Month: August 2022

Ethiopian Airlines Plane Misses Landing After Both Pilots Fall Asleep

ADEOLA YUSUF

An Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Sudan to Ethiopia missed its landing last week after the aircraft’s two pilots fell asleep. On 15 August, flight ET343 of Ethiopia’s largest airline was flying from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, reported Aviation Herald. Alerts were raised when the flight approached the airport but did not start to descend. While Air Traffic Control tried to contact the plane’s crew, the aircraft’s autopilot system kept it cruising at 37,000ft An alarm was triggered, waking up the crew, when the autopilot disconnected after the plane flew…

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‘How Did You Beat Me,’ Furious Anthony Joshua Queries Usyk After Defeat

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Details of the split decision that won Oleksandr Usyk a remarch against Anthony Joshua + what the two sportsmen said after the match   Oleksandr Usyk claimed a stunning split-decision victory over Anthony Joshua to retain his WBA, WBO and IBF belts, while adding the Ring Magazine title to his collection. A much-improved Joshua was given the nod on one of the judges’ scorecards, taking it 115-113. READ ALSO Arsenal Top EPL Table, Man U Remain Bottom Ahead of Liverpool Clash Have Extra-Marital Sex During Qatar World Cup, Go To…

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Lagos Varsity Spokesman, Jeariogbe Olaniyi, Bags ICAD Fellowship, VC Reacts

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  “An honour well deserved and a fitting acknowledgement of Mr.  Jeariogbe Olaniyi’s dedication, passion and hardwork in the CIPPR and the University as a whole,” LASU VC eulogises Olaniyi   The Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Information and Head, Media Relations, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations (CIPPR), Lagos State University, Jeariogbe Olaniyi, has bagged the Fellowship of the Institute of Corporate Administration (ICAD). The fellowship excited the university community as the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, congratulated Jeariogbe for the feat he recorded on Saturday, 20th August,…

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1,056 Policemen Protest ‘Non Payment’ of 18-Month Salaries +PHOTO

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“Men and women of the special constabulary are at liberty to honorably disengage from the service if they so wish,” Police spokesman declares   1,056 young people who were recruited into the Nigerian Police as constabularies have taken to the streets of Kwara state, North central Nigeria, to protest the “non payment of 18 months’ salaries.” Platforms Africa gathered that the demonstrators stormed key locations such as, the Post Office, Challenge and Ahmadu Bello Way, thereby calling on the state government to “pay our 18 months salaries since the completion…

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Arsenal Top EPL Table, Man U Remain Bottom Ahead of Liverpool Clash

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Arsenal swept to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Bournemouth that extended their perfect start to the season, while Harry Kane made history in Tottenham’s 1-0 victory over Wolves on Saturday. At the other end of the table, Manchester United remain bottom ahead of their huge clash against Liverpool on Monday. READ ALSO: Athlete Comes Last In Race As Penis Constantly Falls Out of His Shorts VaDoma: The African Ostrich Tribe With Rare ‘Two-toed’ Population Have Extra-Marital Sex During Qatar World Cup, Go To Jail…

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NBC Suspends Shutdown of AIT, Silverbird, Others

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations owing various sums in licensing fees. The NBC has now given the affected stations up to 6PM on Tuesday, August 23, to pay up their debts. In revoking the licenses on Friday, the commission had ordered the stations off air beginning this Saturday, citing Section 10(a) of the 3rd Schedule of the National Broadcasting Commission Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigeria Revokes Licenses, Shuts AIT,…

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Nigeria’s Varsity Senior, Non-Academic Staff Unions Suspend Strike For 2 Months

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The strike by SSANU and NASU has led to suspension in the issuance of academic transcripts; mobilisation of graduates for the compulsory one year service organized by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions on Saturday announced the suspension of their ongoing strike for a period of two months. SSANU’s national president, Muhammed Ibrahim, a report by Saturday PUNCH read, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. “Yes, we have suspended the strike for…

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Safety: How LADOL Marked 5 Years Of ISO 9001 Compliance

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The stakeholders of LADOL Free Zone were in high spirits last week after the company once again passed its ISO 9001 audit with flying colours. The company said this in a statement sent to Platforms Africa on Friday. “Having 5 years of ISO 9001 compliance makes LADOL one of the most compliant terminals in Nigeria and one of a small handful that have this certification,” the statement read. It will be recalled that in 2020, LADOL became the first company in North and West Africa to be ISO 45001 certified.…

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VaDoma: The African Ostrich Tribe With Rare ‘Two-toed’ Population

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They won’t marry you or anyone with the regular toes. Their tribe law discourages marriage with other tribes and this is what science says about their strange toes formation. Welcome to Zimbabwe!   The vaDoma tribe, also known as Doma or Dema, is the only hunter-gatherer tribe in Zimbabwe living in the Kanyemba region around the basins of a tributary of the Zambezi River Valley. They speak the Dema language and believe their ancestors emerged from a baobab tree and walked upright to hunt and gather fruits. The secluded tribe…

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Verona Fined €12,000 Over Victor Osimhen Racist Abuse

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Hellas Verona is being investigated for racist abuse aimed at Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen and fined €12,000 euros for “territorial discrimination” chants towards Napoli fans on Monday. League organisers, Serie A, instigated disciplinary proceedings following incidents at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, where the visitors claimed a 5-2 win on August 16, 2022. Osimhen scored his first of the season to put Napoli 2-1 ahead before producing a taunting gesture into the camera, allegedly reacting to fans hurling racist insults at him. READ ALSO: Nigeria Energy Returns To Lead Dialogue On…

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