Author: Damilola Olonade

A multiple award-winning journalist with over two decades of impactful investigative reporting, fact-checking, and solution journalism experience, Adeola Yusuf is currently the Team Lead of Platforms Africa.

Say Goodbye To It: Using Phone in Bathroom increases Your Risk of Hemorrhoids

Damilola Olonade

“Squat To Poop If You Can, Science backs it up. Your body was never designed to sit on a porcelain chair to poop.” You want to read details of the survey presented at Digestive Diseases Week 2025 that brought our dirty little secret into the medical spotlight   We get it. You bring your phone to the bathroom because it’s the only place left where nobody can bother you. You scroll through TikTok, have some me-time or play a quick game… except “quick” turns into ten minutes, and suddenly your legs…

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America Shuts Abuja Embassy, Lagos Consulate Office + REASON

Damilola Olonade

The United States Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. The Memorial Day is a U.S. federal holiday held annually on the last Monday in May. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria announced the closure via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, stating that the day is set aside to honour American military personnel who died while serving their country. Platforms Africa Is NCDMB Media Organisation of The Year Nominee As Jonathan Wins Icon Award ‘High On Sugar,…

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‘Six Months After $1.5bn Rehabilitation,’ NNPCL Shuts Down Port Harcourt Refinery

ADEOLA YUSUF

    ‘November 26 To May 24,’ details of ‘scheduled maintenance and sustainability assessment’ that will take the 60,000 barrels daily capacity refinery off circulation     The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Saturday announced a scheduled maintenance shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), beginning on May 24, 2025. Platforms Africa reports that the refinery began truck loading of petroleum products on Tuesday 26 November after a rehabilitation that gulped $1.5 billion. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Femi Soneye, who confirmed the shutdown in a statement…

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‘Female Activist Hamdiyya Shariff Missing Amid Legal Battle With Sokoto Govt’

Aliyu Aliyu

“She left home to buy foodstuffs and has not been seen since Tuesday,” Lawyer gives details, Police react + Backgrounds on Sokoto government’s legal battle with 18 year-old activist for ‘criticising Governor over insecurity’   Hamdiyya Shariff, a human rights activist in a legal tussle with the Sokoto State Government, has been reported missing. Platforms Africa reports that Shariff’s lawyer, Abba Hikima, declared this in a Facebook post. Hikima said Ms Shariff went missing around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 20 May. An outspoken critic of the Sokoto State Government’s handling of…

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My First Ever Betrayal Came From My Mother – Bimbo Ademoye

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

Maybe, just maybe, someone out there needed to hear my truth today.” Nollywood star shares heart rending, pity evoking tale of childhood trauma   I don’t usually share things like this, but today my heart feels heavy… In an interview, I opened up about something very personal: My first ever betrayal came from my mother. She left me when I was just 2 years old. I was too young to understand what was happening, but the emptiness she left behind has followed me all my life. Watching other children grow…

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Platforms Africa Is NCDMB Media Organisation of The Year Nominee As Jonathan Wins Icon Award

Efe Wellington

    . ‘NLNG, Renaissance, BOI, Dangote, Others,’ Full list of who won what at the Champions of Nigerian Content Awards . ‘We didn’t see this honour coming,’ what Adeola Yusuf said on feat as he dedicated recognition to readers, team members   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday presented Platforms Africa to the world as a nominee for the Nigerian Content Media Organisation of The Year Award. The Executive Secretary of the board, Engineer Felix Omatsola Ogbe, who led the presentation at the Champions of…

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Israel Fired Warning Shots at EU, China Diplomats, Says ‘Its by Mistake’

Damilola Olonade

Israeli soldiers fired warning shots at diplomats representing the European Union, UK, China, Russia and other countries on Wednesday. The IDF, which confirmed this, said that the shots were fired by mistake. The diplomats — none of whom were hurt — were visiting the West Bank town of Jenin and, according to the Israel Defense Forces, deviated from an approved route in what it described as an active combat zone. “IDF soldiers operating in the area fired warning shots to distance them away,” the IDF said in a statement. “The…

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1.8mbopd OPEC Quota; Nigeria Demands Human Capacity Devt Revamp From 54 Producers

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . ‘Aspiration to Execution,’ NCDMB’s Executive Secretary Gives Updates On Local Content Milestones At NOGOF 2025   Nigeria has demanded the revamp of human capacity development (HCD) by the 54 producers in the country to actualise the production aspiration incluing the 1.8 million barrels per day oil production quota given to the country by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engineer Felix Omatsola Ogbe, who said this in an address at the 2025 Nigeria Oil and…

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‘If Nigerian Content Fails, Africa Fails,’ Oil Minister Declares At NOGOF

Efe Wellington

. Says Youths not just the future but also already in the driver’s seat   Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), has reaffirmed the Nigerian Government’s commitment to leveraging local content as a strategic tool for industrialization, innovation, and inclusive economic growth in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that Lokpobiri made this declaration while delivering his keynote address at the 2025 Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF), ongoing in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Minister stated that the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has transitioned…

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Is Red Meat Bad for Your Heart? It May Depend on Who Funded the Study

ADEOLA YUSUF

A new research found that red meat researches with industry links were more likely to report favorable results than those without them. You actually want to read this + What This Means for Future Nutrition Research   In a review published last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists came to a concerning conclusion. Red meat appeared healthier in studies that were funded by the red meat industry. Of course, this is not surprising to anyone familiar with nutrition research, which often has conflicts of interest because of…

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