Day: April 17, 2022

Meet Friday Olokor, PUNCH’s New Group Politics Editor

ADEOLA YUSUF

From Edo through Plateau State to Abuja, how the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) graduate of Literature In English, whose stories were considered thorns in the flesh for the military and political leadership, rose to edit politics stories for the PUNCH The management of PUNCH Newspapers has approved the appointment of Friday Olokor as Group Politics Editor. Platforms Africa reports that Olokor’s appointment came two weeks after a new set of Editors were announced for all the PUNCH titles. READ ALSO:Anger As Sterling Bank Compares Jesus resurrection with Agege Bread PUNCH…

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Food Prices Surge As Nigerian Inflation Jumps to 15.92% in March

Efe Wellington

Price of diesel, which is used to power generators by most businesses in Nigeria, has skyrocketed, hitting more than double of its value in the past month   Nigeria’s double-digit inflation quickened to 15.92% in March, rising for a second straight month as prices for food and non-food items rose in Africa’s biggest economy, the statistics office said on Friday. Inflation, which has been in double digits since 2016, rose from 15.70% in February, it said. READ ALSO: Eni Lifts Force Majeure, Ends 50m scuf Gas Loss on Nigeria’s Okaka…

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Anger As Sterling Bank Compares Jesus resurrection with Agege Bread

Precious Ibekwe

“Like Agege bread, He rose” reads the bold message on an advertisement sponsored by Sterling Bank for Easter. This advert sponsored in some print newspapers in Nigeria has, according to checks by Platforms Africa, however attracted condemnation from some Nigerians particularly Christians on Twitter who said that they considered the piece distasteful. In reactions across most of the social media, they called out Sterling bank, labelling its message as ‘insensitive’, ‘distasteful’, ‘mockery’, and demanding an immediate apology from the bank. One of them @olajacs tweeted, “Dear Sterling Bank, it is…

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Everything In Nigeria Is Broken, Except Corruption, By Mathew Kukah

Mathew Kukah

“The greatest challenge for Nigeria is not even the 2023 elections. It is the prospects for the reconciliation of our people. Here, the Buhari administration sadly has divided our people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and region, in a way that we have never witnessed in our history.” A read-for-yourself Easter Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Diocese of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria   Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter…

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How 35 Year-Old Man Who Stole 2 Children from Church Was Caught – Police

Gbenga Adeoti

Details have emerged on how a 35 year-old man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, who stole two children from a Church was caught. Platforms Africa reports that the operatives of the Ogun State Police command on Friday 15th of April 2022, arrested Famuyiwa at Ijeja area of Abeokuta for stealing two children during a church service. The suspect, as confirmed by the Command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Ibara divisional headquarters that, while Good Friday service was going on at celestial church of Christ…

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Muslims To Observe Ramadan Fasting Twice In 2030, 2nd Time in 33 Years

Aliyu Aliyu

Muslim faithful will observe Ramadan two times in year 2030, some astronomers have predicted. Platforms Africa reports that this will be the second occurrence in 33 years after the 1997 happenstance in which the fasting month came up twice in the year. READ ALSO: CAUTION: Four Common Foods To Avoid During Ramadan 11 hrs in Jo’burg, 19 hrs in Norway, Odd fasting hours for World Muslims UK To Send, Relocate Thousands of Migrants To Rwanda, UNHCR Kicks Lies People Aged 40 and Above Believe about Their Health + Risk, Danger…

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