August 4, 2022 – Platformsafrica

Atiku Names Melaye, Bwala As Spokespersons

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Abibat Babalola

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has named former lawmaker, Dino Melaye, and Dr. Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for the 2023 presidential campaign. READ ALSO: Disconnecting Electricity Consumer Without 10 Working Days’ Notice Illegal —FCCPC 27-Year-Old Makes History As First Hijab-Wearing Senator In Australia I Slept With 40 Men Same Day To Mark 40th Birthday – Lady Why We Are Clamping Down On Unregistered Motorcycles – FRSC Bwala is a former APC chieftain who defected to PDP last week. According to Media Adviser to the…

Disconnecting Electricity Consumer Without 10 Working Days’ Notice Illegal —FCCPC

August 4, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has said no electricity distribution company (Disco) has the right to disconnect a customer without first serving a notice for at least 10 working days from the date of delivery of their bill. The commission further said the Disco must notify the consumer in writing ahead of the disconnection of electricity service before doing so, adding that upon payment of an outstanding bill, it has a duty to reconnect the consumer within 24 hours. READ ALSO: CBN Begins Probe, Insists 10 Providers Divert…

Cycling Federation Of Nigeria Boss Becomes CISM President

August 4, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Certified Institute of Sports Management (CISM) Nigeria , has appointed the National President of Cycling Federation of Nigeria , Engr. (Chief) Giandomenico Massari (FCISM), as the new President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the institute. A statement from the institute , signed by the Registrar and Secretary of the Governing Council, Reverend Stanley Ihedigbo (FCISM), indicated that the appointment is effective from Monday , August 1st , 2022. READ ALSO: 27-Year-Old Makes History As First Hijab-Wearing Senator In Australia Kano Girl-Hawker In Viral Maths Video Bags World Bank…

27-Year-Old Makes History As First Hijab-Wearing Senator In Australia

August 4, 2022 Ganiyu Amodu

A 27-year-old woman has made history in Australia by becoming the country’s first hijab-wearing senator. Fatima Payman, the daughter of refugees from Afghanistan, represents West Australia. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Payman has a record of working for young people from culturally diverse communities. She also speaks for the working-class community, to which she belongs. Her father worked as a tax driver and a kitchen hand to support his family. READ ALSO: Kano Girl-Hawker In Viral Maths Video Bags World Bank Scholarship 11 Yr-Old Girl Gets…

Kano Girl-Hawker In Viral Maths Video Bags World Bank Scholarship

August 4, 2022 Abibat Babalola

11 year-old genius who solves maths questions without the aid of a calculator or known formulae, narrates how she dropped out of school at Primay 4 due to bullying The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, has offered a scholarship to Saratu Garba, an 11-year-old education mathematics whizkid from Kano. The Project Communication Officer, Aliyu Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday, is ready to enrol Saratu in school. READ ALSO: 11 Yr-Old Girl Gets Highest Mensa IQ Score, ‘Beating Einstein, Hawking’…

I Slept With 40 Men Same Day To Mark 40th Birthday – Lady

August 4, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Saying she later spent the whole night with her husband, the woman says It’s Birthday gift she wished for herself + PHOTO The video of a lady, who revealed that she slept with 40 men on her 40th birthday to celebrate the memorable day, has gone viral. Speaking in an interview, the White lady, who did not identify herself, said she set herself a challenge to sleep with 40 men when she turned 40 years. READ ALSO You Want To Live Long? Get a Second Wife, Study Says No…

Why We Inaugurated Mgt Board for Proceeds of Migrants -Nigeria Immigration

August 4, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has given the reason for inaugurating the management board of the Objects of Smuggling of Migrants Trust Fund. The new development, according to a statement by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu, is aimed at combating frontally the menace of smuggling of migrants by traffickers through proper management of the proceeds of the crime. Mr Okpu said the agency derives the power to inaugurate the management board from Section 97 of the Immigration Act, 2015. READ ALSO Ease of Doing Business: Nigeria Immigration Ranked…

11 Yr-Old Girl Gets Highest Mensa IQ Score, ‘Beating Einstein, Hawking’

August 4, 2022 Scott Matthew

Sharifi’s score is significantly over the “genius threshold” of 140 An 11-year-old Iranian school girl has just become the new face of braininess after receiving the highest possible score on the Mensa IQ test.Tara Sharifi, a student from Aylesbury High School in the United Kingdom, recently took the test in Oxford and received an astounding 162 points. Sharifi’s score is significantly over the “genius threshold” of 140. Albert Einstein is believed to have had the same IQ as Professor Stephen Hawking, 160 (Einstein himself never took the IQ test…

121 Yr-Old Agency, Dentsu, Appoints Punch Oyeleke Comms Manager for Nigeria

August 4, 2022 Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

Adeleye Fabusoro, Marian Ogaziechi, Adekemi Alegbeleye, Funke Adekola, Ugochukwu Maduagwu, Theresa Ogah, Lola Akinyele, list of newly promoted staff and their duty posts in the company with 62,608 staff globally The 121 Year-Old Japanese Agency, Dentsu, has appointed Sodiq Oyeleke as Group Corporate Communications Manager for its subsidiary, Detsu Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that Oyeleke, who is the first to occupy such a position in the company, worked for Punch before his appointment. READ ALSO: I Deleted TikTok, Instagram To Be Focused –Babcock’s Overall Best Student Emeka Oparah appointed…