February 16, 2024 - Platformsafrica

Nigeria Govt Seals Off Popular Sahad Stores For Hoarding, High Price

February 16, 2024 Abibat Babalola

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has sealed Sahad Store, a popular supermarket in the Garki area of Abuja. The management of the supermarket was accused of shortchanging customers by charging prices other than the price tag on the shelves. The development came twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu unveiled plans to tackle factors responsible for the food crisis. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Tinubu Approves Immediate Upgrade Of LUTH, 15 Others BREAKING: NLC To Hold Two-Day Nationwide Protest Over Economic Hardship Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso To Form Confederation…

JUST IN: Tinubu Approves Immediate Upgrade Of LUTH, 15 Others

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of 16 health institutions across all six geo-political zones in the country. The president directed that the infrastructure and equipment of the institutions should be immediately upgraded. The institutions include the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere and the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. Among them are six teaching hospitals marked for the establishment of oncology and nuclear medicine centres per facility all to be delivered within 12 – 18 months. The modernisations are “in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling…

BREAKING: NLC To Hold Two-Day Nationwide Protest Over Economic Hardship

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union. He said the protest will begin a week after the expiration of the 14 day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government which will expire on February 23. The planned days for the nationwide protest…

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso To Form Confederation

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have disclosed a plan to establish a confederation that will deepen their ties following their exit from the regional bloc. According to the statement issued by the Malian foreign ministry on Thursday, the three countries would form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The three neigbouring countries in the Sahel region announced in January they would quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), despite a decision by the bloc urging them to rethink. According to Reuters, the three ministers from the…

FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles Move 14 Places Up After Impressive AFCON

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Super Eagles are now 14 places higher in the latest FIFA ranking following a great showing at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria lost to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition concluded last weekend and have deservedly climbed up the FIFA ladder after that impeccable showing. “Indeed, across the two continents, no fewer than six teams have scaled ten places or more. Amongst the African sides, Côte d’Ivoire (39th, up 10) reap the rewards of their continental triumph on home soil, secured following an…

Ekpo Commends Zero Routine Gas Flare In TotalEnergies Assets

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo has commended the NNPC Limited/TotalEnergies Joint Venture for achieving zero routine gas flare in all its Nigerian assets. Ekpo in a statement by his spokesman, Louis Ibah, described the achievement as a testament to the collective commitment of the government, operators and other stakeholders to environmental stewardship and sustainable development in the energy sector. READ ALSO History As TotalEnergies Becomes First Nigerian EP Company To End Routine Flares NNPC, Total Energies JV Achieves Zero Gas Flare Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 29.9% As Food…

History As TotalEnergies Becomes First Nigerian EP Company To End Routine Flares

February 16, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

“Today is a very special day because it is the day when we officially announce that TotalEnergies has reached zero routine flaring in all its operations across Nigeria,” the Managing Director/ Chief executive of Total Energies Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Matthieu Bouyer, declared at a news conference in Port Harcourt, on Thursday to mark the epoch-making occasion. He said the company was very proud of the attainment, noting that it is the first exploration and production company in Nigeria to achieve the feat. TotalEnergies as a global company is committed…

NNPC, Total Energies JV Achieves Zero Gas Flare

February 16, 2024 Abibat Babalola

The NNPC Ltd/TotalEnergies Joint Venture has achieved zero routine gas flare in all its assets. This feat was announced on Thursday during an inspection tour of OML 100 in South-eastern Niger Delta, off Port Harcourt, by a joint NNPC Ltd and TotalEnergies Team to ascertain the success of the OML Flare Reduction Project launched in December 2023. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, in a statement said the feat was in pursuit of meeting the targets of 20% (unconditional) and 47% (conditional) greenhouse gas emission reduction as contained in…