Month: August 2022

Nigerian Police Officer Rejects $200k Bribe, Gets IGP Laurel

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  The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has commended SP Daniel Itse Amah for rejecting a bribe of $200,000.00. It will be recalled that SP Amah led the arrest and prosecution of one Ali Zaki along with some police officers, in a case of an armed robbery involving the sum of N320,500,000. But in an attempt to cover up the crime, the principal suspect offered SP Amah a bribe. READ ALSO: Mohamed Salah Donates $156,000 To Rebuild Cairo Church Destroyed By Fire ASUU Has Been On Strike for 1,744…

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Traditional Rites Ruto Must Fulfill Before He Ascends Kenya Presidency

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Winning majority of votes and taking oaths of office have nothing to do with this.   William Ruto, Deputy President and one of the lead contenders in the East African nation’s presidential elections, has been declared Kenyan’s President-elect. Platforms Africa reports that Ruto narrowly beat his fiercest rival former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, by 50.49 percent of the votes cast. While his supporters participate in wild jubilation whether on foot or moving cars, if the President-elect visits the East African community of Kalenjin, there is a rite community leaders will…

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Mohamed Salah Donates $156,000 To Rebuild Cairo Church Destroyed By Fire

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41 people, including 10 children, were killed in a fire incident at the Abu Sefein church in Giza Governorate, Egypt   Mohamed Salah, the captain of the Egyptian national team and the star player of Liverpool, donated a sum of money to rebuild the Abu Sefein church in Giza Governorate, after a major fire devastated it last week. According to local media, Salah donated $156,000 (about 3 million Egyptian pounds) to rebuild the church. READ ALSO Fire Guts Cairo Coptic Church, Kills 10 Children, 31 Other Worshippers Killers Of 40…

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Veteran Journalist, Duro Onabule, Dies 41 Days To 83rd Birthday

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Life and Times of Onabile, Spokesman to ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida, whose death was “also few hours from his principal (IBB’s) 81st birthday.”   Nigerian veteran journalist and an ex-Chief Press Secretary to military President Ibrahim Babangida, Duro Onabule, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Eric Teniola who is close to some members of Onabule’s family broke this news. “Born on September 27, 1939, Onabule’s death came 41 days to his 83rd burthday,” a report by Platforms Africa reads, adding that his death was “also few hours from his principal…

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ASUU-FG Meeting Ends In Deadlock, Strike To Continue

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Tuesday’s meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National University Commission in Abuja with high hopes of resolving the impasse. A senior member of ASUU, who craved anonymity told Channels Television that members of the Briggs renegotiation committee did not come with any new offer on…

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How, Why We Can End Strike Today – ASUU

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Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the union has reached an agreement with the government to adopt the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) as the payment platform of lecturers. While disclosing this during an interview with Channels Television, Osodeke said the federal government invited ASUU for a meeting on Tuesday on the issue of renegotiation to call off the ongoing strike action. According to him, ASUU will suspend the strike if the federal government agrees to its demands at the meeting. READ ALSO: UI,…

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UI, OAU, FUNAAB Break Records In World Best University Rankings

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Here is the list of top ten Universities in the World and the positions of the three Nigerian universities in the global rankings   For the first time in the history of Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University and the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) appeared in top positions in the published global rankings Platforms Africa repoŕs that more than 2500 universities are ranked by ARWU every year and the best 1000 are published. This year, Harvard University tops the ranking list for…

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Power Ministry Moves To Stop Workers From Plunging Nigeria Into Darkness

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Government begs for two weeks to address issues raised by NUEE + CIRCULAR from power ministry   The ministry of power has began moves to stop workers from a plan strike that could sink Nigeria Into a nationwide darkness. A circular from the Ministry sent to the executive members of Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) obtained exclusively by Platforms Africa showed that the minustry was begging for two weeks to address issues raised by the union. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: MDs Fired as Nigeria Takes Over Benin, Kano, Kaduna DisCos…

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Roles Money, Social Media Played In Kenya Election

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Social media, bribery, thuggery, violence, votes buying and rigging allegations; Kenyan Journalist, Kurian Musa, who sheds lights on these during the Platforms Africa e-Discourse, opens up on lessons Nigeria and Ghana can learn from the election won by William Ruto and lost by Raila Odinga and Kenyatta coalition   So far so good. Looks like the Kenyan Election has landed softly on a sofa. There was no buga. What is your assessment? Here in Nairobi, unlike other elections, there is a lot of peace, vote tallying goes on longer than…

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Your Money Couldn’t Keep Your Husband — Delta Gov’s Aide To Nkechi Blessing

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The Delta State Governor’s Special Assistant on Media Mr. Ossai Ovie Success has reacted to Nollywood Actress Nkechi Blessing over her statement on men. Recall that Nkechi in her Instagram post said she can buy a man with her money and control him but the Governor’s aide on his social media handles has asked her to apologize to men. According to Ossai, It’s so annoying seeing Nkechi Blessing boasting that she can buy a man with her money and control him. READ ALSO: I Can Comfortably Buy a Guy With…

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