Month: March 2022

Why, How Eating Potatoes Helps Diabetics Live Longer- Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

Research has shown the time of day people with diabetes eat certain foods may be just as important to their well-being as portion size and calories. Platforms  Africa reports that a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolisms, which stated this, added that people with diabetes stand a chance of improved heart health, if certain foods are eaten at different times of the day. READ ALSO: How Healthy Diet Can Surpress Disease, Wasteful Spending on Medicine ‘Men Don’t Walk In, They’re Mostly Carried To…

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Tinubu Asked Me To Make Him Vice President – Atiku

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Some say the South-east have not been given the chance,” Atiku who wants PDP ticket speaks on the chance of Ndigbo to become Nigerian president in 2023 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress asked him to make him the vice president as a condition for giving him the presidential ticket. He made this known in an interactive session with PDP BoT members to seek their support for his presidential aspiration in Abuja on Tuesday. “Some say the South-east…

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Producers Hike Sachet Water Price To N200 Per Bag In Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why we did it, Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) gives reasons for 25 per cent price increase in a statement to Platforms Africa   The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has announced an increase in the price of a bag of sachet water, popularly known as pure water, from N160 to N200.    This is contained in a statement by the Chairman of ATWAP Enugu State Chapter, Pastor Blessed Okonkwo, and the Secretary, Mr Ifeanyi Okonkwo, respectively after a meeting of the association held in Enugu on Tuesday. …

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Kwara Tops North Central Zone, Emerges 6th Best in National Maths Contest

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The priority treatment given education in Kwara State by the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration, is steadily yielding fruit as the performance of students from schools in the state in national school competitions attest. The latest evidence of the solid investments in qualitative manpower and welfare of employees in the education sector, came on Monday during a preliminary national mathematics competitions at the National Mathematical Centre in Abuja. In a performance that has been hailed by teachers and policymakers who attended the event, Miss Aishah Zakariyah, a Junior Secondary School(JSS)…

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JUST IN: National Grid Collapses Again 2nd Time in 24 hours, 3rd in 2022

ADEOLA YUSUF

Less than 24 hours after the National Electricity Transmission System generally known as the national grid was restored, the grid has collapsed again on Tuesday. Platforms Africa reports that this grid collpase, which occured around 5:10 pm today, Tuesday March 15, is the second in 24 hours and the third collpase this year. It would be recalled that the national asset has earlier collapsed on Monday, March 14, plungung the entire country into blackout. READ ALSO: BREAKING: National Grid Collapses, Plunges Nigeria Into Darkness I Am Angry With State of…

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NCC to Sustain the Drive for Digital Economy Transformation – Danbatta

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has emphasised the commitment of the Commission to continually drive initiatives that accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure, in order to enhance economic transformation of Nigeria. Danbatta reiterated the commitment of the Commission while speaking at the NCC Day, at the recently-concluded 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair, organised by the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA). Speaking on the overarching theme of the event “Strategising Nigerian Economy for Global Competitiveness,”…

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Sahara Group Urges Investments in Africa to Achieve Low Carbon World

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sahara Group has urged developed countries to embark on intentional technological investment in sustainable projects in Africa and other developing economies to enhance global efforts towards achieving a low carbon world. A statement sent to Platforms Africa quoted the Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group, Ejiro Gray, to have said this, adding that the energy access must be a critical part of the ongoing energy transition conversation, especially in developing economies. Gray emphasised the need for developed economies to take greater responsibility for moving the world closer to low carbon…

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Aggrieved Persons Planning Chaos to Truncate 2023 Polls – YAF

ADEOLA YUSUF

A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by some persons to cause violence and chaos in the South-West and other parts of the country with the ultimate objective of truncating the conduct of the 2023 general elections. YAF alleged that some disgruntled persons in the South-West and their allies in other parts of the country and outside, had been engaging in “clandestine activities” aimed at causing violence and sparking off killings, arson and mayhem that would undermine the electoral…

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Airlines in Nigeria To Shut Down Thursday As Aviation Fuel Scarcity Worsens

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chairman Airpeace, Allen Onyema, demands Jet A1 Import License, says all airlines to run out of fuel in three days   Allen Onyema, Airpeace Chairman, has warned that Airlines in the country would shut down operations over the non-availability of Aviation fuel to run their operations. ‘We have only three more days, all airlines in Nigeria will shut down. We are not threatening this country, it is a fact”, Onyema said. READ ALSO: Nigerian Varsities Remain Shut Till May As ASUU Extends Strike For 8 Weeks BREAKING: National Grid Collapses,…

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Egbin Addresses Power Sector’s Brain Drain, Inducts 30 Trainee Engineers

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Trainee Engineers are to sustainably drive human capital transformation in the power sector – Adesina In line with its commitment to sustainably drive human capital transformation in the power sector, Egbin Power Plc, Africa’s largest privately run thermal plant has inducted 30 young graduate engineers into an intensive power generation program at the Energy Training Centre. Egbin, a subsidiary of the Sahara Power Group, has so far inducted over 200 graduate trainee engineers as it continues to “proactively, responsibly and sustainably shape Nigeria’s power narrative for socio-economic advancement and industrialization,”…

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