Month: July 2023

AUI Presses Charges Against Tobi Amusan Ahead Of World Championships

ADEOLA YUSUF

. 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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

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+ 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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  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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Naira Crashes Further, Exchanges At N820 Per Dollar

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian currency, the naira, has experienced a further decline in the parallel market. Reports from the Idoma Voice on Monday evening reveal that the naira is now being sold at an alarming rate of N820 per dollar in black market. This depreciation reflects the ongoing challenges facing the Nigerian economy, particularly in the foreign exchange market. The weakening of the naira against the dollar has significant implications for various sectors of the economy, including import-dependent industries, foreign investors, and the purchasing power of Nigerian citizens. READ ALSO: Avoid ASUU Strike…

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Avoid ASUU Strike During Your Tenure, MSSNLagos Tasks Tinubu

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Kamoldeen Abiona Is Amir, Rafiah Tijani Amirah; Full list of new Excos As MSSNLagos Gets New Leaders     The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit has called on the administration of President Bola Tinubu to make as one of its priorities, a determination never to allow Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other education unions to embark on strike again. The organisation made the call during the two-day MSSNLagos Annual Conference, which ended late Sunday at the Main Auditorium of the University of…

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N617 Per Litre: NNPC Hikes Petrol Prices, Queues Resurface

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We Felt Tinubu’s Subsidy Removal Has Ended This Pain, Nigerians in queues at filling stations lament   Nigerians are in for more shocks as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has further jerked up pump prices of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also called Petrol, from the current price of N537 to N617 per litre. READ ALSO: Tariff Hike Imminent As Nigeria’s Electricity Subsidy Hits N2.8 Trillion Nigeria’s Inflation Hit 22.79% In June No One Has Ever Done This, Guiness World Records On ‘Human Milk Factory’ Meet The Mangis,…

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Tariff Hike Imminent As Nigeria’s Electricity Subsidy Hits N2.8 Trillion

ADEOLA YUSUF

INDICATION Shave emerged that the Federal Government may consider the request by power distribution companies (Discos) for review of tariff. This is coming as estimates showed that the spending on electricity subsidy has reached N2.8 trillion in seven years. A new report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), indicated that past hikes in electricity tariffs by the Discos saved the government from paying additional N1 trillion in subsidy to power firms annually. The July 2023 NERC report was titled, ‘Overview of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry.’ Providing an update…

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Nigeria’s Inflation Hit 22.79% In June

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate accelerated for the sixth consecutive time to 22.79 per cent in June 2023, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics released Monday. The inflation rate in Africa’s biggest economy rose to a new 17-year high of 22.79 per cent in June 2023 from 22.41 per cent in the previous month. The NBS report read, “In June 2023, the Headline inflation rate rose to 22.79 per cent relative to May 2023 headline inflation rate, which was 22.41 per cent. Looking at the movement, the June…

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