Month: April 2022

Standard Chartered Bank Staff Docked Over N723.6m Fraud

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Bank earlier reported Jeffrey Akhimien alongside Segun Samuel Ogunjimi and a limited liability Company, Greaterheights Technologies Limited, to Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) for Investigation and prosecution Standard Chartered Bank, Nigeria Limited has dragged one of its employees, Jeffrey Akhimien and others before the federal high court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding the bank of N723, 660, 867. 47 million. Platforms Africa reports that the bank had in a bid to recover the money reported Jeffrey Akhimien alongside Segun Samuel Ogunjimi and a limited liability Company, Greaterheights Technologies Limited, to…

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Lekoil Nigeria kicks As Lekoil Cayman, Savannah Energy Hold EGM

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lekoil Nigeria and Lekoil Cayman have been engaged in tough Boardroom crisis that has taken them in and out of many Courts across the World   Lekoil Cayman Limited and Savannah Energy Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Savannah Energy PLC, have held an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), an action described by Lekoil Nigeria Limited as a flagrant flouting of an injunction by a Federal Court of Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the two Lekoil entities have been engaged in tough Boardroom crisis that has taken them in and out…

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Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 3rd Time in 24 Days

ADEOLA YUSUF

The last two collapses occured on March 14 and 15 2022   The Nigerian electricity transmission system also known as the national grid has collapsed again, plunging the Africa’s biggest economy into darkness. Platforms Africa reports that the latest collpase, which rocked the country on Friday evening, is the third time within the space of one month, and the fourth collapse in 2022. READ ALSO: JUST IN: National Grid Collapses Again 2nd Time in 24 hours, 3rd in 2022 I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power Sector – Buhari…

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Will Smith Banned From Oscars Ceremonies For 10 Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Will Smith was banned on Friday from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, two weeks after the actor stunned the world by storming on stage mid-ceremony to slap the comedian Chris Rock. Smith is also not permitted to attend any other events held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the next decade. The Board’s decision as set out in a letter from Academy chiefs did not revoke the best actor award Smith won last month for “King Richard,” nor did it mention any ban…

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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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