Category: i-witness

SPDC Renamed After 46 Years As Renaissance Seals $2.4Bn Acquisition

ADEOLA YUSUF

Historic: Everything Tony Okonedo said about the deal that led to the re-christening of SPDC, the pioneer of petroleum industry in Nigeria + NEW NAME   Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has been renamed Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited after 46 years of operation in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that this was sequel to the acquisition of the company’s entire stake by Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings today, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Renaissance announced that it had successfully completed the landmark transaction between itself and Shell for the acquisition…

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Kabir Dangogo: A Luminary in Multiple Realms, Farewell!

Aliu Akoshile

“How subconscious knowledge that Malam Dangogo had, indeed, endured protracted illness for the past year tempered my bewildering shock,” revealing and emotional tributes the former MD/Editor-in-Chief of Daily Times penned for the Union Bank’s ex-spokesman and doyen of PR   I was deeply saddened by the death of Malam Kabir Dangogo on Thursday, March 6, 2025. I had thought of him earlier that day, but I realised his mobile phone was out of reach. So, I forwarded my messages to his children – Ahmed, Sadiq, and Khadijah (the first and…

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Mechanic Dies As Eagle Online Publisher, Dotun Oladipo, Family Escape Tanker Explosion

ADEOLA YUSUF

“MITV Editor, Abiola Ismail’s Peugeot 607, Oladipo Wife’s Cars Burnt To Ashes,” Full news of ruins on the notorious Otedola Bridge   Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, and his family “narrowly escaped” as tanker explosion on Lagos Otedola Bridge  burnt the family’s mechanic to death. Platforms Africa reports that while the Oladipos were unharmed in the fatal explosion, the car belonging to Mrs. Oladipo was burnt to ashes. Another journalist, Abiola Ismail, an editor with MiTV, also lost his car in the explosion on the notorious Otedola Bridge. Confirming…

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Lanre Odukoya Is Chain Reactions Africa’s Lead, Media Neuroscience & Storytelling

Damilola Olonade

  ‘Why, How We Chose Him,’ Everything Chain Reactions Africa Boss, Israel Jaiye Opayemi Said +  The Man Odukoya In Less Than 200 words     Chain Reactions Africa, one of the continent’s leading Public Relations and Integrated Communications Consultancies, has announced the appointment of Lanre Odukoya as an Associate Consultant, Media, Neuroscience and Storytelling. Platforms Africa reports that the Managing Director and Chief Strategist of Chain Reactions Africa, Israel Jaiye Opayemi, who confirmed this in a statement, described the firm’s choice of Lanre Odukoya as an extremely intentional one.…

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Video of African Wife Beating Up ‘Father-in-Law’ in Germany Goes Viral

Aliyu Aliyu

  Asks her minor daughter to record it + VIDEO   A lady is attracting opprobrium online after a video of her beating up her father-in-law emerged online and went viral. In the video she claimed that her in-laws had branded her the bad one whereas they were the ones doing bad to her by spreading negative information about her. She accused the father-in-law of telling his sister that she was plotting to chase him out of the house. Skipping Just One Night Of Sleep Makes You More Likely To…

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FULL STORY: How, Why Military Invaded Ikeja Electric Offices

Ganiyu Amodu

A viral video shows military personnel armed within the premises, with over seven staff members kneeling while others are being assaulted   Military personnel on Thursday stormed the offices of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. Platforms Africa reports that the uniformed men forced their way into the company’s headquarters, located opposite MITV in Ikeja, Lagos, around 7:40 a.m. Similar incident occurred at the Ikeja Electric office on Ago Palace Way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos. A viral video shows military personnel armed within the premises, with over seven staff members kneeling while others…

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‘Lands of The Midnight Sun,’ Six Countries Where Sun Does Not Set

Ganiyu Amodu

    For more than 70 days a year citizens and residents of these nations will not be able to tell the difference between day and night + Strategies Muslims in the lands of midnight Sun adopt to determine fasting period     A night and a day are summed up in 24 hours, divided into 12 hours of sunlight and another 12 of night and darkness. However, the world also knows many places where the sun does not complete the setting process for several months, in which case the…

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How Immigration ex-CG Parradang Died in Hotel After Visit By Female Guest – Police

Ganiyu Amodu

Here are the dirty details given by Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT police command   The police command in the federal capital territory (FCT) says David Parradang, former comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), died in a hotel after a visit from a female guest. Platforms Africa reports this quoting a statement from, Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT police command. Adeh said contrary to media reports, Parradang was found dead at Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, Abuja, in the early morning of Tuesday. Zagazola Makama, the…

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Moon Sighted In Nigeria, Fasting Begins Saturday – Sultan

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced that Ramadan fasting will begin on Saturday in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that this was sequel to the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in some parts of the country. The Sultan who is the head of Muslim faithful in Nigeria made the announcement in a live broadcast monitored by Platforms Africa on Friday evening. A member of the Caliphate, Simwal, has earlier stated that the official announcement would be made by yhe Sultan by 8pm. “With the approval of his Eminence…

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BREAKING: Moon Sighted, Saturday Is First Day of Ramadan – Saudi

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

More than 1.8 billion Muslims across the world will begin fasting from sunrise to sunset each day.   Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan will commence on Saturday, March 1, after the Ramadan crescent moon was sighted in the Kingdom. With the confirmation, more than 1.8 billion Muslims across the world will begin fasting from sunrise to sunset each day. Ramadan falls on the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, which consists of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. After…

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