Author: ADEOLA YUSUF

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.

Company Registered Days Before Bidding Can Be Awarded Oil blocks – Komolafe 

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    NUPRC Boss Speaks On Report 40 Oil Block Licences Expired, Guidelines Violated   The technical and financial capacity of a bidder is assessed not merely by the date of incorporation of the bidding entity, but by the pedigree and proven track record of its promoters, affiliated companies or parent organisations, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, has declared. Platforms Africa reports that Komolafe was reacting to a report that a particular company registered days before the commencement of bidding was improperly awarded…

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‘2.3m Pilgrims, 180 Nations,’ Tears, Tasbiy As 70,000 Nigerians Stand On Mount Arafat

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“Spiritual point where Adam and Eve reportedly met after eviction from Paradise” What to know about the Arafat Mountain harbouring men (Muslims) in millions every twelve months   Over 70,000 Nigerians on Thursday joined 2.3 million Muslim pilgrims from 180 nations to stand on the Mount Arafat, a unique part of the Hajj rights, which remains the biggest congregation of humans for worship in the world’s history. Platforms Africa reports the tears were flowing freely during an intense, daylong worship and reflection by pilgrims who listened to Arafat sermon translated…

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‘Hours To Sallah,’ Nigeria’s Ex-Petroleum Minister, Prof. Jubril Aminu, Is Dead

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  “Eid-ul-Adha rams already tied down at his residence before the unfortunate incident,” family gives details of the last hours of the Ex-Petroleum and education minister who was earlier rumoured to have died in December 2021.   A former Minister of Petroleum Resources and education, Professor Jibril Aminu, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Aminu died in Abuja on Thursday, while preparing for Eid Ul-Adha, Muslim festival. He was aged 85. Aminu’s death, Platforms reports, came about four years after he was earlier rumoured to have died in December 2021.…

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JEX Market Deepens Nigeria’s Gas Utilisation, Gets NMDPRA, SEC Approvals To Establish Trading Platform

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        The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued licenses to JEX Market to establish and operate a Gas Clearing House and Settlement Authorisation Platform. Platforms Africa reports that this would serve as a commodity exchange platform where natural gas and its derivatives would be traded in Nigeria. The issuance of the licences is one of the game-changing outcomes of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 and the product of the strategic leadership acumen of President…

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Igbos Founded Ile-Ife, S’Eastern Authors Claim In Book, Afenifere Kicks 

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  . ‘Dangerous, Theeat To Unity;’ everything the Yoruba group said on claim Nigerian Educational Research Development Council, a Federal Government educational institution, endorsed controversial book      The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, warned scholars against the tendency to fuel the embers of discord over their false narrative about the originator of Ile-Ife. Afenifere’s decision came in the wake of a claim that Igbo people of South-East Nigeria founded Ile-Ife, the cradle of the Yoruba, saying “such a claim is not only false, but a violent attempt to…

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Meet Prof. Olalekan Asikhia, New Vice-Chancellor For Caleb University

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    ‘Supervised, graduated 95 doctoral students, out of which 7 are already Professors,’ everything to know about the Professor of Business Administration + how he succeeded Nosa Owens-Ibie, renowned Professor of Communication   Caleb University Imota Lagos has appointed  Prof. Olalekan Asikhia as the new Vice-Chancellor. Asikhia succeeds Prof. Nosa Owens-Ibie, who had completed his two terms in office. Platforms Africa reports that Olawale Adekoya, the institution’s Information, Media and Publication Specialist, who confirmed this in a statement, maintained that the University’s Management expressed profound confidence in Professor Olalekan…

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Should A Muslim Who Wants To Kill Sallah Ram Leave Hair, Nail Uncut? Here’s The Truth

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  The question of if Muslims intending to offer Eid Sacrifice can shave their hair or clip their nails on any of the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah has been asked severally by many people. Nurudeen Ibrahim provides the answer that may be surprising to many     PERMISSIBILITY OF SHAVING THE HAIR AND CLIPPING THE NAILS DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF DHUL HIJJAH FOR ANYONE WHO INTENDS TO OFFER THE EID SACRIFICE By Nurudeen Ibrahim The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah begins from the Night the…

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He Stood, He Served, He Inspired: Tribute To Dr. Bala Wunti, By Usman Koli

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  This is not goodbye. It’s an honor.   It is difficult to put into words the story of a man whose life was not just lived but felt deeply, genuinely, and profoundly. It’s over now, the last file signed, the final handshake exchanged, the door gently closed behind a man whose entire life has been anything but ordinary. As of May 30, 2025, Dr. Bala Maijama’a Wunti stepped out of public service, quietly bowing out from a remarkable journey that shook boundaries, lifted lives, and left behind a trail…

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Team Lead Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, Bags PhD

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‘Press Coverage of Oil And Gas Issues In Nigeria (2015 – 2021),’ details of the thesis that earned the multiple award-winning journalist/Journalism researcher the highest degree in Communication Studies at the prestigious Lagos State University   The Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, has bagged the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in communication studies. A panel of assessors chaired by renowned professor of communication and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Prof. Muyiwa Popoola, pronounced Adeola Yusuf, a doctor of Philosophy after the researcher successfully defended his thesis…

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“How I Used Timilehin’s University School Fees To Bury Her” – Father Of Teenage UTME Candidate Who Committed Sui(ide

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“She regretted it (ingesring rat poison). I could see it. She was fighting for her life,” everything the father said through tears   The grieving father of Teenage UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) candidate has revealed how he buried his daughter, Timilehin, using money he had set aside for her university education after she died by ending it all over her UTME result. In an emotional interview with Channels Television, the father explained that Timilehin, who had scored 190 in the previous year’s UTME, was devastated when she saw this…

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