Month: September 2022

Kenyan Students Win $1 Million Business Innovation Prize

Ganiyu Amodu

Their names and how the clumbed the kadder of fame A team of students from Kenya’s St Paul’s University last night won the global finals of the 2022 Hult Prize for their business innovation. Competing in the finals as Eco-Bana Ltd, the students beat five other finalists and were awarded $1 million to boost their business. Eco-bana Ltd is a start-up that makes biodegradable sanitary pads using banana fibre. The idea aims to stop plastic manufacturing by providing biodegradable sanitary pads to end period poverty. READ ALSO: Kenyan Cyclist, Suleiman…

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Donald Trump, Children Sued For ‘Incredible’ Fraud

Ganiyu Amodu

Donald Trump and family members allegedly lied to tax collectors, lenders and insurers for years in a scheme that routinely misstated the value of his properties to enrich themselves, according to a suit filed by New York’s Attorney General on Wednesday. Top state prosecutor Letitia James said that with the help of his children and others at the Trump Organisation, the former President provided fraudulent statements of his net worth and false asset valuations “to obtain and satisfy loans, get insurance benefits, and pay lower taxes.” READ ALSO: Russia-Ukraine War:…

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Sacked Head of Security Hires Armed Men To Rob Company

Scott Matthew

Police full account of how the bubbles burst + full names of the suspects   A former Chief Security Officer of a company at Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, has reportedly hired some robbers to attack his former company three months after his sack. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects; Umar Haruna; Abbah Yahaya; Muritala Umar; Wale Fadeyi, and Segun Olofinmade were arrested following a tip-off. READ ALSO: King Sunny Ade At 79: Man of Music, His Fame…

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King Sunny Ade: Man of Music, His Fame And Five Wives

Scott Matthew

King Sunny Ade, original name Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, is today few years shy of 80. Platforms Africa’s Scott Matthew, in this special report, unveils how the juju legend has been able to manage fame and his five wives   He has refused to age. Ade The sage, born in Osogbo on September 22, 1946, seems not ready to live the stage. Sunday Adeniyi, who is few years shy of 80 is living a life full of lessons for everyone; musicians, dancers; actors, and, of course, those who need tutorials on…

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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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