     It was a convergence of media practitioners, communication scholars, staff and students on the Mafikeng campus of the North-West University as the legengary broadcaster and famous isiXhosa language news anchor, Dr. Noxolo Grootboom delivered the 2022 edition of the Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) Research Entity’s symposium tagged “Indigenous Language Broadcasting”. The media guru, who moved from grass to grace; from…

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Caleb Varsity’s Architecture Programmes Get ARCON Accreditation

Abibat Babalola

The Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has accredited the Bachelors and Masters degree Programmes of Caleb University Imota, Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that the approval was communicated in a letter signed by the Registrar of ARCON, Arch. Umar Murnai, ARCON, fnia; based on a report of the Professional ( Visitation between 12th and 16th April, 2022. “We refer to the professional accreditation visitation to the Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota Lagos, held between 12th and16th April 2021, and would hereby inform you that, in line with Section 9…

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