Day: March 5, 2023

CNN Ex-News Anchor Aisha Sesay Welcomes First Child At 46 + PHOTOS

Aoko Benjamin

How the renowned British Sierra Leonean broadcaster became a mother for the first time at 46     Former CNN News Anchor Aisha Sesay welcomes first child at 46. Isha Sesay has earlier opened up on divorce, getting pregnant at 46. “I published a book, became a UN Goodwill Ambassador and started a nonprofit to help empower African girls, but in my quiet moments, the one thing I wanted the most, to become a mother, remained out of reach,” she said. It was the first time the renowned British Sierra…

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Elizade University ex-VC Jailed For Five Years Over $1.2m Fraud

Ganiyu Amodu

Prof. Adekunle Oloyede is guilty on all six counts of false pretences, stealing and fraud – Court   An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Adekunle Oloyede, to five years imprisonment for $1.2 million fraud. Justice Aderemi Adegoroye jailed the professor after finding him guilty on all six counts of false pretences, stealing and fraud contrary to the anti-graft laws of the state. The accused, Oloyede, was said to have fraudulently obtained the…

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How Liverpool Thrashed Manchester United 7-0 At Anfield

Ganiyu Amodu

Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice as Liverpool shrugged off a season of frustration to thrash Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s men set a new record margin of victory in the clash between English football’s two most successful clubs. Just a second defeat in 23 games in all competitions realistically ends United’s hopes of a first league title in a decade as they remain 14 points adrift of leaders Arsenal in third. But there could even more lasting damage from the club’s…

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Fuel Queues Resurface In Abuja, NMDPRA Blames Election, Panic Buying

Efe Wellington

Oil industry regulator, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDORA) on Sunday blamed restriction of movements during the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections as queues for Premium Motor spirit (PMS) at the weekend resurfaced in Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative capital NMDPRA, in a statement made available to Platforms Africa, noted that the restrictions of movement necessitated truck drivers to travel to exercise their civic duty. Stating that it would keep striving to strive towards guaranteeing supply and distribution reliability nationwide and strongly advises against panic buying. Here below…

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