Month: April 2022

287 Poets Jostle for NLNG’s $100,000 Literature Prize

ADEOLA YUSUF

The 2022 edition The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) will have 287 poets compete for the $100,000 Prize. Platforms Africa reports that at a ceremony in Lagos on Thursday, the entries received were handed over to the panel of judges by the Chair of the Prize’s Advisory Board, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. The Advisory Board also handed over 87 entries for the NLNG’s Prize for Literary Criticism. READ ALSO: Russia: EU Courts Nigeria, Surges Demand For Country’s Gas BREAKING: ENI Lifts Force Majeure On Brass Terminal,…

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Petroleum Varsity Gets ICT Centre Donation from NNPC, SNEPCo

ADEOLA YUSUF

The 100-seater one-storey building was built and equipped by the NNPC and SNEPCo partnership to promote research, teaching and learning in a conducive environment   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), today, inaugurated a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Delta State. The 100-seater one-storey building was built and equipped by the NNPC and SNEPCo partnership to promote research, teaching and learning in a conducive environment. Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi…

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He has a hand? Police Links Osinachi’s Husband To Singer’s Death

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He will be charged to court to face the consequences of his actions,” says Inspector-General of Police, Usman  Baba The Inspector-General of Police, Usman  Baba, has revealed that preliminary investigations on the death of a gospel musician, Osinachi Nwachukwu, have linked husband of the deceased artiste to circumstances surrounding her demise. Baba revealed that the information obtained from the sources closed to the family and independent witnesses indicated that the husband was allegedly responsible for the artiste’s death and that they claimed her death was linked to domestic violence, perpetrated…

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Assistant Commissioner of Police Idowu Asufi Slumps, Dies in Office

ADEOLA YUSUF

An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Bayelsa State Police Command, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, slumped and died while performing official duty on Tuesday. ACP Asufi was said to have collapsed and died at the Police headquarters in Ovom community, Yenagoa, on Tuesday afternoon. READ ALSO NYSC Female Member Slumps, Dies in Nasarawa NYSC Female Member Slumps, Dies in Nasarawa Heart Attack: Why You May Be At Risk ‘Men Don’t Walk In, They’re Mostly Carried To Hospital When It’s Too Late’ The sudden death of the…

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Obafemi Awolowo Varsity Indicts Prof. of Rubbing Private Part on Student

ADEOLA YUSUF

  How the 66 year-old Joseph Opefeyitimi, a Professor of Yoruba Incantations and Stylistics, did it with me in his office, female student opens up   The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has assured the public that it would not condone sexual rascality, no matter how highly placed the individual involved. The assurance was against the backdrop of the allegations of sexual assault levelled against a Professor of Yoruba Incantations and Stylistics in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Joseph Opefeyitimi. A statement signed by the…

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URGENT CALL ON NIGERIAN PROFESSORS TO SAVE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Public universities are currently ghost-towns. And nothing seems to worry Nigerians and the present government.” To attain the zenith of any noble profession in our clime is a herculean task or journey. The National Universities Commission (NUC) has established criteria for the various academic ranks in the university system. At least, the qualification to be just a lecturer II is a doctorate. It is from the NUC’s guidelines, that the various universities in Nigeria set their own criteria for advancement, but not below the benchmark. It is on record that…

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Shell Withdraws Staff from Russia Projects

ADEOLA YUSUF

Shell is demobilizing its seconded employees in ventures with Gazprom and Gazprom Neft in a phased process,   Shell Plc started to withdraw staff from its joint ventures with Russia’s Gazprom PJSC as it moves forward with plans to exit investments in response to the war in Ukraine. Dozens of Shell employees on temporary assignment at the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas export project in Russia were, according to a report by Bloomberg, removed over the weekend to be relocated back to other offices, according to people with knowledge of the…

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HAJJ 2022: Saudi Gives 43,000 Quota To Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

New allocation is 47,000 short of the 90,000 quota the kingdom gave to Nigeria before COVID-19 pandemic The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allocated no fewer than 43,000 seats to Nigeria for 2022 Hajj. Platforms Africa reports that this is 47,000 short of the 90,000 quota the kingdom gave to Nigeria before COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: Hajj: Saudi Lifts Embargo On Nigeria, 16 Others, Ends COVID-19 Protocols 60,000 Muslims ascend Mount Arafat, peak Hajj rites, amidst COVID protocols Saudi dashes 160,000 Nigerians’ Hope, Bars Foreign Pilgrims from Hajj 2021 Confirming…

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APC’s N100m Form Shameful, Mockery of Buhari’s Not-Too-Young-To-Run Policy

ADEOLA YUSUF

Describing the cost of APC form as shameful, CISLAC, a rights group, in a statement to Platforms Africa, called on all Nigerians to condemn money politics which the move is about to create. Here is the full statement CISLAC EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER POLITICAL NOMINATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FEES It is shameful that the ruling party, that the President belongs to, has endorsed the expression of interest and nomination forms for its presidential ticket at N100m. This is especially at a time when many have expressed dissatisfaction with the level…

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APC Settles For Indirect Primaries To Pick From Tinubu, Osinbajo, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

Buhari, Osinbajo, Adamu, Lawan, Gbajabiamila: Roll call of those at the meeting that settled for indirect primaries for emergence of Winner, Losers Among Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Bello among other aspirants   The All Progressives Congress, APC will choose its presidential candidate among contenders like Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi, Yahaya Bello among others,through an indirect primary election. The decision, Platforms Africa reports, was reached at the party’s 11th National Executive Committee meeting which held at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, National Chairman…

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