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.

’43 Days After 94th Birthday,’ Foremost Billionaire, Aminu Dantata, Is Dead

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  . ‘Generational wealth,’ Tributes pour for the late uncle of Aliko Dangote, who reportedly raised initial business capital for the Africa’s richest man   Nigeria’s foremost billionaire, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Alhaji Dantata died 43 days after his 94th birthday on May 19, 2025. The death of Dantata, who is a close relative of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was confirmed by his aide, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid. Abdullahi wrote, “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. It is with heavy…

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‘First Time In History,’ IABC Africa Elects Nigerian, Yemi Adeyemi, As Chair

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Eight things you hirtheto do not know about the Odeomu, Osun state-born communication czar who presently heads transformation change management and communication unit at the NLNG + Identities of other Africa Region Executive Board members for the International Association of Business Communicators   The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Africa has elected Yemi Adeyemi as its Chairman for the 2025-2026 term. Platforms Africa, which reports this, confirmed that Adeyemi is the first Nigerian to attain that height in IABC Africa’s history. A statement published by IABC on its verified…

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After 39 Years,’ Shell Bids Country Chair Osagie Okunbor Farewell

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  ‘Studied Business Administration and rose to the acme of biggest oil firm in Nigeria,’ story of Okunbor and what other oil executives said about the University of Benin alumnus    Shell Nigeria is celebrating Country Chair Osagie Okunbor, who is retiring this month after 39 years of service. Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, including government functionaries, regulators, and chief executives of indigenous and international oil companies are joining to honour Okunbor at the milestone ceremonies which began in Abuja. The dignitaries highlighted Okunbor’s contributions to the development…

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Billionaire Iwuanyanwu’s Will Bars 38 Year-Old Widow from Remarrying

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  ‘Remarry And Forfeit inheritances including property previously managed by late first wife, Eudora,’ details of the documents unveiled by the administrator, Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN), a year after Iwuanyanwu’s passing     The contents of the Will of late billionaire, elder statesman and former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Chief (Engr.) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, have been made public—revealing a striking condition: his wife, Lolo Frances Iwuanyanwu, must forfeit all properties left to her if she ever remarries. According to a report by The Will, the document was unveiled by the administrator, Chief…

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’12-Days War Ends,’ Trump Says Israel-Iran Ceasefire ‘Now In Effect’

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“Only condition to stop is…” Iran reacts to Trump, states what it feels the “successful” attack on the US base in Qatar got to do with ceasefire  . Platforms Africa chronicles major happenings in the last 12 days of Israel-Iran war that cut short many lives and limbs   US President Donald Trump says a ceasefire between Israel and Iran is “now in effect” and tells both countries: “Please do not violate it!” Trump announced the ceasefire several hours ago, hinting that Israeli leader, Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to the…

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Only Three Nigerian Varsities Make World Ranking + NAMES

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+ List of Top 10 best Varsities in the world Only three Nigerian universities have made it to the 2026 QS World University Rankings released on Thursday by global higher education analyst, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)—and none of them placed in the top 1,000. The institutions listed were the University of Ibadan (UI), University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. UI and UNILAG were both placed in the 1001–1200 band, the same range they occupied in the 2025 edition. ABU, which had no previous ranking in 2025, was…

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‘Legitimate Targets,’ Iran Declares Middle East Unsafe For U.S. Citizens, Troops

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Global Condemnations Trail U.S. action, World Leaders Demand De-escalation, Iran Names Possible Targets, U.S Asks Americans to Evacuate Middle East Immediately   Tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically after Iranian state television issued an alarming broadcast late Wednesday night, declaring that all U.S. citizens and military personnel in the region are now considered “legitimate targets.” The announcement follows last Saturday’s U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — carried out under President Donald Trump’s directive. Flanked by senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary…

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Don’t Kill Yourself Because He’s Cheating, By Funke Egbemode

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Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men, lying sons of Adam. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid.   Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid. One of the stupidest ones, or should I call it strangest, is women killing themselves because their men are mean, cheating, lying sons of Adam. Why should a woman die because she is in a bad relationship? Why will a woman commit suicide because her…

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Alao-Akala’s Daughter Wants Late Gov’s Corpse Exhumed Amidst Family Dispute Over Estate

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‘Order DNA Test On Seven Children of the deceased,’ details of the suit before Justice Taiwo as bickering over property degenerates   The family of the late former Oyo State governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has plunged deeper into crisis as his first daughter, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, seeking an order for a DNA test on seven individuals claiming to be the biological children of the deceased. She is also requesting the exhumation of the late governor’s body to facilitate the tests.…

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SIGHTED: ADA’s Leaders Write Application Letter To ‘INC’ Instead of ‘INEC’

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  ‘ADA’S MATTER,’ Full content of first ever official letter from Atiku, El-Rufai’s party that has generated controversy    Opposition leaders under the coalition movement omitted the word “electoral” from their letter addressed to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a new political party. The application, dated June 19, was addressed to “The Chairman, Independent National Commission (INEC), 436, Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja FCT.” The coalition, which is being spearheaded by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Nasir el-Rufai, ex-governor of Kaduna, applied to…

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