Day: April 8, 2022

Govt Agencies Interfacing with ASUU, SSANU, Others, Says Lai Mohammed

Abibat Babalola

The federal government yesterday disclosed that the on-going strike action embarked upon by both academic and non-academic staff unions of the nation’s public universities were being addressed by relevant government ministries and agencies. This was just as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the establishment of 12 additional private universities on different parts of the country. Speaking with newsmen at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said relevant…

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I am a lesbian – Actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday

Abibat Babalola

  Actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, has said that the claim by her ex-lover, Opeyemi Falegan, that she was a lesbian is true.   Nkechi who also accused Falegan of begging to attend her birthday party this year, maintained that he did that in order to douse claims that their relationship had crashed. “I am a lesbian. Yes, I am with my full chest,” she said in a new update on her Instagram page. The actress claimed that she had told her ex-lover, she was done with the relationship in December,…

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AMCON Sues Access Bank, Wants Court’s Heavy Sanction on Bank

Gbenga Adeoti

Access Bank is shielding an alleged debtor, Oyekunle Oyesola R, from the law, it should be punished, AMCON says in a Court paper obtained by Platforms Africa   Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has dragged Access Bank Plc before a Federal High Court in Lagos, praying the Court to inflict heavy sanction, including a N23 million fine, on the bank. Platforms Africa reports that AMCON in an Exparte Motion marked FHC/L/AMC/90/2021, accuses the bank of shielding an alleged debtor, Oyekunle Oyesola R, from the law. The AMCON’s Exparte Motion…

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NCC Deepens R&D Investment, Awards N233m Grants, Endowments

Aliyu Aliyu

University of ibadan, Bayero University Kano, and others: Here are names of beneficiary institutions in the NCC Professional chair Endowments   Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million. From the total sum, N172.5 million was awarded to support 13 proposals found to have met the stipulated criteria in…

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How 23 Year-Old Dropout Broke In, Raped, Killed OAU Graduate

Abibat Babalola

Suspect’s parents celebrate his arrest as Police give details of how he was caught in the ceiling after killing his neighbour for the fear she must have recognised him during the rape Ikenna James hatched a devilish plan against Oluwatosin Adefisayo.a 29-year-old graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University who lived in the same compound with him in Ogijo, Ogun State, the Nigerian Police said. Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who said this in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintained that the suspect has been…

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Nigerian Parliament Indicts Agip, MTN, Glo, Others of Tax Evasion

Ayobami Adedinni

Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile and co. Here are names of companies the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts found questionable for tax offenses    The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Oluwole Oke has accused some firms operating in Nigeria of evading tax. Speaking while receiving the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, on Thursday, Oke said that several companies operating in the country were in the habit of not paying statutory taxes to the government, causing a revenue shortage for the operation…

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Easy Steps to Link NIN to MTN, Glo, and Airtel SIM Cards

ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa, as a part of its commitment to solution journalism, presents easy step-by-atep approach 72 million Nigerian subscribers whose lines are barred can take to link their NIN to MTN, Glo, and Airtel SIM Cards   72.77 million subscribers were, according to Platforms Africa, affected when, after months of repeated extensions of deadlines, the Nigerian government on Monday, April 4, ordered telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy. In simple terms, the telecom companies were ordered to bar SIM cards that are yet…

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CAUTION: Four Common Foods To Avoid During Ramadan

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

Here ate foods that may turn to ‘poison’ when eaten by Muslims who arec fasting during this Ramadan and beyond   Every adult Muslim across the World is expected to fast during the month if Ramadan for 29 (or sometimes 30) days, except those who are exempted due to a stipulated number of conditions. During this month, Muslims make some changes in their daily routines including their eating and sleeping pattern. They also abstain from unholy acts from dawn to sunset. Unbalanced meals during Ramadan, on the other hand, might…

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Actress Nkechi Blessing, politician lover part ways, exchange words

Abibat Babalola

Nkechi Blessing Sunday and her politician lover, Opeyemi Falegan have announced the end of their relationship. Falegan had taken to his Instagram live to dissociate himself from the actress, saying he did not want to be known for “notoriety or controversies.” “I have a name, that name is my pride. I want to be known as someone who added value to people and who will keep doing the work for people. I’m not the husband of a lesbian, put respect on my name,” he said. Responding to his statement via…

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Adeboye’s Son, Leke, Apologises For Calling RCCG Pastors ‘Goats’

Micheal Olatunji

Daddy G.O Adeboye’s Son, Leke, to RCCG Pastors: I’ve Been Disciplined by the Mission, I Apologise For Calling you goats Leke Adeboye, the Senior Personal Assistant of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has eaten the humble pie and apologised after he was slammed for his choice of words while scolding some pastors in the church. He took to his Instagram page to chastise some RCCG pastors who preached after his father’s sermon last Sunday, calling them ‘goats’ in the post. ”Why…

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