Day: June 28, 2023

S’African Priest Reverts To Islam, Performs First Hajj

Ganiyu Amodu

Mystery: How Richmond led thousands of congregants to Islam     Ibrahim Richmond, a former Christian priest from South Africa, who recently converted to Islam following a series of dreams and led thousands of his followers to embrace the religion, has performed his first Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. “I will follow the footsteps [of Prophet Muhammad], and I believe… millions of my people in South Africa will follow these footsteps to see the light,” he said in a video uploaded on Twitter by Saudi Arabia’s Government Communication Center earlier…

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51 Nigerian Varsities Shine In New Global Ranking

Ganiyu Amodu

+ List of schools and their position in the 2023 Sub-Saharan Africa rankings     At least, 51 Nigerian Universities led by Covenant University, Ota, have made impressive outing in the first Times Higher Education 2023 Sub-Saharan Africa rankings. At a colourful unveiling event in Accra on June 26, Times Higher Education announced the results of its 2023 Sub-Saharan university rankings. The event was attended by a delegation from Nigeria led by Professor Peter Okebukola, Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee. READ ALSO: Edo Offers Automatic Employment To…

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Edo Offers Automatic Employment To LASU Best-graduating Student

Ganiyu Amodu

“I’m passionate about my state”, How the record breaker responded to the offer The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has offered recording-setting first-class law graduate, at the Lagos State University (LASU), Aminat Yusuf, who hails from Edo State, automatic employment in the state’s public service. Yusuf emerged as the best-ever graduate at LASU with a 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average in the institution’s Law Degree Programme. The governor’s offer was conveyed by the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq. where he said “Beyond merely congratulating her, we have offered automatic…

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Amotekun Commander Akinremi Dies

Ganiyu Amodu

The Commander of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State, David Akinremi is dead. Akinremi, a retired Commissioner of Police, was said to have died on Monday evening. It was gathered that Akinremi had been nursing an undisclosed ailment for quite some time until he breathed his last on Monday. READ ALSO: How Am I Going to Cope? – Lai Oso’s Widow As Late Prof For Burial July 14 Crisis in CAN, Niger Secretary Suspended Indefinitely Hajj 2023: Mercy Aigbe Greets Fans From Makkah Akinremi was in 2021 appointed by Governor…

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How Am I Going to Cope? – Lai Oso’s Widow As Late Prof For Burial July 14

Damilola Olonade

“We’ll publish all,” Platforms Africa collates heart-rending  tributes written by acquaintances and ex-students of the late communication giant, including Olota of Ota, Prof. Yemi Obalanlege, and those from BBC, AriseTV, The Nation, Premium Times, IPC, IPI, WSCIJ, ACSPN,  Leicester University, De Montfort University, England, UNILAG, LASU, Covenant University, Crescent University, and other newsrooms and classrooms across the World       Abimbola, widow of the late renowned Professor of communication , Lai Oso, has declared that she did not know how she would cope with the “terrible loss” of her…

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