Month: July 2022

Skit, Filmmakers Risk Jail Terms Over Abuse Of Police Uniform

Ganiyu Amodu

IGP reads riot act to entertainers over abuse of police uniform in production Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Usman Baba has threatened to go after film and skit makers over the way they portray the police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that the IGP cautioned film and skit makers who portray police officers in bad light, without applying and getting permits for such portrayals, to desist with immediate effect or face the full wrath of the law. He said permits…

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Nigerian Doctors Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Ganiyu Amodu

Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have again threatened to commence strike if the Nigerian government fails to meet their demands. This development is contained in a communique issued at the end of the NARD’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held from 25th to 30th July in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The communique was signed by the president of the association, Godiya Ishaya. The doctors said both the federal and state governments had defaulted on agreements made with the doctors in the past. It said…

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Abuja To Lagos N100k, Lagos To Kano N120k, Again Airlines Hike Fares

Aliyu Aliyu

Full list of how much you will pay on your next flights to Port Harcourt, Kano, Lagos and reason for latest fares hike, second time in five months   Nigeria airlines have slammed about 100 percent fares hike on domestic flights. Platforms Africa reports that the least of the fares is now N80,000 depending on the trip. This is the second time in five months that air fares have been hiked over the rising cost of aviation fuel and foreign exchange (FX) crisis. Azman Air flight from Lagos to Kano/Kaduna…

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Africa’s Aviation in Turbulence, Bumpy Flights

Ganiyu Amodu

Tips on how to manage psychological trauma that passengers usually experience during heavy turbulence in a flight, and why airlines usually insist cellphones are switched off during take off and landing, as given by an aviation expert, Dr Dayo Kayode, during Platforms Africa weekly e-Discourse. What is the state of aviation industry in Africa? The state of this industry is like others in Africa. A situation whereby the governments in Africa have refused to choose their priorities right while also not allowing industries to thrive through corruption. We can imagine…

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Adijat Olarinoye Lifts Nigeria’s 1st GOLD medal In Birmingham

Abibat Babalola

Adijat Adenike Olarinoye gave Nigerians something to cheer about, winning her country’s first medal at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, setting a new Games’ record of 203kg to win GOLD in the women’s 55kg Weightlifting event. It was by no means an easy victory for Olarinoye, in fact she had some luck on her side having almost let GOLD slip from her grasp, after it looked like Nigerian technical crew made a conservative decision on her lifts which could have cost her the GOLD. The Nigerian lifter went…

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Liverpool Defeat Manchester City 3-1 To Lift Community Shield

Ganiyu Amodu

Liverpool landed the first blow of the new season as they beat Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield. Trent Alexander-Arnold got the Reds up and running in the first-half with a deflected effort, as Liverpool looked much the better side in the early stages. City equalised with 20 minutes to go, as Julian Alvarez finished from close range, and that looked set to send the match to penalties. Only Mohamed Salah was required to step up to the spot though, putting away his penalty to restore the lead,…

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Real Reason Naira Keeps Crashing Heavily Against US Dollars – CBN

Scott Matthew

The Central Bank of Nigeria has blamed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) for the poor performance of the Nigerian currency. According to the CBN, the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by NNPC is responsible for the naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets. The CBN stated this in a report published on Thursday, the Nation reports. READ ALSO: Why We Raised Nigeria’s Interest Rate To 14% – CBN Nigerians Defy CBN Ban, Trade N78bn Bitcoin in 3 Months CBN Gov Emefiele Backs out of Presidential…

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Community Shield holds away from Wembley first time in 10 yrs

Ganiyu Amodu

Premier League champions Manchester City will renew their rivalry with FA Cup winners Liverpool in the Community Shield this weekend. City have won the traditional curtain-raiser six times but fell to a 1-0 defeat in last year’s pre-season showdown to Leicester at Wembley. Pep Guardiola’s side will now be looking to set down an early marker over their Premier League title rivals. Jurgen Klopp will be desperate to finally win the Community Shield having lost in his previous two attempts against City and Arsenal. READ ALSO: FIFA Approves Use Of…

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Police Burst Illegal PVC Registration Unit In Church, Arrest INEC Officers

Precious Ibekwe

Names of INEC Staff atrested at St Brigigs Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, who allegedly created an illegal permanent voter’s card registration unit in the church auditorium for members   Officers of the Ijeshatedo police station have apprehended three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff for conspiring with a parish priest of St Brigigs Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, to create an illegal permanent voter’s card registration unit in the church auditorium for members. Confirming the arrest of the three INEC staff, the Spokesman of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin…

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Kadaria Ahmed’s Anti-BBC Article a Disservice to Journalism -Farooq Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“If I were her, I’d be ashamed of that article”   Kadaria Ahmed is my senior in the profession for whom I have tremendous respect not only because of her matchless brilliance but also because of the record she set at Bayero University’s Department of Mass Communication from where I also graduated years after her. But her fuzzy attempt to criminalize BBC’s—and Daily Trust’s— praiseworthy investigative reporting on the heartrending terroristic banditry in Zamfara, her home state, which gave the inept federal government the justificatory lifeline it needed to muzzle…

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