Month: February 2023

EFCC Denies Raiding Tinubu’s Home, Recovering N400Bn New Notes

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news.”   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday debunked the story making the rounds in the social media that its operatives raided the home of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A story that went viral on Sunday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the EFCC to raid Tinubu’s house where N400 billion of the new…

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PLATFORMS AFRICA, LYGEL, OTHERS PARTNER FOR NIGERIA ELECTIONS’ MONITORING

ADEOLA YUSUF

Partnership with three NGOs including First Lygel headed by member NBA General Council, Barrister Olalekan Oladapo, which will deploy over 120 observers, journalists in 23 states, is one of the biggest for the Nigeria’s election   Leading pan-African media group, Platforms Africa, and First Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative, a public interest outfit and social enterpreneur, have announced a partnership for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria. National Coordinator of First Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative, Barrister Olalekan Idowu Oladapo, and Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, said at the…

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Manchester United Defeat Leicester City 3-0 At Old Trafford

ADEOLA YUSUF

Marcus Rashford continued his clinical form in front of goal as he scored twice to help Manchester United claim a comfortable 3-0 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday. United could thank goalkeeper David De Gea for not being two goals down in the opening stages at Old Trafford as Leicester dominated in attack. The Spanish goalkeeper spread himself to deny opposing winger Harvey Barnes on eight minutes before producing an even better stop shortly after with a diving save to keep out a Kelechi Iheanacho header.…

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NEW NAIRA: How My Pregnant Wife Died In Kano Hospital – Husband

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 32-year-old woman, Shema’u Labaran, died along with her nine-month pregnancy at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, reportedly due to the inability of her husband to pay medical bills in the new naira notes in time. Labaran was allegedly left in pain for more than eight hours without attention from the medical personnel on duty. Narrating the unfortunate incident that led to his wife’s death, the 42-year-old husband of the deceased, Bello Baffa, told an online newspaper on Saturday that his wife (Shema’u) bled to death while he was…

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Ghanaian Footballer Atsu Found Dead, Corpse Pulled Out of Rubble

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He couldn’t make it out alive.”     Body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu has been found after a huge earthquake in Turkiye, local media reported Saturday, quoting his manager. GAtsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkiye and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 people in both countries. There were initial reports he had been rescued a day after the quake, but these turned out to be false. His manager in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, told DHA news agency on Saturday that his…

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CBN Worsens Confusion, Says Banks To Collect Old N500, N1,000 Notes At Own Risk

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s financial sector plunged into deeper confusion, viral messages from First Bank and UBA to customers expose cover-up  by apex bank + how investigation by Platforms Africa put a question mark on a rebuttal by CBN    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disowned an earlier order credited to it that banks should collect old N1000 and N500 notes, declaring that commercial banks that do that, do it at their own risk. Quoting a top management staff of the CBN, PUNCH Newspaper has earlier reported that the apex bank…

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U-TURN: Collect Old N1000, N500 Notes, CBN Orders Banks As Protests Spread

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerians can now heave a sigh of relief as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered comercial banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. PUNCH reports that it however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal tender. A source from the bank said the CBN ordered the banks to collect the monies instead of going to the CBN office following difficulties encountered in getting access to…

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Seven-Year-Old Boy Dies In Lagos Fire Incident, Mall Saved

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy who died in a fire incident on Thursday in Ketu area of Lagos. The Director of the service, Margaret Adeseye, made this known in a press statement that was issued on Thursday. Adeseye said the fire engulfed two bungalows at 19, Adekanbi Street, off Alli Street, Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos. She said: “Due to delay in distress call, the raging fire caused severe damage to the buildings and a male child of about seven years…

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16-Yr-Old Nigerian Becomes Guinness World Record Holder

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Nigerian senior secondary school student, Gbenga Ezekiel entered the Guinness World Record for the most skips in a minute on one leg. The 16-year-old attends Ijapo High School in Akure, the Ondo State capital. With 265 skips, Ezekiel successfully broke Rasel Islam of Bangladesh’s previous Guinness World Record of 262 skips in a minute. Ezekiel broke the record, making history as the first athlete from Ondo State to do so since the state’s inception in 1976. READ ALSO: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Blocked As Protest Rocks Ogun Over Naira Crisis BREAKING:…

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Blocked As Protest Rocks Ogun Over Naira Crisis

ADEOLA YUSUF

Heavy protest in Ifo, Mowe worsened gridlock, pains as soldiers mobilised, dispersed protesters + PHOTOS   The two major entry and exit roads into Lagos; the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, were on Friday, blocked by protesters who also halted  commercial activities in Mowe, Ibafo, Ifo, and Arigbajo areas of Ogun State. Platforms Africa reports that the protest which broke out over Naira Swap crisis rocking Nigeria  also took place in Abekoko, Bank bus – stop, Ifo Local Government. Residents who had been going to banks for withdrawal said…

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