August 23, 2022 – Platformsafrica

Atiku Camp Unsettled As Tinubu, Wike, Makinde, Ortom Meet in London

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Aliyu Aliyu

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London. The meeting, according to multiple sources, also had Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue and Seyi Makinde of Oyo in attendance. The relationship between Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been problematic. Attempts to fix the broken relationship continues to drag, a situation that has stalled Atiku from constituting his campaign council. READ ALSO Come To Rivers To Meet Me Or…

FCCPC Director Dies in Office, Board Probes Death’s Mystery

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Aliyu Aliyu

Panel probes allegation that the director, Julius Haruna, was beaten to death during a fight in the office with a female staff, Ms Muibat Abdusalam, who is now in Police custody The Governing Board of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has instituted an investigative panel into the death of its North-West Zonal Director. Platforms Africa reports that the director, Julius Haruna, was involved in a dispute which escalated to fisticuffs with Ms Muibat Abdusalam, another employee of the commission that allegedly led to his death. Ms…

Netflix $1m Scholarship Applications Open For West, Central Africa

August 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Nigeria, Gabon, Ghana others; full list of eligible countries and institutions where the offers are taking place + how to apply Film and television students in West and Central Africa are invited to apply to the Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund, following the extension of the streaming giant’s programme to the region. Applications are now open for students to apply to study at institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Gabon. READ ALSO: China Mulls Loans Waiver, Offers $10bn In IMF Funds For Africa Nigeria Eyes $500bn, Renews Offshore Deals With…

China Mulls Loans Waiver, Offers $10bn In IMF Funds For Africa

August 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

23 Interest-Free Loans to 17 African Countries will be forgiven – Beijing China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, says it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10bn of its IMF reserves to nations on the continent. Foreign minister Wang Yi announced the cancellations in a meeting last week of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, according to a post on the ministry’s website. It did not provide details on the value of the loans, which it said matured at the end of 2021, nor…

Why I stoned My Two kids To Death – 25-Year-Old Father

August 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

A 25-year-old man known as Elisha Tari, has disclosed why he stoned his two children to death in his home. Recall that the Adamawa State Police Command arrested Elisha for stoning two of his children, aged 3 and 5 years old, to death. While being paraded on Monday, the suspect confessed that he has a psychological problem and was once tied in chains some time ago. READ ALSO: Man Impregnates 14 Yr-old Daughter, Invites 5 Men To Rape Her For Money Police Academy lecturer petitions ICPC, accuses professor of certificate…

Nigeria Eyes $500bn, Renews Offshore Deals With Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron

August 23, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

OMLs 128 – 138, full list of five oil mining leases (OMLs) and what the MDs of Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron said about their Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) renewals The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has executed fully termed agreements for the renegotiated Production Sharing Contracts with contractors in five Oil Mining leases, Platforms Africa reports. This, which came only one month after it had transited into a fully limuted liability company, is, according to the Nigerian government, a step towards unlocking over $500 billion in revenue from its oil…

Winners emerge in FSI Financial Inclusion for All Hackathon

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Gbenga Adeoti

ATBU, Sauki, BetaLife emerge winners in FSI Financial Inclusion for All Hackathon Winners have emerged in the 2022 Financial Inclusion for All Hackathon competition held during the Nigeria Association of Computing Students (NACOS) national conference at Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State from August 16-18, 2022. Financial Services Innovators (FSI), a non-profit organisation committed to discovering tech talents in tertiary institutions and enabling start-ups within the technology and financial services space, organised the hackathon challenge in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), NIBSS, GDG Lagos, Flourish, AXA Mansard,…

Four LAUTECH First Degree Graduates Win US Varsity PhD Scholarship

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

Their names and how they broke the LAUTECH record to be awarded fully funded scholarship at the Louisiana State University (LSU), United States Four graduates of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, South West Nigeria, have been awarded fully funded scholarship at the Louisiana State University (LSU), United States. The graduates are directly admitted into PhD programme with their first degrees. The Principal Assistant Registrar, Public and Alumni Relations Unit of the University who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, said the four are all Chemical…

ASUU NEC Decides To End Or Continue Strike Sunday

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Abibat Babalola

The strike, which has put the gates of publc universities under lock and key, will hit 195 days by Sunday, fixed for the NEC decision The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. The PUNCH, which reported this quoted sources among the union’s NEC members to have said this on Monday. The meeting will hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of…