Month: February 2025

‘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

ADEOLA YUSUF

“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

ADEOLA YUSUF

. 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

ADEOLA YUSUF

    ‘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

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . 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’

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

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‘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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HEIRS Energies Rallies Industry Leaders For Nigeria’s Oil Output Growth

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      Convened by Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, Chairman of Heirs Energies, the 2025 Heirs Energies Leadership Forum: Industry Leaders Discourse (ILD) will bring together government decision-makers, global energy CEOs, and sector pioneers on Thursday, 20 February 2025, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. This high-level gathering aims to forge actionable strategies for accelerating Nigeria’s oil production growth. The forum, themed “Nigeria’s Oil Production Growth Roadmap – Acceleration Imperatives,” will feature distinguished speakers including Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil); Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Commission Executive,…

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’72 Hours After Birthday,’ Champion Newspaper’s Deputy Editor, Bisiriyu Olaoye, Is Dead

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Last minutes of the journalist + Family statement on what will happen on Wednesday   Deputy Editor of the Champion Newspaper, Bisiriyu Olaoye, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Olaoye died on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, three days after his 64th birthday. His remains have been committed to mother earth according to the Islamic rites. He was, according to update on his verified Facebook page, born on February 9, 1961. Wife of the deceased, Sukurat Olaoye, who confirned this in a statement, maintained the Fidau (Muslim prayer) would come up…

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Meet Moshood Jimoh, Newly Appointed Lagos State Commissioner Of Police

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Police Service Commission has appointed Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command. Jimoh served as the force spokesman from January 2017 to January 2019. He later held various positions, including Deputy Commissioner of the Airport Police, Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration, Deputy Commissioner of General Investigation, and Commissioner of Police for the Ports Authority, Eastern Ports. A statement released on Monday by the PSC’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, stated: “The Police Service Commission, on Monday, February 17, 2025, approved the appointment of Moshood Jimoh…

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