Month: July 2022

JUST IN: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan Breaks Women 100m Hurdles’ Record

Abibat Babalola

World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, in the early hours of Monday (Sunday in Oregon), won the women’s 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. And she did it by going faster than the 12.12s world record time she ran in the semi-finals, but her 12.06s in the final wasn’t recognised as a world record owing to the over 2m/s wind speed. Amusan had blitzed to a world record 12.12s in the semi-finals but obliterated that mark with a superb 12.06s to become the first…

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Ogun Declares Tuesday Work-Free For PVC Registration

Ganiyu Amodu

  Ogun State Governor, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, has declared Tuesday, 26th July,  2022 as a work-free day in the state as the deadline for registration of voters for 2023 General Elections comes to a close on Sunday, 31st of July. Platforms Africa reports that this was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary,  Kunle Somorin. The governor was quoted by the statement to have said the “one-day public holiday is to provide a window for all workers in the state, who have either…

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Abuja-Kaduna Terrorist’s Video: You Failed, APC Stalwart Lambasts Buhari

Daniel Atori

MINNA: President Muhammadu Buhari has come under criticism by a Stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Stalwart in Niger state, Comrade Jonathan Vatsa following a recent video showing suspected members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) torturing the remaining victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. It should be noted that the latest video has both the elderly, women and children. Vatsa while describing the video as a “huge embarrassment not only to the government but the entire Nigerians both home and in the diaspora” told President…

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Aseyin Of Iseyin, Oba Adekunle Salawudeen, Joins Ancestors

Abibat Babalola

How monarch became the fourth senior traditional rulers to pass on in Oyo state within last eight months.   Aseyin Of Iseyin, Oba Adekunle Salawudeen, has joined his ancestors. Platforms Africa reports that Oba Salawudeen is the fourth top traditional rulers in Oyi state to die in the last eight months. Ealier, the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Ajagungbade Oyewumi died in December 2021, followed by the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who, respectively, joined their ancestors, as the Yoruba customarily…

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We’ll Kidnap Buhari, El-Rufai, Terrorists Vow, Dehumanise Kaduna Train Captives

Ganiyu Amodu

The abductors of the abducted Kaduna-Abuja train passengers have released another video where the victims were being flogged by the terrorists. The terrorists had attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, killing eight and kidnapping no fewer than 61 passengers. The Managing Director of the Bank of the Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, was the first to be released after reportedly paying a N100 million ransom on April 7. 75 days after the incidents, the terrorists released 11 persons held in captivity which according to Tukur Mamu, the negotiator and media consultant…

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South Africa Defeat Morocco 2-1 To Win First WAFCON Title

Ganiyu Amodu

Banyana Banyana of South Africa have been crowned champions of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the first time. Hildah Magaia was the heroine of the evening as South Africa survived a late fight back to beat Morocco 2-1 in the final on Saturday night at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. Despite a late onslaught from the Atlas Lionesses, South Africa’s Banyana Banyana held on for the win to put an end to their long wait for the WAFCON title. READ ALSO: We Wore Same Clothes, Studied…

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We Wore Same Clothes, Studied Same Course, Became Professors – 80-Year-Old Twins

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eighty-year-old twin brothers from Edo State, David and Joshua Ukponmwan, who studied the same course and both became professors, speak to GODFREY GEORGE about their growing up, career and families When were you born? My name is Prof. David Ukponmwan. I was born on August 10, 1942. I am a twin. I have a twin brother, Joshua. He is professor just like me. I was born in Benin City, Edo State. I am from Oredo Local Government Area of the state. Did you grow up in the village? I grew…

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Dr. Kola Adesina’s Daughter, Halimat, Bags First Class At UK Varsity

Abibat Babalola

‘Tola Adesina” is already employed as Editorial Assistant by one of the world rated publishers, proud father announces in an emotional tribute  to daughter   Halimah, daughter of Dr. Kola Adesina has bagged a first class honours from the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales in the United Kingdom. Announcing the success, Kola Adesina, who is the Head of Department, Department of Mass ±Communication, Crescent University, said that Halimat who settled for the pen name ‘Tola Adesina” is already employed as Editorial Assistant by one of…

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WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Global Health Emergency ’

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an “emergency of international concern.” “Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups,” he added. READ ALSO: WHO Calls Emergency Meeting As Monkeypox Cases…

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Platforms Africa’s Abibat Babalola Secures Chevron Scholarship for Pan-Atlantic Varsity Course

Scott Matthew

A reporter with the leading Africa-focused media group, Platforms Africa, Miss Abibat Babalola, has secured a scholarship from Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) for a special course at the prestigious Pan Atlantic University. Known as Advanced Writing and Reporting skills (AWARES), the course is designed by the university to boost writing and reporting ability for top media men and women across Africa. Confirming the scholarship offer, Chevron Nigeria Limited, in a letter sent to Babalola, congratulated the reporter for winning the Nomination of our organization to participate in the Chevron sponsored…

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