Category: Crime/Health

Renowned Nigerian Professor of English, Kole Omotoso, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Omotoso breathed his last at the age of 80 in South Africa where he had been hospitalised   A Nigerian author and professor, Kole Omotoso, is dead. His family confirmed thus in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa. “Our beloved father and husband moved on from this plane on Wednesday 19th late afternoon,” the family wrote in a statement sent to journalists. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Work Twice Weekly, Union Directs Colleges Of Education Lecturers NLC Kicks Over Petrol Price Hike, Says Tinubu Shouldn’t Dare Nigerians No One Has Ever…

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AUI Presses Charges Against Tobi Amusan Ahead Of World Championships

ADEOLA YUSUF

. I’ll Challenge This, World hurdles champion who just broke another record by defeating newly crowned American champion, Ali, and others, kicks + FULL STATEMENT   Barely a month before the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has been charged with a violation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Amusan in a post on her Instagram page early Wednesday revealed that the AIU has charged her with an alleged violation of missing three tests within 12 months; an allegation she has vowed to challenge. READ ALSO: Tobi Amusan Wins 100m…

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No Student Was Attacked, Caleb Varsity Opens Up On Campus Security Breach

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ What we know sbout theft of three phones and one laptop at Susannah Hall   Caleb University has reacted to the news of an alleged breach of Campus Security and theft of three phones and a laptop, declaring that no student was attacked. The university said this in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintaining that tbe campus remains peaceful, and students are in their respective hostels. READ ALSO N617 Per Litre: NNPC Hikes Petrol Prices, Queues Resurface Tariff Hike Imminent As Nigeria’s Electricity Subsidy Hits N2.8 Trillion Naira Crashes…

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No One Has Ever Done This, Guiness World Records On ‘Human Milk Factory’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Milk Goddess: Tales of Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, World biggest donor of breastmilk   Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra is a mom of two who has nourished thousands of children – even helping to save the lives of premature babies. The Aloha, Oregon, USA, native set the record for the largest donation of breastmilk by an individual by donating 1,599.68 litres (56,301.20 UK fl oz) to a milk bank between 20 February 2015 and 20 June 2018. READ ALSO Meet The Mangis, Family Of Nine Who Shares Same Birthday Ìlú Àjé: Untold Story Of The…

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I’d Have Committed Suicide – Femi Otedola

ADEOLA YUSUF

WORD-FOR-WORD: Why I once thought of ending it all, Nigerian Billionaire opens up     Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, has revealed that he almost committed suicide after losing $480 million in the diesel market in 2008. He spoke about his depressive episode during his business partner Akin Akinfemiwa’s 50th birthday celebration in London. “In 2005, I had a friend that worked in Oando, and she did mention to me that she had a colleague. READ ALSO: Nollywood Mourns Again As Actress, Cynthia Okereke, Dies First Bank: SEC Investigates Otudeko’s FBN…

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Nollywood Mourns Again As Actress, Cynthia Okereke, Dies

ADEOLA YUSUF

Veteran Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke has died. Her death was announced by her colleague, Joseph Okechukwu, in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Okechukwu wrote, “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come to finish what we started only to hear you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to deal with in recent times. “I pray I’m able to recover from…

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4 Month-Old Baby, 13 Others Die in Lagos-Badagry Expressway Accident

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the tragedy happened, Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Williams Manga, gives heart-rending details     No fewer than 14 persons, including a four-month-old baby, have been confirmed dead in an accident along the Lagos-Badagry expressway in Lagos State. Confirming the auto crash, the Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Williams Manga, disclosed that nine other persons sustained injuries in the accident which occurred at Agemowo axis of the expressway at about 7:31 a.m. on Sunday, July 9, 2023. READ ALSO: Ejikeme: Give…

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Sit-At-Home: We’ll Lock Down Biafraland for Another Week — Ekpa

ADEOLA YUSUF

The self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, has issued a fresh threat of another lockdown in the South East. Ekpa, a Lawyer who is based in Finland, issued the fresh threat as the initial one-week lockdown ended on Saturday. Boasting that the first weeklong lockdown recorded 100 per cent compliance, he said on Saturday: “Our sit at home recorded 100 per cent compliance. “Because of this propaganda and lies, we will lockdown Biafra for another week and provide palliative to Biafrans. “I will announce another week-long…

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She Forged JAMB Result, Anambra Panel Submits Report On Ejikeme

ADEOLA YUSUF

WORD-FOR-WORD: Here are the details + a read-for-yourself full report of a panel set up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to probe the raging issue     Joy Mmesona Ejikeme has owned up to forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. This was the major highlight of the report of a panel set up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to probe the raging issue. Professor Soludo set up the panel following the alarm raised by Ejiekem that the organiser of the UTME, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, was trying to…

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Nigerian Court Grants US-Wanted Man, Abba Kyari, N50m Bail

ADEOLA YUSUF

The former super cop is facing trial in Nigeria over 24-count charge bothering on hard drug trafficking     A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted the former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to a N50 million bail in a charge filed against him and two others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Kyari is being wanted in the United states over his alleged connection with cyber fraud kingpin, Hushpuppi. The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and two…

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