June 23, 2022 – Platformsafrica

UI, UNILAG, OAU, Two Other Varsities Secure €30,000 Research Grants

June 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

The Obafemi Awolowo University; University of Lagos; University of Ibadan; Bayero University Kano; and the University of Jo’s have secured €30,000 research grants to support innovative health research projects. Hayward Mafuyaih, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Jos, said the grant would enable them “get to more sentinel sites” in Plateau State. “We will now be able to take statewide sentinel data that is more robust that will give us precise accuracy in terms of what we are measuring,” said Mr Mafuyaih, a professor of public health, entomology,…

Nigerian Lawyer Wears Traditional Worshipper’s Attire To Supreme Court

June 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

A Nigerian lawyer, Malcolm Omoirhobo, on Thursday, caused a stir at the Supreme Court for wearing an African traditional worshippers’ attire to the court’s proceedings. Omoirhobo stated that he wore the clothing to court to exercise his fundamental human rights following a recent judgment by the Supreme Court which permits female Muslim to wear hijab in schools and public places. The Supreme Court had, on Friday, June 17, 2022, granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in government-owned schools in Lagos. READ ALSO: Nigeria Drops To 36th Position…

Nigeria Drops To 36th Position on FIFA Ranking

June 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Super Eagles come behind Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria Former African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, have dropped to 36th spot in the latest World football governing body, FIFA, monthly ranking. The Jose Peseiro lads got only 1478.18 points in the new ranking to retain her her fifth place on the continent. The Super Eagles come behind Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. Meanwhile, a total of 280 international fixtures took place during this period with significant ramifications in the Ranking of the 211 countries listed in the global…

Why, How Nigeria Lifted Two-Year Self-Imposed Ban on Basketball

June 23, 2022 Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Government has reversed its decision to place a two-year ban on basketball in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Ismaila Abubakar, made this known. Abubakar said in a statement on Thursday: “Following the Presidential approval withdrawing Nigeria from International Basketball competitions for 2 years, a number of significant developments have occurred, the most significant being the following: “Intervention by concerned stakeholders, former Nigerian international basketball players and well meaning Nigerians to seek for solutions to the issues that triggered the decision. “The…

BREAKING: Ekweremadu, Wife Arrested in UK for Alleged Organ Harvesting

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Aoko Benjamin

“A child (whose organ was to be harvested) has been safeguarded and we are working closely with partners on continued support.” UK Police Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested and charged for allegedly bringing a child to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the development in a statement, saying they will be charged to court on Thursday. The statement said: “Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55 (10.9.66) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a…

Afghans Dig for Survivors As Death Toll From Quake Surpasses 1,000

June 23, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 1,000 people. The Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to bring help to the disaster’s victims. Under a leaden sky in Paktika province, which was the epicenter of Wednesday’s magnitude 6 earthquake, men dug a line of graves in one village, as they tried to lay the dead to rest quickly in line with…

Meet S’African Mashudu Tshifularo, 1st Doctor On Earth To Cure Deafness

June 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

How he led his team at the University of Pretoria to the World breakthrough through 3D Surgery South African doctor Mashudu Tshifularo is an educator and medical specialist. He is credited with leading the first team in the world to surgically cure deafness through reconstructive middle ear implants in 2019 at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital. He was born in 1964 to Florah Tshinovhea Tshifularo and Zacharia Thanyani Tshifularo. He grew up as a herdsman in the rural village of Mbahela outside Thohoyandou, in Venda, South…

Davido Offers Scholarship To Indigent Student Who Scored 9 A1 in O’level Exams

June 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Afropop star singer, Davido, has offered a 5-year scholarship to a student who aced his O’Level examination but could’t further his education. An internet user had called on well-meaning individuals to financially assist the “intelligent student” who had to stop his education at the secondary school level due to a lack of funds. The student, whose results showed that he had scored A1 in all his subjects, was identified as Morro Suleyman. READ ALSO: RT $200bn: Polaris Bank sensitises non-oil exporters, urge them to key into programme Black Girls Fly…