Day: April 16, 2025

64-Year Countdown: As Clock Ticks On Nigeria’s Oil Future

Damilola Olonade

Platforms Africa presents the figures-don’t-lie implication of the target Tinubu gave to NNPC Limited for oil production increase at a time Komolafe declared crude reserves index stands at 64 years, even with the current 1.64 million barrels daily     Nigeria’s oil and gas industry was, in the last two weeks, laced by two critical issues that have kept tongues wagging. The first was the target president Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave to Bayo Ojulari,  the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd)…

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I Have Capacity To Become Nigeria’s President — Seyi Makinde

Abibat Babalola

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Tuesday said he has the capacity to occupy the highest political office in the land. Makinde, a second-term governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. According to him, the 2027 elections would be between Nigerians and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); and not a contest between the PDP and the APC. READ ALSO: Togo’s Foreign Minister On A Crusade To Tell Africa’s True History Food, Beverages, Others Push Rebased Inflation To…

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Togo’s Foreign Minister On A Crusade To Tell Africa’s True History

Francis Kokutse

    An agelong African proverb says, until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. This seems to be the case with African history because, Africans have not written about their past the way it should. As a result, those who colonised the continent, have kept the real history away, and replaced it with what they think of the continent. Against this background, Togo’s foreign minister, Robert Dussey, has embarked on a crusade to tell the true African history. One such…

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Food, Beverages, Others Push Rebased Inflation To 24.23% In March

Abibat Babalola

As predicted by economists, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 24.23% in March 2025, according to the official government data source, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The rise in the country’s inflation rate, from 23.18% back in February 2025 to 24.23% in March 2025, reflected a major increase in the rising commodity and energy costs in the last few weeks. According to the March 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report which measures the inflation rate released by the government agency on Tuesday, the country’s food inflation rate was 21.79%…

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Easter: Nigerian Govt Declares Friday, Monday As Public Holidays

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21 as public holidays to mark Good Friday and Easter Monday. This was disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday in Abuja. Announcing this on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister extended heartfelt congratulations to Christians across the country on this joyous occasion. READ ALSO: Renowned Cartoonist, Obe Ess, Dies At 68 Headmistress Slumps, Dies During Retirement Ceremony Headmistress Slumps, Dies During Retirement Ceremony ‘Govt Owing Us N4Trn,’ GenCos Warn of Imminent…

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