Month: August 2022

TASUED Suspends Religious Studies’ HoD Over Sex-For-Marks

Abibat Babalola

Dr. Olaniran Balogun has been declared wanted by ICPC for alleged abuse of office and demanding gratification     The Management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has suspended a lecturer, Dr. Olaniran Balogun, who was declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission. The ICPC had, a few days ago, declared Balogun, who was the Head of the Department of Religious Studies at TASUED, wanted for allegedly abusing his office and demanding gratification. READ ALSO: Nigerians Spend N600bn To Drink Beer…

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Consumer Group Rejects 5 NDPHC Power Plants’ Proposed Sale

Aliyu Aliyu

Proposed action by Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), a national security risk – NCPN   As the Special House of Representatives Joint Committees meet this week to commence the special parliament inquiry into the proposed sales of the five NIPP power plants by Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the exercise has been described by electricity consumers as a miscalculated action that has national security risks. President of the Nigeria Consumer Protection Network (NCPN), Kunle Kola Olubiyo, according to a statement sent to Platforms Africa, noted with concern the ongoing process…

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Nigerians Spend N600bn To Drink Beer In Six Months

Precious Ibekwe

Breakdown of how Nigerians Spent about $1bn on alcohol consumption between January and June 2022   Nigerians drink beer worth N599.11 billion in six months running from January t0 June 2022, according to the first quarter results of four major brewers in the country. Champion Brew ended the First Half (H1) 2022 as the best performing company in the brewery Industry, as Nigerian Breweries and Guinness Nigeria lost market share to their rivals. READ ALSO: No Amount of Alcohol is Healthy If You Are Younger Than 40 – Study Why…

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Arsenal Come From Behind To Maintain Perfect Start With Victory Over Fulham

Ganiyu Amodu

Gabriel made up for a horrible error to score the winner against Fulham and maintain leaders Arsenal’s winning start to the Premier League season. The defender lost possession on the edge of his own box to allow Aleksandar Mitrovic to put Fulham ahead. But after Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike, Gabriel redeemed himself with a scrambled finish from close range in the 85th minute. READ ALSO: Nigerian Police Suspend Two Female Officers Over TikTok Videos FRSC, LFR International, HEI Train 50 Lay First Responders Haaland Nets Hat Trick…

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Insecurity Forces Closure Of 75 Secondary Schools In Zamfara

ADEOLA YUSUF

No fewer than 75 secondary schools in Zamfara State are still shut over the lingering insecurity in the state. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. Attahiru, while speaking at a two-day meeting to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE), said most of the schools are girls secondary schools closed since September 2021 following attacks on two girls’ schools in the state. READ ALSO: Nigerian Police Suspend Two Female Officers Over TikTok Videos FRSC, LFR International, HEI…

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Nigerian Police Suspend Two Female Officers Over TikTok Videos

Ganiyu Amodu

Why we did it, Full statement of the Force on reason female officers were sanctioned The Nigeria Police Force has suspended two supernumerary police officers, Obaze Blessing and Obaze Emmanuella Uju, over misconduct and violation of the social media policy. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this statement posted on his Twitter handle @Princemoye1 on Friday. The statement was titled: “Impersonation: IGP issues strict warning on misuse of police restricted uniforms. As Police Suspends Two Supernumerary Officers for Discreditable Conduct, Violation of Social Media Policy.” Adejobi stated that…

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FRSC, LFR International, HEI Train 50 Lay First Responders

Ganiyu Amodu

LFR International (LFR), Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) have trained over 350 lay first responders to effectively handle prehospital emergencies among Lagos. Platforms Africa gathered that this is the first time a trainer of trainers model (TOT) has been used to build an EMS network in Nigeria. Speaking at a joint press conference by the three institutions, Paschal Achunine, Executive director of HEI, said, “The sky is the limit for this partnership. “We are pleased with these results and believe that we can build a…

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Haaland Nets Hat Trick As Man City Beat Crystal Palace 4-2

Abibat Babalola

New Manchester City signing, Erling Haaland, scored a hat trick as the Premier League champions fought back from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at the Etihad on Saturday. The striker netted his first goals at the Etihad since he signed for £85.5m from Borussia Dortmund earlier in the summer, taking his overall tally to five goals in four league games. Before Saturday, Man City had never come from 2-0 behind at half-time to win in the Premier League but as with most instances under Pep Guardiola, a…

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Sterling Scores First Goal As Chelsea Thrash Leicester

Abibat Babalola

New Chelsea signing, Raheem Sterling, scored his first goal for the club with a brilliant second-half performance that inspired the 10-man Blues to victory at home to Leicester. Both teams came into the game on the back of disappointing defeats the previous weekend and Thomas Tuchel, who was forced to watch the game from the stands thanks to his touchline ban, responded by tweaking his formation, if not the personnel within it. Conor Gallagher was sent off after less than half an hour for illegally halting two Leicester counter-attacks. However,…

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Army Dismisses Two Soldiers For Killing Yobe Cleric

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, dismissed John Gabriel and Lance Cpl Adamu Gideon who allegedly killed an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami, in Yobe State. The acting Commanding Officer of the 241 RECCE Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, Lt. Col. Ibrahim Osabo, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the suspects were de-kited in Nguru. The suspects were reduced from Lance Corporal to private soldiers before they were dismissed. You are all aware of what happened a week ago where the two service personnel of this unit went out and committed atrocity…

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