Day: August 17, 2023

BREAKING: Tobi Amusan Cleared to Compete at Budapest 2023 Championships

Ganiyu Amodu

World Women’s 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan has been given the green light to compete at the upcoming World Athletics Championships set to begin this Saturday in Budapest, Hungary. Platforms Africa reports that a tweet posted by Athletics Integrity Unit on X (Twitter) reads, “A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period. READ ALSO: After King na King: Portable Confirms Affair with Late Alaafin’s…

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After King na King: Portable Confirms Affair with Late Alaafin’s Wife

Gbenga Adeoti

“You wouldn’t have seen me with her if the king was still alive. I no dey follow person wife.”   Nigerian street singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has finally confirmed his romantic relationship with the late Alaafin of Oyo’s wife, Queen Dami. Platforms Africa reports that it is an abomination in Yoruba mythology for a queen of an Alaafin to have an affairs with or marry any male mortal except a spiritual cleansing is performed on her. Confirming his affairs with Quuen Fami, Portable declares on a podcast…

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Varsity Suspends Law Professor Over Sexual Harassment

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Dean, Faculty of Law of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has been suspended by the institution’s management for alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the institution. Ndifon’s suspension takes effect from Thursday, August 17, 2023, according to a letter by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe. The suspension came days after some law students protested alleged sexual harassment against the dean. READ ALSO: We’re Tired of Sucking D*ck: Nigerian Varsity Female Law Students Protest Against Dean Lawyer Jailed Six Months…

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Lawyer Jailed Six Months For Defaming Dangote

ADEOLA YUSUF

A magistrate court in Abuja has convicted and jailed a lawyer for six months over defamatory publication against the Dangote Cement Plc. The convict, Augustine Addeh, of the law firm, Mokidi and Co., had caused the publication of an advert in a newspaper of Friday November 6, 2015, where he falsely alleged that the Dangote Cement caused the invasion of Okpella Community with armed gangsters on October 30, 2015. The convict, in the publication, also sought to debar the company’s enlistment on the London Stock Exchange, and other stock markets…

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NCDMB Proffers Guideposts For Sustainable Local Content Practice In Africa

Efe Wellington

On the heels of remarkable discovery and exploration of oil and gas resources across several countries in Africa, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday proffered strategies that would enable those nations to institute sustainable Local Content practices, achieve in-country value addition,and benefit maximally from the exploitation of their hydrocarbon resources. The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote offered the suggestions at the two-day Namibia Oil and Gas Conference holding in Windhoek, Namibia. He hinted that Africa currently accounts for about 12% of annual global oil…

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JUST IN: 36 Military Officers Killed in Niger – DHQ

Aliyu Aliyu

What is the cause of the NAF helicopter crash in Niger? Here is the answer by Director of the Defence Media Operations at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Edward Buba   The Director of the Defence Media Operations at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Edward Buba, has confirmed that 36 officers were killed in Niger state. Platforms Africa reports that Buba confirmed the fatalities at the bi-weekly briefing, while giving an update on the ambush of troops in Niger state and an evacuation helicopter that crashed on August…

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Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari Spent N14 Tr On Fuel Subsidy In 16 Yrs

ADEOLA YUSUF

NEITI releases audit report, says Nigeria’s loss to crude oil thieves, Saboteurs hit N16.25 trillion in 11 years.   Nigeria has spent $74.39 Billion which tranIates to N13.7 trillion on fuel subsidy from the years 2005 to 2021, the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has declared. Platforms Africa reports that the time frame falls within the second term of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, a part of the term of late Umaru Yar’Adua, the term of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, and the two terms of former president Muhammadu Buhari. READ ALSO: BREAKING:…

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89.3 FM: CALEB Varsity Radio Gets NBC Approval

Gbenga Adeoti

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has approved Radio Caleb to commence full transmission on the frequency dial of 89.3 MHz FM. The Campus radio station got the approval of the broadcasting regulatory body via a letter written by Dr. Igomu O. Oja, Secretary to the Commission, dated August 14, 2023, which stated, “I am directed to convey the approval of the National Broadcasting Commission to your request to commence full transmission on your Campus FM Radio Station, 89.3 MHz, Lagos”. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Tinubu To Swear In New Minister Monday…

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BREAKING: Tinubu To Swear In New Minister Monday – SGF

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Monday, August 21, swear in newly appointed ministers at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Villa, Abuja by 10:00am. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Dr George Akume, said this Wednesday night in a statement. “Honourable Ministers to be sworn-in are expected to come with two guests each. All Honourable Ministers and invited guests are to be seated by 9:00am,” Akume said in the statement signed by Willie Bassey, Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation…

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