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.

Awujale of Ijebuland, Sikiru Adetona, Joins Ancestors At 91

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‘Friendship made in heaven,’ How Oba Adetona died aged 91, hours after the death of his long-time friend, Muhammadu Buhari at 82 + Oba Olu-Iwa To Sikiru Adetona: List of 63 Awujale To Have Ruled Ijebu Ode   Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, has died at the age of 91. The monarch, a Palace source said, passed away on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend and former President, Muhammadu Buhari. ’23rd Child To Dad, 13th To Mum;’ 9 Things About…

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Heirs Energies, Renaissance Collaborate to Drive Nigeria’s Indigenous Oil, Gas Devt

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Port Harcourt, Nigeria – 24th June 2025 – Heirs Energies Limited and Renaissance Africa Energy Company have expressed mutual commitment to strategic collaboration following a high-level courtesy visit by Osa Igiehon, CEO of Heirs Energies, to Renaissance’s leadership team, led by the Managing Director, Tony Attah. The landmark meeting, which marked the first formal engagement between the two companies post-Renaissance’s successful transition, focused on mutual priorities and shared commitment to advancing Nigeria’s oil and gas sector through indigenous leadership and innovation. Speaking during the visit, Osa Igiehon emphasized the significance…

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NCDMB Deepens Local Participation, Devt With $400m Contract Intervention Funds

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‘No collateral,’ How indigenous companies can access the fund at BoI, Afreximbank, FCMB   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has organised a sensitization workshop in Lagos aimed at deepening local participation in the oil and gas sector and strengthening financing compliance with Nigerian Content regulations. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Secretary of the Board, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, while welcoming the participants, explained that the workshop was aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and increased access to funding for indigenous companies. Engr. Ogbe, who was represented by…

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‘Below 16? No Admission,’ Nigeria Embargoes Varsity, Poly Admission For Underage

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‘It’s official, it’s non-negotiable. Offenders facing prosecution.’ The riot act Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, reads for facilitators of admissions conducted outside the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS)   The Nigeria Government has officially set the minimum entry age for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions at 16 years. Speaking at the opening of the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, emphasized that the age requirement is non-negotiable. He also warned that any admissions…

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Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja: Enter The 44th Olubadan

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  ‘Elected, Impeached, Reinstated,’ Seven things to know about Olubadan Rashidi Ladoja, a former governor destined to be the king of biggest town in West Africa   The former governor of Oyo state, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, is to be announced the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan land. This followed the demise of Oba Olakulehin, who joined his ancestors on Monday. Platforms Africa reports that Ladoja’s emegence as Olubadan is strictly base on Ibadan traditional template, which placed him as the next in row to Olakunlehin. The ancient town is still…

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‘Fraud, Sexual Harassment,’ LASU Dismisses Prof. O.T.F Abanikanda, Dr. Kareem-Ibraheem

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“Keeping 400 level students on the farm from 6:30am to 10pm without break, food, and water even during torrential rainfall that lasted between 4:45 p.m. to after 6pm; over ₦10.6 million fraud,” Registrar and Secretary to Council, Emmanuel Fanu, gives details     The Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the dismissal of two senior lecturers for gross misconduct, involving sexual harassment and fraud. The dismissal was approved at the LASU Governing Council’s 143rd Statutory Meeting held on Thursday, July 3, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Registrar…

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‘How Lagos-Based Yahoo Boy Defrauded Trump of N460 Million’

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FBI gives dirty details of a sophisticated cyber scam by Ehiremen Aigbokhan that siphoned off millions meant for the inauguration of United States President   The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that a Nigerian internet fraudster, Ehiremen Aigbokhan, orchestrated a sophisticated cyber scam that siphoned off more than N460 million meant for the inauguration of United States President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. The FBI revealed this via a civil forfeiture complaint filed before a U.S. District Court. The bureau disclosed how Aigbokhan, operating from Lagos State…

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GUILD OF EDITORS’ MEET: Questions DG, DSS Missed, By Steve Osuji

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Here’s the article that landed Osuji, a former editor at The Guardian, Thisday and NewAge, a suspension from the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)   A SMALL MATTER OF ATTITUDE: It’s something to do with attitude. Indeed, their attitude is very poor. They are still consumed by a sense of overawing military mentality: we the super-humans and they, the bloody civilians. In 2023, at the Guild of Editors gathering in Owerri, Imo State, the special guest was Mr Nuhu Ribadu, the sitting National Security Adviser (NSA). Violent insecurity roiled Nigeria…

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‘Data Stealing Prevalent In Nigeria’s 2024 Oil Bid Round’

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CEO of Pana Holdings, whose company participated in the bid round, opened up during the 2025 NOG Energy Week panel session on the role data thieves played in the oil block allocation exercise. The 2024 oil bid round witnessed a prevalence of activities by data thieves who ripped off the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and bidders in millions of dollars. Platforms Africa reports that the Chief Executive Officer of Pana Holdings, Dr. Daere Akobo, whose company participated in the bid round, insisted during the 2025 NOG Energy Week…

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Coalition In Crisis, ADC Faction Rejects Atiku, David Mark, Aregbesola, Others

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  . ‘ADC not for sale,’ faction declares ‘takeover’ by coalition illegal   A major faction within the African Democratic Congress, on Wednesday, kicked against the move by an opposition coalition to adopt the party as its political platform. Factional National Publicity Secretary, Musa Isa Matara, in a statement on behalf of the group, warned that the ADC is not a “private coalition platform” to be hijacked by political elites. The faction expressed outrage over what it described as a unilateral decision made without input from critical stakeholders. According to…

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