Day: September 21, 2022

Facebook Owner Mark Zuckerberg Scores Again, Expects Third Child

Abibat Babalola

The Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced that he and his wife, Priscilla, are expecting their third child. The Facebook owner announced this on Wednesday, 21 September, 2022 through a post on his verified Facebook page. READ ALSO: Remain Calm, EU leaders Urge Nations Over Putin’s Nuclear Rhetoric Beware Ogun Central: SAS Is A Ticking Time Bomb, By Temidayo Akinyele UPDATE: ASUU Reacts, Vows to Appeal Court Order on Resumption He shared a picture of himself and his with his hand on his wife’s baby bump saying,…

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Remain Calm, EU leaders Urge Nations Over Putin’s Nuclear Rhetoric

Ganiyu Amodu

Three EU leaders on Wednesday said President Vladimir Putin’s latest steps in Russia’s war against Ukraine showed his panic and the European Union would continue supporting Kyiv. The Belgian, Dutch prime ministers and the chairman of all the EU’s 27 national leaders spoke after Putin mobilised more troops for Ukraine. They backed a plan to annex swathes of the country and issued a nuclear threat to the West. READ ALSO: Beware Ogun Central: SAS Is A Ticking Time Bomb UPDATE: ASUU Reacts, Vows to Appeal Court Order on Resumption Russia-Ukraine…

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Beware Ogun Central: SAS Is A Ticking Time Bomb, By Temidayo Akinyele

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by RESULTS not attributes.” —Peter Drucker At the end of February 2003, there was an epidemic outbreak that emerged in China and spread to four (4) other countries. Although it was quickly contained, It was a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus; it was labeled “SARS” Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. By the time the Nigerian Youths would go berserk and began the #ENDSARS protest in October 2020, it was because they could no…

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UPDATE: ASUU Reacts, Vows to Appeal Court Order on Resumption

Abibat Babalola

BE CALM, BE UNITED: Full Content of the message the union sent to.members after industrial court ordered it to end seven-month strike + ERC’s call on NLC and TUC to declare a 48-hour nationwide warning strike in reaction to the court order on ASUU   The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is set to appeal the order by the National Industrial Court (NIC) directing the suspension of its seven months old strike. In a terse statement sent to members of the union on Wednesday by the Chairman of Lagos Zone…

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Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Issues Nuclear Threat To West

Ganiyu Amodu

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War II and backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine. He also sent warnings to the West that he was not bluffing when he said he’d be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia. In the biggest escalation of the Ukraine war since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion, Putin explicitly raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict, approved a plan to annex a chunk of Ukraine the size of Hungary, and called up 300,000 reservists. READ ALSO: Black…

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Black Market Judgement: Varsity Students Reject Court Ruling On ASUU

Scott Matthew

      Thr National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the industrial Court Ruling, which asked the university lecturers to end their strike, describing it as a black market judgement. Platforms Africa reports that NANS made this known through a statement by Giwa Yisa Temitope, National PRO. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike 20 Yr-Old Man Arrested For Rape, Murder Of Teenage Girl Inside Church Married Man Kills Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Without His Consent Here, below, is the full statement NANS REJECTS FG’s…

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BREAKING: Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike

Aliyu Aliyu

The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work. Platforms Africa reports that the Court made the order on Wednesday during the hearing of the suit filled by the government against ASUU. Justice polycap Hamman, delivering ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the federal government, restrained ASUU for continuing with the industrial action pending the determination of the suit. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers,…

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Buhari Appoints Salihu Dembos as NTA Director-General

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the appointment is for a tenure of three years in the first instance. READ ALSO: Meet Oluwatoyin Naiwo, New Registrar/Chief Executive of CIPM Married Man Kills Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Without His Consent ASUU Strike: El-Rufai Warns Students Against Protest In Kaduna Until his appointment, Mr. Dembos was the…

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Meet Oluwatoyin Naiwo, New Registrar/Chief Executive of CIPM

Abibat Babalola

A former Director, Strategy, Advocacy & Stakeholder Relations of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) Oluwatoyin Naiwo has been appointed as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Institute. Platforms Africa reports that Naiwo’s appointment takes effect from Monday, September 12, 2022. Her appointment was announced in a statement by the CIPM President, Olusegun Mojeed. READ ALSO: Married Man Kills Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Without His Consent ASUU Strike: El-Rufai Warns Students Against Protest In Kaduna BREAKING: Wike Pulls Group Out Of Atiku’s Campaign How Nigeria’ll Rake In…

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Married Man Kills Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Without His Consent

ADEOLA YUSUF

Court told how the father of two with a wife in Rivers state used rope to allegedly tighten the hands and neck of the girlfriend before strangulating her   A married man, Douglas Tamunokopo, has allegedly murdered his girlfriend, Udo Abigail, in Abuja for daring to abort a pregnancy without his consent. Platforms Africa reports that Tamunokopo has already been arraigned before Justice C.O Agbaza at the FCT High Court for allegedly strangulating the 29 year-old Abigail with a rope in his room. READ ALSO: 20 Yr-Old Man Arrested For…

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