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Nigerians To Pay More For Number Plates And Driver’s License From November 1

Abibat Babalola

The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has approved new rates for the issuance of national driver’s licences and vehicle number plates, set to take effect from November 1, 2024. The revised rates aim to enhance the quality and security features of these identification documents, in line with international standards. Under the new pricing structure, Nigerians will now pay N15,000 for a three-year motor vehicle driver’s licence, while a five-year licence will cost N21,000. Motorcycle and tricycle drivers will face an increase as well, with a three-year licence priced at N7,000 and…

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UNILAG Increases School Fees By 50 Percent

Abibat Babalola

The management of University of Lagos (UNILAG) has increased the tuition fee for returning undergraduate students. According to the fresh hike, returning non-science students are expected to pay N120,250 against the previous N80,750. READ ALSO: Wife With No Flying Experience Safely Lands Plane After Pilot Husband Suffers Heart Attack Midair EXCLUSIVE: How Dangote’s N977 Per Litre Price Stirred NNPCL Price Adjustment Man Stabbed To Death By Prostitute He Brought To His Home In Lagos NLNG Commemorates Media Excellence, Bestows N5m Award on Journalist Although, the university management is yet to…

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Wife With No Flying Experience Safely Lands Plane After Pilot Husband Suffers Heart Attack Midair

Abibat Babalola

A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, October 4, according to reports. Yvonne Kinane-Wells, 69, called air traffic control to help guide her through landing the propeller aircraft as her husband, Eliot Alper, 78, lay slumped in the pilot’s seat beside her at 5,900 feet altitude. The Las Vegas-based real estate agent had never operated a plane before, but had no other choice after her husband became incapacitated.…

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EXCLUSIVE: How Dangote’s N977 Per Litre Price Stirred NNPCL Price Adjustment

Ganiyu Amodu

City-by-city Template of how much a litre of petrol will now be sold at NNPCL outlets A litre of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol has hit N977 at the Dangote Refinery, major supplier of the product to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Platforms Africa can report authoritatively. Findings exclusively conducted by this reputable media group showed that this has led to the adjustment in pump price by the NNPCL as full deregulation of the product takes immediate effect. After Platforms Africa Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried,…

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France Bans Osama Bin Laden’s Son From Entering The Country

Abibat Babalola

French authorities have ordered Omar bin Laden, a painter and the son of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over his terror-inciting posts on social media, France’s interior minister announced on Tuesday., October 8. Born in Saudi Arabia, Omar bin Laden, 43, has also lived in Sudan and Afghanistan. He left his father at the age of 19 and eventually settled in Normandy, France in 2016, taking up the skill of painting. France’s new interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, said on X on Tuesday that Omar…

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‘N1,030 In Abuja, N998/Litre In Lagos: NNPCL Hikes Petrol Price Again

ADEOLA YUSUF

. ‘N113 more per litre,’ Details of the 12.7 per cent hike, the second price adjustment in the last 24 days, which happened 72 hours after Platforms Africa’s report   About 72 hours after Platforms Africa’s report on looming hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has increased the price of the product, from N855 per litre to N998 per litre in Lagos and over N1,000 per litre in Abuja. Platforms Africa reports that this is the…

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Lawyer Picks Holes in SAN Selection Process Review

Aliyu Aliyu

Before you apply for the SAN title, Paul Chukwuma Obi SAN shares professional advice for lawyers on what to know, do A civil litigation and commercial lawyer, Paul Chukwuma Obi SAN, has defended the current selection process in the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee. Platforms Africa reports that Obi who is the managing partner P.C .OBI & CO said that although the SAN rank entails a rigorous process to acquire, he wouldn’t suggest a reform. After Platforms Africa Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried,…

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Axe Dangles On Starlink, NCC Speaks On infraction Firm Committed

Aliyu Aliyu

In a recent development, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that Starlink, the satellite internet service provider, did not obtain the necessary approval before increasing its subscription tariffs. Platforms Africa reports that this information was disclosed in an official statement issued on October 8, 2024, by Reuben Muoka, the Director of Public Affairs at the NCC. After Platforms Africa Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried, Minister Disowns Claim Nigeria Names Dangote Refinery Sole Supplier Of Jet A1 Minister To NNPC: Shelve Running Govt Refineries, Face Equity In Dangote Refinery, Others…

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After Platforms Africa Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried, Minister Disowns Claim

ADEOLA YUSUF

. ‘Director upstream lied,’ Full statement by Lokpobiri on NNPC refineries and private refineries equity participation + what-led-to-what report by Platforms Africa that got the minister to speak out   The report by Platforms Africa detailing a charge by ministry of petroleum resources for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries has generated ripples with the director upstream at the ministry, Engineer Kamoru Busari, been queried and the minister disowning the claim. Busari who represented…

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Nigeria Names Dangote Refinery Sole Supplier Of Jet A1

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Government has approved Dangote Refinery as the exclusive supplier of jet fuel for Nigeria’s airline operators. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, during an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday. Keyamo revealed that with his approval and backing, the airline operators agreed to designate the 650,000 barrels per day refinery as the sole provider of jet fuel for the aviation sector. He noted that the move comes at an opportune time, following the Federal Government’s recent implementation of a naira-for-crude agreement…

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