Day: July 1, 2022

Lagos Pastor Poju Deletes Tweets Tweeps Say Demeans Peter Obi

Precious Ibekwe

READ-FOR-YOURSELF: Here are the tweets on which toxic tongues are trading tantrums on twitter   The Senior Pastor of The Covenant Nation, Poju Oyemade, has deleted a Twitter thread, which some supporters of Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said was demeaning to the aspiration of the former Anambra State governor. Obi was a regular face on Oyemade’s annual event where he usually talk to participants about his prudence in government READ ALSO EXCLUSIVE: Buhari Removes Ag Accountant-General 28 Days After Appointment They Paid Supreme Price, Nigerian Army Confirms Platforms Africa…

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Mohamed Salah Inks New Contract With Liverpool As Sadio Mane Exits

Ganiyu Amodu

There had been speculation about Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future, but the forward has committed to the club after the departure of fellow forward Sadio Mane. Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has extended his stay with the Anfield club. Salah, who finished last season as the Reds’ top scorer last season, was previously on a deal running until 2023. The new deal will keep him at Liverpool until 2025, with the deal making him the highest-paid player in the club’s history with wages in excess of £350,000 per week. READ ALSO FIFA…

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Meet Fauziyah Adegeye, Lagos Best Teacher Who Promotes Education On TikTok

ADEOLA YUSUF

Reactions as Lagos crowns Adegeye known on social.media as Teacher Sade the number one primary school teacher in the state with brand new Car   A Nigerian teacher, Fauziyah Adegeye, who uses TikTok to promote education has been named the best primary school teacher in Lagos with a  brand new car gift from the state government. The hardworking teacher, Fauziyah posts videos under the TikTok handle @teacher_sade. Her clips always have her correcting some wrongly used expressions in the English language. READ ALSO Meet Prof. Ighedo, Nigerian Who Broke S’Africa…

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They Paid Supreme Price, Nigerian Army Confirms Platforms Africa Report

Aliyu Aliyu

Platforms Africa’s Daniel Atori who broke the news from the scene of the Massacre reported that over 30 soldiers, six mobile police officers and civilians were killed by terrorists The Nigerian Army has confirmed the Platforms Africa report on the attack and killing of its personnel, saying that “a number of personnel paid the supreme price” during a “fierce firefight” between troops and bandits in Shiroro area of Niger State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations disclosed this in a statement Thursday. He however did not reveal the…

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Over 3.58m Nigerian Women, Girls Are Drug Abusers – UN

ADEOLA YUSUF

Women, Girls among I in 4 of over 14.3million drug users in Nigeria – UN   The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has said that Nigeria has over 14.3 million people who use drugs and 1 in 4 of this population is a woman or girl. Data analysis by Platforms Africa shows that 1 in 4 of 14.3 is over 3.575 million. The development was revealed as Nigeria, with the support of the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC officially launched…

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Seplat, HEI Ink Critical Emergency Skills Deals for Young Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

Independent energy company, Seplat Energy Plc, has partnered with Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) to build the capacity of secondary school students on CPR and First Aid skills necessary to handle prehospital emergencies. Platforms Africa reports that over 30 secondary schools across the six district in Lagos benefited from the programme.. This initiative, according to a statement, became imperative with the growing anxiety about the high incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as heart attack, cardiac arrest, and the attendant fatalities among Nigerians in recent years. Similarly, the menace of Road…

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Meet Targets Or Face Penalties, Govt Reads Riot Act To DisCos, GenCos

Aliyu Aliyu

Power operators, including generating firms or GENCOs, the TCN and DISCOs have signed contracts with the government outlining specific amounts of electricity they will be offering customers   The Nigerian government has said that electricity companies that fail to deliver assigned volumes will face penalties under newly agreed contracts. The step will be taken as part of measures to boost power supply in the country, and explains the government’s recent assurance that supply will improve from July, power minister Abubakar Aliyu said Wednesday. READ ALSO: I Am Angry With State…

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FIFA Approves Use Of Offside Tech Football For Qatar World Cup

Ganiyu Amodu

VAR taken to a new level: Here are all you may need to know about how the Semi-Automatic Offside Technology will work   FIFA says it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable. Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the system would be used in all 64 matches in Qatar. The new offside technology was tested at the Arab Cup and the Club World Cup in February. READ ALSO N74bn Bridging: You Lied, Marketers…

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N74bn Bridging: You Lied, Marketers Confront NMDPRA, Threaten Scarcity

Ganiyu Amodu

IPMAN Mohammed Shuaibu challenged the NMDPRA Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, to reveal names of the marketers the government paid the N74 billion to as well as show documents to prove that.   Oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have threatened that Nigeria could witness the mother of all fuel queues from next week if the Federal Government does not pay the 12 months bridging claims being owed operators in the downstream oil sector. IPMAN which claimed it controls about 70% of the…

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