Day: March 16, 2024

Air Rage, Higher Ticket Rate, The Wigwes, And Supreme Price They Paid: Key Things To Know About Aviation’s State

Ganiyu Amodu

Platforms Africa, in its solution journalism series hosts Top Aviation expert, Journalist and Author, Wole Shadare where he opens up on air rage, higher ticket rate, the Wigwes, and supreme price they paid: Key things to know about Aviation’s State. Excerpts;   What is meant by Cheap Inventory Tickets? This is very tricky but I will break it down for many to understand. Airline ticket pricing is very technical. If you have boarded a plane to Lagos from London, it is assumed that all passengers on economy or Business class…

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Crescent Varsity Law Undergrads Show Class At Vis-Moot Arbitration Competition

Idris Katib

Three first class undergraduates of Bola Ajibola College of Law, Crescent University Abeokuta Nigeria have made the country and Africa proud at the 31st Vis-Moot Court Arbitration Competition in the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France. Crescent University was the only African university that that participated in the event where the trio of Fatihat Omotolani Gafar, Zaynab Precious Ambali and Habeeb Feranmi Ganiyu showed class in advocacy and arbitration. The event, which was held between 12th and 14th of March , 2024 in Paris, hosted universities around the world. Team…

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JUST IN: Ooni’s Wife Gives Birth To Twins

Ganiyu Amodu

One of the new wives of the Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi – Ojaja II a foremost traditional ruler in Yorùbá-land and the Ooni of Ife has given birth to a set of twins (a boy and a girl). This was made known today by the ruler in an announcement posted on his verified Facebook page. He wrote: “To God be the glory great things he has done. Hearty congratulations to the entire House of Oduduwa and Olori Tobiloba, who today birthed a Prince and Princess to the Royal throne…

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Nigerian Energy Journalists’ Group, NAEC, Elects New Executive

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ Ugo Amadi, Adeola Yusuf, Peter Uzoho: Full list and organisations of NAEC’s new members of exco, and how they emerged   The association of energy correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) has elected a new set of executives to pilot the affairs of the association in the next two years. At the NAEC’s National Secretariat in Lagos on Saturday, March 16th, 2024, Ugo Amadi of the Champions Newspapers emerged winner in the chairmanship contest. In his acceptance speech, the new chairman who took over from Olu Philips of Channels Television, said…

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Youths Kill 3 Officers, 12 Soldiers in Nigeria, Army HQ Orders Clampdown

Ganiyu Amodu

The Defence Headquarters has said 15 military personnel were killed during a communal clash in Delta State. The personnel consist of two Majors, one Captain, and 12 soldiers. They were said to have met their deaths while responding to a distress call during a clash between Okuama and Okoloba communities in Delta State on Thursday. According to a statement on Saturday by the Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, the troops who were on a peace mission to Okuoma community in Bomadi LGA were attacked and killed by some…

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Nigeria’s Inflation Rises To 31.70% For Feb – NBS

Abibat Babalola

The inflation rate has moved to 31.70 per cent in February, according to the latest data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Bureau released the figure on Friday, with the latest data showing a rise from the 29.90 per cent recorded in January 2024. According to the ‘Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report’ for February obtained by Channels Television, the hike represented a 1.80 per cent increase from what was recorded in January. READ ALSO: ‘They Lost Millions,’ Nigerian Banks Hit By West Africa’s Internet Glitch Japa: Vice…

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