Day: June 20, 2022

Alhaja Bobrisky: Nigerians Knock Clerics Praying at Popular Cross-Dresser’s Housewarming

Abibat Babalola

A viral video on social media has shown Muslim clerics praying at the housewarming ceremony of the controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. In the video from the event on Sunday, Bobrisky was seated and fully clad in female Yoruba traditional attire, surrounded by Muslim clerics who sat on the floor and offered Islamic prayers. The video has sparked knocks from Twitter users who faulted the presence of clerics at the crossdresser’s event. READ ALSO: Bobrisky Asks Oba of Benin to Marry Him, Apologises After Criticism Why Bobrisky,…

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JUST IN: N180/Litre Or Nothing, Petrol Marketers Declare As Queues Worsen

ADEOLA YUSUF

“With the current price, there is no way we can sell less than N180 per litre,” IPMAN   Marketers of petroleum products in Nigeria on Monday pushed for N180 per litre as queues for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol worsened in Lagos and Ogun. Platforms Africa, which earlier broke the story of queues for fuel at filling stations in parts of Lagos and Ogun, reports that the situation has been worsened with scarcity spreading to more stations. Rising under the auspices of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of…

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Resume Free Meter Distribution, NERC Orders DisCos

Ganiyu Amodu

As 45 Firms Jostle For Nigeria’s meter Providers Contracts The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared that 45 local metre manufacturers are jostling to be signed under Nigerian Government’s meter providers’ programme. Chairman of NERC, Garuba Sanusi, who disclosed this on the sideline of a power stakeholders’ engagement in Lagos, ordered electricity distribution companies to resume the Meter Assets Providers (MAP) programme, recently slowed down by the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Although the DisCos’ MAP has been in existence for some years, the NMMP programme under the office…

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Nigeria Spends N3.83tn on Debt Servicing in 15 Months

Precious Ibekwe

Nigeria has spent a whooping N3.83 trillion on Debt Servicing in 15 months. This came as the country’s debt servicing bill increased by 109 per cent to N896.56 billion in the last three months, according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office. While a total of N2.93tn was spent on debt servicing payments in 2021, a total of N896.56bn was spent in the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, between October and December 2021, Nigeria spent N310.5bn on domestic debt servicing, while it spent $286.35m (N118.9bn) on external debt servicing,…

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Suspense As CAF Unveils Africa’s Best Players July 21

Ganiyu Amodu

A new category; Interclubs Women Player of the Year has been introduced into CAF Africa Players Awards This year’s edition of the prestigious award ceremony for African football, the CAF Awards 2022, will hold on July 21, 2022, in Morocco. The CAF Awards will be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competition, Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2023 scheduled to take place from July 2 to July 23. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigeria Demolish Sao Tome & Principe 10-0 How Messi Stole Show As Argentina Beat Italy…

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Cooking Gas Price Skyrockets To N12,000 Per 12.5Kg

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ Real reason there is no end in sight to price surge yet The cost of cooking gas, also known as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has drastically increased across the country. This has, according to checks by Platforms Africa, been blamed on Russian- Ukrainian war that has caused a lot of disruption to the supply chain of the product. The Nigeria LNG which has been very active in the production and supply of the commodity cannot produce all that is needed domestically. The larger chunk of  the  LPG needed in the…

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NCDMB Begins $40m Women Fund’s Disbursement

ADEOLA YUSUF

“15 applications have been received and three have been approved and the disbursement of funds would soon start.” The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced plans to set a minimum percentage of females that must be included in any human capacity development (HCD) programme or initiative that it will approve for the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, stated this on Tuesday at the 2nd Nigerian Women in Oil and Gas Conference. He said the Board would work on…

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Court Stops INEC from Ending Voter Registration

Abibat Babalola

Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) today granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.” In the suit, SERAP had asked the court for “an order restraining INEC, its…

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BREAKING: Popular PDP Politician, Godsday Orubebe, Dumps Party

Abibat Babalola

Why I resigned PDP membership because of Atiku Abubakar, ex-minister opens up A former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. He made this known in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, on Monday. A copy of his resignation letter was obtained by Platforms Africa. The former minister expressed dismay over the emergence of a northerner, Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s presidential candidate. READ ALSO: How Banky W Won PDP Primary Rerun For Eti-Osa House of…

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BREAKING: Fuel Queues Resurface In Lagos, Ogun

Abibat Babalola

“There is no fuel. This is beside the fact that we have not had light for the past three days”   Fuel queues have surfaced in parts of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, and its neighbouring Ogun state, leaving passengers stranded across the state. A survey by Platforms Africa on Monday indicated that many filling stations have run out of stock while the few selling have long queues. The same situation was observed in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, Ota, and other parts of the state. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Buhari Hikes Fuel…

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