Month: April 2025

EMTV Crowns Wedding Sensation, Dorcas Ojelabi, Legend Entrepreneur of The Year

Abibat Babalola

    ‘I didn’t see the gold coming,’ Ojelabi, popularly known as Alagatosoji, opens up on winning the crown out of 33 contestants and in a category of three + what the organisers said.   Following a series of screening for the grand finale of the EMTV award, popular wedding compere, Dorcas Ojelabi, has emerged the winner of the Legend Entrepreneur of the Year category of the award. EMTV World Entertainment, which started in 2019 with head office in Osogbo and sub offices in western part of Nigeria comprises of…

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El-Rufai Visits Emir Of Kano, Touts SDP As Credible Alternative To APC, PDP

Abibat Babalola

A chieftain of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday visited the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, at his palace in Kano State. Addressing journalists after the visit, El-Rufai said Nigeria urgently requires a trustworthy political alternative to save the country. The former governor explained that godfatherism and dysfunction had ruined both the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. READ ALSO: NNPCL Under Fire As $897m Warri Refinery Revamp Flops EMTV Crowns Dorcas Ojelabi Legend Entrepreneur of The Year Madrid Open: Power Outage…

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NNPCL Under Fire As $897m Warri Refinery Revamp Flops

Abibat Babalola

Industry operators and experts have questioned the operational integrity of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, particularly regarding transparency, efficiency, and overall management of Nigeria’s refineries under its purview. This is after the revelation that the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company has remained shut since January 25, 2025, due to safety issues in its Crude Distillation Unit Main Heater. An April 2025 document on the Midstream and Downstream sector obtained from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority revealed that the refinery, which consumed $897.6m in maintenance costs, failed…

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Meet Saudi Arabia Billionaire Prince Al-Waleed Who Has Been Sleeping For Over 20 Years

Abibat Babalola

With AI technology rapidly advancing globally and the internet playing a crucial role in everyone’s modern life, people remain interested in learning about the lives of royals. But just like all of us, royalty also faces God’s hardships, which no amount of money can resolve. One such royal family is from Saudi Arabia as their young Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled Bin was in a coma for nearly 20 years following a car crash in 2005. Meet Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’, Al-Waleed bin Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal is a…

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Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah Iwo, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

President of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah Iwo, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Hadiyyatullah Iwo was also until his death, the Director of Sheikh Ibn Baz Shariah College of Nigeria. A statement from the college obtained by Platforms Africa, which confirmed the news, added that the respected Islamic scholar would be buried by 2 PM at the Shariah College, Iwo. Assassination Allegation: Cold War Between Habeebullah Adam Al-Ilory, Onikijipa Worsens Lagos Central Mosque Tussle Worsens, Chief Imam Drags Baba Adinni To Court ‘6…

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Nigeria Headlines World Gas Conference As Gas Minister Leads NGA, Country Delegations To Beijing

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) has confirmed that Nigeria’s presence at the World Gas Conference (WGC) 2025 would be headlined by strong government and energy industry leaders. Leading the strong Nigeriadelegationon to the triennial event that hosts the world’s largest gathering of gas experts and policymakers is the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), H.E., Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, PhD. He would also join global energy thought leaders as a distinguished speaker at the world event. Accompanying the Honourable Minister are Engr Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of the…

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Madrid Open: Power Outage Rocks Spain, Plunges Tournament Into Darkness

Ganiyu Amodu

A national power outage has forced play to be suspended for the day at the Madrid Open. Organisers say there will be no more action on Monday “in order to guarantee general safety”. Swathes of Spain and Portugal have been without power since about midday local time, affecting public transport, card payments and mobile networks, though power is starting to return in some regions. Portuguese energy company REN says the outage was caused by a “rare” atmospheric phenomenon, related to variations in temperatures. Britain’s Jacob Fearnley among those forced off…

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Legendary Musician, King Sunny Ade, Is Missing – Daughter

Damilola Olonade

  ‘My stepbrother and KS manager, Dayo, along with other family members responsible,’ Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye alleges, stirs widespread controversy    Legendary Juju musician, King Sunny Ade, has been declared missing by his daughter, Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye, sparking widespread concern on social media. Platforms Africa reports that in a series of viral posts, Damilola alleged that King Sunny Ade had been kidnapped by his stepbrother and manager, Dayo, along with other family members. She also detailed the singer’s declining health and accused his alleged abductors of exploiting him financially and…

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‘6 Months After ‘Retiring’ from Winners Chapel,’ David Abioye Starts Own Church

Precious Ibekwe

  David Olatunji Abioye, former vice-president of Living Faith Church, better known as Winners Chapel, will commence Sunday morning services on May 4. Abioye, alongside Thomas Aremu, retired from Living Faith in October 2024 after a review of the church’s administrative policy set the mandatory retirement age for leaders at 55. At the time, Aremu was 67 and Abioye was 63. Oyedepo’s Second In Command, Abioye, Leaves Winners Chapel Pope Francis Killed by Vaccine He took for COVID 19 – Pastor Oyakhilome How God Drove My Car From Kano To…

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‘This Is What Happened,’ Access Bank Opens Up on Ex-Worker’s Filming of Female Staff

Gbenga Adeoti

  Access Bank has responded to the report that a former contact centre agent of the bank, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, secretly filmed colleagues’ nakedness without their consent. Platforms Africa has earlier reported that Ejezie, a quality assurance specialist at the Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, secretly recorded over four hundred video clips of his female colleagues while in the office with his smartphone. He was reportedly caught in the female restroom around 1:30 am. on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. In a statement released on Monday, the Access Bank,…

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