Day: February 18, 2025

‘Within 4 Years of Appointment,’ UNN Suspends Lecturer For Impregnating 4 Students

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Confirmed,’ Varsity wields big stick, orders Mr. Chigozie Odum to leave, hand over documents in his possession to the HoD, Department of Archeology and Tourism   The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has suspended a lecturer, Mr. Chigozie Jude Odum, from the Department of Archeology and Tourism, over allegations of impregnating four female students within four years of his appointment. According to a letter dated February 15, 2025, signed by the Deputy Registrar, Achiuwa F.C. (Mrs), on behalf of the Registrar, Odum’s suspension was confirmed. The letter instructed him to hand…

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Ned Nwoko Not Responsible For My Pregnancy, Actress Chika Ike Breaks Silence

Ganiyu Amodu

Nollywood actress Chika Ike on Tuesday broke her silence on the paternity of her unborn baby. Ike said that she considered it necessary to dispel the rumour making the round on social media platforms because it was about her child. The actress, who took to her Instagram handle, maintained that mentioning Senator Ned Nwoko as the father of her child was just a mere guessing game while stressing that she’s not ready to be the seventh wife of the Delta lawmaker because polygamy is not her thing. She wrote, “There…

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‘Meter Tampering, By-Pass,’ NERC Slams New Fines’ Thresholds On DisCos, Customers In Amended Order

ADEOLA YUSUF

    ‘11 For 11,’ Platforms Africa presents Eleven Things To Know About New Order and Implications On 11 DisCos, and millions of their customers      The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued an amended Order detailing new threshold of penalties for customers and Distribution Companies (DIsCos) on “Unauthorised Access, Meter Tampering, and By-Pass.” Platforms Africa reports that the Amended Order, which replaces Order No: NERC/REG/41/2017, has taken effect from 22 January 2025. This amendment, NERC said in the Order notice sent to Platforms Africa, “aligns with the…

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I’m A Mad Man Receiving Treatment at Aro Psychiatric Hospital, Portable To Police

Gbenga Adeoti

“I am a federal government liability, please…” Personal request the ‘Wahala wahala’ crooner declared wanted by police made to Nigerians, Ogun government   Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a mad man who is undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. Platforms Africa reports that Portable said this while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government on Tuesday after being declared wanted by the state police command. The zazoo-zeh crooner was reportedly involved in a fight with three officials from…

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How ‘Hit And Run’ Driver Killed FUNAAB Professor

Ganiyu Amodu

. Grieving Landlords, Neighbours give details   Grieving landlords and residents of Ajebo Road Housing Estate Kemta, Abeokuta, have held Governor Dapo Abiodun – led Ogun State Government responsible for what they called the “tragic and avoidable” loss of Prof. Oladipo Ademuyiwa, who happened to be the latest victim of reckless hit-and-run driver on Prof Wole Soyinka Road within Kemta – Somorin Road. The palpably distraught landlords and residents following the painful exit of one of their own were in agreement that Professor Ademuyiwa would still have been alive today…

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‘Three Months To 98th Birthday,’ Edwin Clark Is Dead

Efe Wellington

    ‘Nonagenarians,’ what family said about the last hours of the 97 year-old South-South leader who died days after 96 year-old Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo, died   Edwin Clark, former Federal Commissioner for Information and prominent South-South leader, has passed away at the age of 97. Platforms Africa reports that the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) leader died on Monday night, according to a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark on behalf of the family. He would be 98 in May, 2025. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo…

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‘Wahala Wahala,’ Portable Declared Wanted

Abibat Babalola

  . Why we began a man-hunt for the controversial music artist, Police give details   The Ogun State Police Command has declared controversial musician, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, wanted over his alleged involvement in a violent attack on government officials. Platfor Africa reports quoting a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, that the Wahala wahal music crooner, Portable, was accused of leading a gang of thugs to attack officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development on an enforcement exercise in…

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‘Missing’ Osun Monarch In FBI Custody Over ‘$4.2 Million COVID-19 Fraud’

Abibat Babalola

Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun state, has been taken into custody by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after being indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering. Oloyede was crowned as the monarch of Ipetumodu in 2019 but frequently travelled between Nigeria and the US for “royal and personal engagements”. Indigenes began raising concerns after his throne was vacant for nearly a year. READ ALSO: ‘We Are Tired,’ UCH Doctors Begin Strike Over Power Outage HEIRS Energies Rallies Industry Leaders For Nigeria’s Oil Output…

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‘We Are Tired,’ UCH Doctors Begin Strike Over Power Outage

Abibat Babalola

‘A tertiary hospital in darkness,’ What-led-to-what details of UCH disconnection by IBEDC that has lasted for four months   Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, Oyo State capital that the strike was due to a power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas. NAN recalls that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, reconnected UCH on Wednesday, after…

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