Day: August 9, 2022

Ijebu East Chairman, Wale Adedayo’s Daughter Scores Five A1 In WASSCE

Damilola Olonade

“Oluwatoyin Ruth-First Adedayo is certainly following the path of her late South African namesake,” proud father pens emotional tributes for daughter   Wale Adedayo, Chairman, Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, has celebrated the result of his daughter, Oluwatoyin Ruth Adedayo, in the just-released West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Platforms Africa reports that Adedayo, a renowned journalist, who announced the sterling performance of his daughter on his Facebook page, also uploaded the result. “I don’t know if I should say mine was better than…

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50 Companies Fold Up In Nigeria As Investment Crashes by 56%

ADEOLA YUSUF

50 firms close in 7 years of bad government policies Investment in manufacturing has reduced 56 per cent in seven years, and 50 such firms have shut down since 2017, a real sector buffeted on all sides by a plethora of bad government policies coupled with economic headwinds. Manufacturing firms that have closed shop in the past five years include Surest Foam Limited, Mufex, Framan Industries, MZM Continental, Nipol Industries, Moak Industries, and Stone Industries. Investment by those still standing has dived south, from N489.44 billion in 2016 to N217.22…

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Killers Of 40 Owo Church Worshippers Arrested — CDS Irabor

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Government had earlier blamed the Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) for the Owo church attack Gunmen behind the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State have been arrested. Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, stated this on Tuesday during a meeting with editors and media executives in Abuja. READ ALSO: Tears as 22 Victims of Owo Massacre Given Mass Burial My Life Is Destroyed, Nurse Narrates How She Lost both Legs in Owo Attack 72 Hours After Owo Attack, Gunmen Kill…

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OAU College Of Health Sciences Marks 50th Anniversary

Gbenga Adeoti

What Professors and other dignitaries said at the event which coincided with 16th Annual Faculty of Dentistry Conference Professionals from all walks of life converged at the BOOC Conference Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife recently to mark the 16th Annual Faculty of Dentistry Conference and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the College of Health Sciences, OAU, Ile-Ife respectively. The Conference tagged “Dentistry Without Borders” provided an avenue for Scholars, Researchers, Stakeholders and students to deliberate on issues affecting dentistry and how to look deeper beyond one’s…

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Exit Unnoticed: WhatsApp Announces New Privacy Features For Users

Abibat Babalola

On Tuesday, Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said its messaging app, WhatsApp, would introduce new privacy features to protect its users. New privacy features coming to WhatsApp: exit group chats without notifying everyone, control who can see when you’re online, and prevent screenshots on view once messages,” Mr Zuckerberg announced in a statement on his Facebook page on Tuesday. READ ALSO: You’ll Soon Exit WhatApp Groups Without People Noticing 22m Kenyans Vote For New Leader In A Too Close To Call Election April 9, 1977: Day Chelsea Borrowed, Wore Spare Coventry…

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Private Schools in Rwanda Close Down as Public Schools Become More Attractive to Parents

Aoko Benjamin

+ Statistics of parents’ mass withdrawal of children from private schools “due to no significant difference in standard between them and the public schools”   Private schools in Rwanda are on the verge of closing down due to low patronage. A report by Daily Nation says desperate proprietors who face closure of their institutions are now asking the government to sponsor students in private schools at public rates. But the government has rejected the idea. READ ALSO: 22m Kenyans Vote For New Leader In A Too Close To Call Election…

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22m Kenyans Vote For New Leader In A Too Close To Call Election

Aoko Benjamin

The deputy President William Ruto, 55, known as “hustler-In-Chief” and Raila Odinga, 77, fondly call “Baba” by Kenyans, stand head-to-head in the two-horse race, Here is what to know about the two men, one of whom will be President   About 22 million Kenyans are heading to the polls Tuesday in crucial elections as outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to hand over power to a new leader. The 22 million Kenyans have registered to vote, the country’s electoral body (IEBC) said, and polls opened from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. local…

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Prevention Or Cure: What You Must Know About Killer Marburg Virus

Ganiyu Amodu

Here, as a part of Platforms Africa solution journalism, is all you may need to know about Marburg Virus, which is, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), a cousin of equally deadly Ebola virus. Senior medical expert, Dr. Omotuyi Mebawondu, shares useful insights on the virus with fatality rate up to 88%. during the Platforms Africa e-Discourse. Excepts;   Can we say the World is safe from COVID-19? Yes and No With more that 550 million cases worldwide, 6 million deaths and over 12 billion shots of vaccines, we…

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Why MAPOLY Lecturer, Wasiu Tejuoso, Won Ogun Merit Award – Organisers

Scott Matthew

  Out of various prolific lectures in the South regions of various institutes and Polythenics, Dr. Wasiu Tejuoso, a senior lecturer at Moshood Abiola Polythenic (MAPOLY) was shorn brightly of great recognition, emerging the winner of “BEST LECTURER OF THE YEAR 2022” Award for great inspiration and values to the society and ambitious minds. Organisers of the award said this in a letter signed by Habeeb Whyte and Adebukola Abolade, Platforms Africa reports. READ ALSO No BSc, No MSc, Nigerian HND Holder Gets 7 US Varsities’ Ph.D Scholarships Meet Oluwafunmibi…

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April 9, 1977: Day Chelsea Borrowed, Wore Spare Coventry Shirts To Play

Ganiyu Amodu

Full account of Chelsea-Coventry match 45 years ago, one of the weirder things to have happened in Premier League history + PHOTOS   ​It’s definitely one of the weirder things to have happened in Premier League history and the ultimate ‘I’ve forgotten my kit’ moment. On that day, April 9, 1977, Chelsea faced Coventry but they had to do so wearing spare Coventry shirts because they didn’t have an appropriate kit of their own. READ ALSO Athlete Comes Last In Race As Penis Constantly Falls Out of His Shorts JUST…

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