Day: July 19, 2023

Renowned Nigerian Professor of English, Kole Omotoso, Is Dead

Gbenga Adeoti

Omotoso breathed his last at the age of 80 in South Africa where he had been hospitalised   A Nigerian author and professor, Kole Omotoso, is dead. His family confirmed thus in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa. “Our beloved father and husband moved on from this plane on Wednesday 19th late afternoon,” the family wrote in a statement sent to journalists. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Work Twice Weekly, Union Directs Colleges Of Education Lecturers NLC Kicks Over Petrol Price Hike, Says Tinubu Shouldn’t Dare Nigerians No One Has Ever…

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Akpabio, Abbas, Nweke For Public Presentation Of Cyber Politics

ADEOLA YUSUF

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, will grace the public presentation of the book, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and a former Minister of Information and Communication, Frank Nweke Jr., are also among other dignitaries expected at the event. Other dignitaries expected at the public presentation are the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd); Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman; Founder of Agora Policy Think Tank and…

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JUST IN: Work Twice Weekly, Union Directs Colleges Of Education Lecturers

Ganiyu Amodu

“The present salary of staff of Colleges of Education was approved in the year 2010 – 13 years ago! This means we have been on the same salary since 2010 while petrol prices rose intermittently from N65/N70 in 2010 to N650 in 2023”     Lecturers under the aegis of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union on Wednesday announced that its members would only go to their respective campuses twice weekly till the government addresses the issues caused by the removal of subsidy which according to the union has…

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Tinubu Orders Review Of N8,000 Palliative For Vulnerable Households

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate review of the proposed N8,000 conditional cash transfer to Nigerians, meant to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal.  The president had asked the national assembly to approve a $800 million loan to ameliorate the hardship induced by the removal of subsidy on petrol. Tinubu said 12 million households would receive N8,000 monthly from the loan that is being sourced from the World Bank. READ ALSO: AUI Presses Charges Against Tobi Amusan Ahead Of World Championships Imo, Bayelsa Govs, Bode George, Others…

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AUI Presses Charges Against Tobi Amusan Ahead Of World Championships

Abibat Babalola

. I’ll Challenge This, World hurdles champion who just broke another record by defeating newly crowned American champion, Ali, and others, kicks + FULL STATEMENT   Barely a month before the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has been charged with a violation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Amusan in a post on her Instagram page early Wednesday revealed that the AIU has charged her with an alleged violation of missing three tests within 12 months; an allegation she has vowed to challenge. READ ALSO: Tobi Amusan Wins 100m…

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Imo, Bayelsa Govs, Bode George, Others Pick Holes In Nigeria’s Constitution

Damilola Olonade

State Police, New Constitution: Roll call of who said what at the Freedom Online Annual Lecture     Some prominent Nigerians, on Tuesday in Lagos, pucked holes in the Nigeria’s constitution declaring that the document will keep haltering the country’s growth unless it is amended. Platforms Africa reports that the personalities including Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma; his Bayelsa State counterpart, Douye Diri; former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George; Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, among others, apoke at the 5th…

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NLC Kicks Over Petrol Price Hike, Says Tinubu Shouldn’t Dare Nigerians

ADEOLA YUSUF

. N617 per litre sadistic, insensitive, horrendous – labour       NLC warns FG: “What the government has done is capable of pushing Nigerian people to the edge of the precipice and can trigger a raging fire that may overwhelm whatsoever mechanisms the government thinks it has put in place as safeguards.” As the fresh hike in the pump price of petrol continues to ruffle feathers across the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the decision as insensitive and horrendous. Organised Labour, therefore, rejected the new pump…

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No Student Was Attacked, Caleb Varsity Opens Up On Campus Security Breach

Damilola Olonade

+ What we know sbout theft of three phones and one laptop at Susannah Hall   Caleb University has reacted to the news of an alleged breach of Campus Security and theft of three phones and a laptop, declaring that no student was attacked. The university said this in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintaining that tbe campus remains peaceful, and students are in their respective hostels. READ ALSO N617 Per Litre: NNPC Hikes Petrol Prices, Queues Resurface Tariff Hike Imminent As Nigeria’s Electricity Subsidy Hits N2.8 Trillion Naira Crashes…

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Please Don’t Go; Napoli Offer Osimhen N6.5bn Annual Salary

Ganiyu Amodu

  He is happy with us and still want to do great things – Rudi Garcia     Serie A champions, Napoli want to keep their man and top scorer from last season, Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, and are doing everything possible to make this happen. Osimhen has been on the radar of top European clubs following his outstanding performance that was pivotal in Napoli’s title-winning campaign, their first in 33 years. The club has now offered Osimhen a new two-year contract extension with a salary worth N6.5bn — €6.5m…

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