Day: April 5, 2022

How I Fell In Love, 25 Yr-Old Speaks On Plan To Marry 85 Yr-Old Grandma

Gbenga Adeoti

*8 children and 20 grandchildren of Theresa, my 85 year-old landlady, are against the marriage plan but we will walk down the aisle.” Here, according to the two love birds, is how they met and became inseparable   A 25-year-old man identified as Muyiwa is set to walk down the aisle with his 85-year-old lover against all odds The young man who is head over heels in love with the woman said the way she treated him pushed him to love her The old woman who has 8 children and…

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Group Heightens Special Status Demand For Lagos

Tade Salako

Ibile Eko Summit Group has heightened its demand of special status for Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, maintaining that this is long overdue. The group, which said this in a press release sent to Platforms Africa, maintained that the late head of state, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, had, in about ten days to his unfortunate assassination in 1976, envisaged the special status for the state. READ ALSO: Catholic, “The Priest’s War” Producer Take Bickering To Youtube After Platforms Africa report, Nigerian Police To Get 20% Salary Upgrade Nigerian Varsities May Be…

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FSI Partners FUTMinna on Virtual Hackathon Solutions for MSMEs

Aliyu Aliyu

The Financial Services Innovators (FSI), a Nigerian non-profit organisation committed to enabling start-ups within the technology and financial space, has said that it reaffirmed its commitment to creating inclusive financial solutions in suburban Nigeria with the announcement of the final round of the ‘IncludeMe’ virtual hackathon competition. According to a statement sent to Platforms Africa, the virtual Hackathon, which started in March, is aimed at engendering inclusive financial solutions for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, focusing on the banking and insurance services sectors in Northern Nigeria. The statement added that…

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DR Congo Polygamy Ban Fails, Country Men Compete, Marry More Wives

Aoko Benjamin

‘The dream is to get to seven wives,’ said Congolese church pastor Chirhuza Zagabe who has fathered 16 children from four wives in a country that has outlawed polygamy over 30 years ago.   In 2012, the 60-year-old married three women simultaneously in his church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He repudiated one for ‘bad behaviour,’ but now has four aged between 26 and 48 through other marriages. Zagabe’s situation shows that polygamy persists in the vast central African country, where advocates strongly back the practice of being married…

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11 Soldiers Feared Dead In Fresh Terrorists’ Attack On Kaduna

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Some of the bandits were carrying Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG). They engaged the soldiers for about 2 hours” 11 soldiers have been reportedly killed during an encounter with a large number of suspected terrorists who invaded a military base at the Pole wire village, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper quoted a source to have confirmed that the bandits on motorbikes invaded the base and opened fire on the soldiers. The source further stated that ”Some of the bandits were carrying Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG). They engaged the soldiers for about…

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Catholic, “The Priest’s War” Producer Take Bickering To Youtube

Ganiyu Amodu

Why YouTube Must Delete Controversial Movie – Pope Francis Film, a must-documented true life story about Catholics – Producer The bickering between the Catholic Church and producer of controversial movie, “The Priest’s War,” Ugochukwu Favour-Mayor, has degenerated and taken to YouTube. Platforms Africa reports the Church has demanded that Youtube pull the movie off its network. Ugochukwu Favour-Mayor, the producer of the controversial Nollywood movie has replied the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis who calls on YouTube to pull down the movie. READ ALSO:First Black Pope Hopeful in…

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Nigeria Spends N1.3trn To Help GenCos, DisCos In 14 Yrs – Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

How Nigeria paid $137 million in two years for gas and electricity that were never used in the “take or pay deal”   The Nigerian minister of finance, budget and planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the country has spent N1.3 trillion as intervention fund in the power sector between 2007 and 2021 without significant result. The money was approved in 2017 to tackle the monthly liquidity challenges faced by GenCos, as the distribution companies (DisCos) keep defaulting in paying for the monthly invoice of electricity received. READ ALSO: I…

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MTN, Glo, Others Block 72.77m Subscribers for NIN-SIM Link Offense

Dawood Rabiu

In response to the Nigerian Government’s directive to telecommunication operators, more than 72.77 million active subscribers have been blocked from using their sims to make calls. The Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head, Corporate Communications at the Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Mr Kayode Adegoke gave the directive in a joint statement they signed. READ ALSO: NIN-SIM: Disconnect Unlinked Subscribers, Govt Tells MTN, Others Nigerian Varsities May Be Shut Longer Than Expected – ASUU Ask Your Cousin, Obasanjo, for Ige Murder, Omisore…

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Elon Musk Stakes $2.9bn, Becomes Twitter’s Top Shareholder

Abibat Babalola

Musk, has, in tweets to 80 million Twitter followers, questioned free speech on Twitter and whether the platform is undermining democracy Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a 9% stake in Twitter worth $2.9 billion to become its largest shareholder. Platforms Africa reports that this deal made know by Musk on his Facebook page, came after he raised questions about the social media platform’s dedication to free speech. The ultimate aim of Musk’s 73.5 million share purchase worth $2.9 billion, based on the closing price Friday, is not clear. Yet…

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OPL 310: Lekoil Limited Rejects Lekoil Nigeria’s £.9m Loan Deal

ADEOLA YUSUF

The crisis between Lekoil Limited and Lekoil Nigeria has degenerated as the former said it outrightly rejected the offer by the latter to purchase loan in the Oil prospective License (OPL) 310. Platforms Africa reports that Lekoil Limited has earlier secured Savannah Investment’s GBP.9m Loan At 5%/Annum Interest for the deal, a move that was stopped by Lekoil Nigeria through the Court. Lekoil Limited, however made its rejection of the OPL 310 loan by Lekoil Nigeria known in a statement, maintaining that the offer is incapable of acceptance without the…

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