Category: Environment/Agric

Obama Slams Trump Over Media Crackdown, Tariffs, Others

Ganiyu Amodu

Former United States President Barack Obama has criticised some recent actions of President Donald Trump, accusing the current administration of clamping down on the media, targeting political opponents, and threatening institutions that promote diversity and free expression. Obama made the remarks during a conversation with Hamilton College President, Steven Tepper, where he expressed concern over what he described as troubling trends under Trump’s leadership. He particularly faulted the White House’s decision to revoke The Associated Press’s access to key West Wing areas after the news agency refused to adopt the…

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Says Inflation May Last Longer With Tariffs

Ganiyu Amodu

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday appeared to back away from a “base case” view that inflation from President Trump’s new tariffs could be transitory, saying that “it is also possible that the effects could be more persistent” as the economy digests “significantly larger-than-expected” trade duties. Trump, at the same time, turned up the pressure on Powell, calling on him to lower rates. “This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always ‘late,’ but he could now change his image,…

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Sunday Is Eid-el-Fitr in Nigeria – Sultan

Aliyu Aliyu

+ Everything Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar wants Nigerian Muslims, who have been patiently waiting for his announcement, to know   The new moon of Shawwal 1446AH has been sighted in Nigeria. Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who announced this in a broadcast on Saturday evening, declared Sunday, March 30 as Eid-el-Fitri day. Platforms Africa earlier reported that the crescent of Shawwal was earlier sighted in Saudi, withba time zone that is 2 hours ahead of Nigeria. Sunday, March 30,…

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Sunday, March 30, Is Eid Al Fitr – Saudi

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sunday, March 30, Is Eid Al Fitr, Saudi Arabia has declared. Platforms Africa reports that the Kingdom, which announced this through its official channel, Harranain Sherifain, maintained that the Crescent for the month of Shawwal 1446 was SEEN in Saudi Arabia. “The Crescent for the month of Shawwal 1446 was SEEN in Saudi Arabia today subsequently tomorrow is the beginning of the month of Shawwal 1446,’ the statement read. Platforms Africa

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Abandoned By Wives, How Men Become Bachelors in Old Age, By Tinuade Ogunlesi

Tinuade Ogunlesi

  “For a man, it is scary to imagine growing old without a spouse. It is a battle,” revealing thought-provoking piece Ogunlesi, a Professor of Medicine at Olabisi Onabanjo College of Medicine,  penned on how, almost always, the journey ends for the so-called family head       I visited a friend somewhere in Ibadan and in the course of driving me round on a sight-seeing spree, we got to an area with stretches of modest buildings. It was a typical civil servant arena: the houses were beautifully designed bungalows built…

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‘Wedding Altar To Grave,’ Tale of New Couple Killed In Lagos Explosion

Ganiyu Amodu

A couple; Dozie Okoye, a staff of Zenith Bank, Ladipo branch in Lagos and Joan Gusiora, his beautiful wife, a nurse with a promising career in the United States, killed in a tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge has been buried. A report by Whirlwind.ng, which shows this added that just a month ago, on Saturday, February 22, the atmosphere at the Momoh Gardens, 18, Wole Olateju Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, was virtually on fire with celebration as the same families, friends and well-wishers gathered to add colour to their wedding…

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One Feared Dead As Osun Communal Crisis Worsens

Ganiyu Amodu

One person has been reportedly killed following renewed hostilities between Ifon and Ilobu communities in Osun State over disputed lands. Eyewitnesses reported that sounds of gunshots rented the air since the evening of Thursday while houses were still being razed in the early hours on Friday. The Spokesperson to Olufon of Ifon, Mr. Akeeb Adekunle, alleged that the crisis has been brewing since last week following a series of attacks on Indigenes of Ifon by Ilobu, which were reported at the police station without any succor. His words, “The incident…

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Natasha: Constituents stand by recall process, say ‘she caused us international embarassment’

Ganiyu Amodu

. Discard ‘inducement’ insinuations as unfounded . ‘We want to bring her back to learn purposeful representation’   Ebira indigenes have condemned, in strong terms, insinuations that the recall process against the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was not endorsed by the majority of the electorate in the area. The indigenes, from across the five local governments of Kogi Central, said they had resolved to bring the embattled Senator back home, adding that the embarassment she had caused the senatorial district had, unfortunately, taken…

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‘Mama Mammy’ Maria Ochefu, First Military Barrack Market Founder, Is Dead

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

    ‘All ended at 86,’ Statement her son, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, sent to Platforms Africa on how Mama Mammy died in her sleep   Mammy Maria Ochefu, the founder of Mammy Market, a staple in military barracks across Nigeria, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Ochefu, popularly known as mama Mammy,  passed away at the age of 86. Her son, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, confirmed the news in a phone interview on Thursday, stating that she died in her sleep on Tuesday at her residence in Makurdi. Lagos Central Mosque…

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Lagos Central Mosque Tussle Worsens, Chief Imam Drags Baba Adinni To Court

Damilola Olonade

  . Dirty details of how disagreement over Ramadan Lecture degenerated to legal Brouhaha + Arraignment document in the case before Magistrate Owoseni, now Magistrate Damola Paul . “200k, one surety and …”  bail conditions slammed on Baba Adinni of Lagos, Alhaji Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy         The Chief Imam of Lagos, Sheikh Sulaiman Abou-Nolah, along with the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, has dragged the Baba Adinni of Lagos, Alhaji Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy, to the Santana Magistrate Court, Tinubu in Lagos Island alleging disruption of Ramadan Lecture, he (Chief…

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