Day: August 29, 2025

NCDMB, Coppercrux Engage South-South Youths on CNG Tech, Value Chains

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, in collaboration with Coppercrux Limited, on Monday in Port Harcourt flagged off a 5-day Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop for youths in the South-South region on compressed natural gas (CNG) technologies and the associated value chains. Platforms Africa reports that Areas covered on Day 1 of the training programme include “Introduction to CNG and Energy Transition: Awareness, Importance and Benefits,” “Presidential CNG Initiative: An Overview,” and “Economic Opportunities for Youths in the Green Energy Sector,” with interactive sessions during intervals for…

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‘Daddy Why?’ Pastor Remanded for Allegedly Raping Teenage Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Under a generational curse.’ Man of God speaks on what pushed him to raping 17-year-old biological daughter for more than four years.   An Akure Magistrate’s Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 42-year-old pastor, Samson Ajayi, at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his 17-year-old biological daughter for more than four years. Platforms Africa reports that Ajayi, a father of five, confessed to the crime, claiming he was under a “generational curse.” He was arrested last week after his wife reported the matter to the police in…

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‘Dem Say My Mama Na Witch,’ Man Hacks Mother to Death

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Jibrin Ado, for allegedly killing his mother on the suspicion that she was involved in witchcraft. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Gerawa village, where Ado and four accomplices—identified as Musa Kwalle, Dan Abba, Sule Musa, and one Arrow—allegedly stormed the home of his father, Adamu Saleh, and attacked his 50-year-old mother, Magajiya Ado. According to reports shared on Thursday by security analyst Zagazola Makama, the suspects accused the woman of witchcraft and beat her with heavy sticks until she…

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Nigerian Bandits’ Leader Releases 142 Victims To Govt

DAMILOLA OLONADE

  ‘Freed in Zamfara Amid Peace Talk,’ victims had earlier been taken from several villages, including Gidan Gardawa, Kyambarawa, Maguru, Kurya Madaro, Kagara, Yankaba, Madira, and Dogon Daji in Kaura Namoda.   About 142 people kidnapped in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been released in the middle of ongoing peace talks. Reports confirmed that the victims were freed without conditions by a well-known bandit leader, Muhammadu Dansaadiyya, on Wednesday. Security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama in a post on his X handle said…

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US Okays $825m Missile Sale To Ukraine

DAMILOLA OLONADE

‘With funding from Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway and a loan guarantee from the United States, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA),’ How Ukraine will pay   The United States on Thursday announced the approval of an $825 million sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) air-launched missiles and related equipment to Ukraine. Kyiv will make the purchase with funding from Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway and a loan guarantee from the United States, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement. This proposed sale…

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‘N70K Against N200k,’ Nigerian Passport Now Higher Than Minimum Wage

DAMILOLA OLONADE

    ‘Third increase in just two years,’ Peter Obi speaks on alleged “obsession of this administration with putting a burden on the populace.”   Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has criticised the President bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government’s decision to increase the cost of Nigerian passports, expressing surprise that the government has continued to add to the burden of Nigerians. At N100,000 for a 32-page booklet, Obi observed that the international travel document has become higher than the minimum wage…

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‘N100k, N200k Effective from Sept 1,’ Nigerians To Pay More For Passport

DAMILOLA OLONADE

  Why we increased prices – Immigration Service   The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an increase in the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective from September 1, 2025. In a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI AS Akinlabi, on Thursday, and obtained by Platforms Africa, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. “The review which only affects Passport Application fees made in Nigeria, now set a new fee thresholds for 32-page with 5-year validity at N100,000 and 64-page with…

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‘He Sold National Plane, Pocketed Money,’ President’s Son Convicted

DAMILOLA OLONADE

Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea president, will go on trial in a Paris court on January 2, 2017 in a case of “ill-gotten gains”   A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted a son of the country’s president for illegally selling off a plane belonging to the national airline, a court official said. The judge ruled on Tuesday that Ruslan Obiang Nsue, one of the sons of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, must serve six years in jail unless he compensates the state for the missing aircraft, supreme court press director…

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Florida executes man convicted of 1992 triple murder

ADEOLA YUSUF

A man convicted of the 1992 murders of three people has been put to death by lethal injection in Florida on Thursday in the 11th execution in the southern US state this year. Curtis Windom, 59, was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend Valerie Davis, her mother Mary Lubin, and Johnnie Lee, a man who allegedly owed him a gambling debt. The execution was carried out at 6:17 pm (2217 GMT) at the Florida State Prison, and his last words were unintelligible, according to US media witnesses. The US…

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