Tag: Adeola Yusuf

‘Baawosan,’ Veteran Medical Doctor, Tuyi Mebawondu, Bags Ancient Ejirin Kingdom’s Chieftaincy Title

Damilola Olonade

‘Prophet Honoured At Home,’ how Mebawondu’s healthcare to more than 100 communities in the riverine part of Epe earned him recognition in the historical town that houses the first post office in Nigeria, sang about in Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s masterpiece; ‘Boko kan o re Ejirin, egbegberun e a lo’ (If a boat refuses to go to Ejirin, thousands will go). . How the death of my pregnant niece and uncle on the lagoon while crossing to access healthcare in Epe General Hospital led to my health intervention for the…

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Platforms Africa’s Abibat Babalola Bags BSc, Dedicates Degree To Widowed Mum

Ganiyu Amodu

. ‘I blessed the day my late dad met you and made you his wife,’ emotional tribute TASUED graduate of Computer Science penned for mother, “who stood firm, raised, and nurtured three young children all alone after husband’s death at younger age years ago” . Team Lead of Platforms Africa hails colleague’s accomplishment despite odds, speaks on how she “combined work with studies and discharged the two with proper blend of excellence and dedication.”   A reporter with Platforms Africa, Abibat Babalola, has bagged a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in…

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Platforms Africa’s Adeola Yusuf, 11 Others Bag Made In MAPOLY Entrepreneurs Awards

Gbenga Adeoti

Box Office Record Breaker, Funke Akindele; Mobile Classroom App Founder, Akeem Salami; Renowned Broadcasters, Ayinde Soaga, Doyin Kukoyi, Adeyinka Adegbite Omo Baba Tisa; Legal Luminary, Barr. Abdul-Hafeez Atanda-Shoremi; SSA to Ogun Gov, Olamide Lawal; Serial entrepreneur, Bola Solate-Ayedun; Realtor Olamide Quadri; successful make up/make over beautician, Igwe Sylvester Theresa; Taxation Expert/Consultant, Mr. Korede Lawal : Organisers share Profile of Awardees and reasons they were called to return to Alma mater many years after graduation   Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf; Box Office Record Breaker, Funke Akindele and 10…

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‘Value-Added Scholar,’ Eulogies As Nuraen Bakenne Bags PhD

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

Adeola Yusuf, Akin Okudero, Tope Adaramola, Yemi Akintunde, Wole Efunnuga, Nurudeen Adegbenro; List of well-wishers and what they wrote about the CEO Benzo Media and his attainment of highest academic degree in communication   Nigerian Broadcaster and public relations expert, Nuraen Adesola Bakene has bagged his Ph.D in communication. His colleague, Akin Okudero, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) who announced this on his verified Facebook page, poured eulogies on Bakenne for the new feat attained at the Northwest University (NWU). United Nations Institute Names Adeola…

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‘All Starts With Ps,’ Six Things To Consider Before You Buy, Use Any Drug

ADEOLA YUSUF

You have heard an alarm raised by NAFDAC on fake drugs – including anti-asthma inhaler, pain-relieve, and blood pressure drugs – in the market. As a part of Platforms Africa’s solution journalism series, we present what Dr. Omotuyi Mebawondu said on the “six Ps” to consider for you not to be a victim of fake drugs that kill 500,000 people yearly in Africa. The health expert speaks at Platforms Africa e-Discourse where he revealed how he, as a Youth Corper in Shendam General Hospital in 1992, detected that the repeated…

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‘False, Unfounded,’ NNPCL Punctures Ex-COO Bello Rabiu’s Crude Swap Statement

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Read-for-yourself statement NNPCL spokesman, Femi Soneye, sent to Platforms Africa after the leading online media’s viral report on a declaration by Rabiu + word-for-word of what the NNPCL’s ex-COO Upstream operations said.   The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has taken a swipe on its former Chief Operating Officer, Upstream operations, Engineer Bello Rabiu, declaring his statement on crude swap as false and unfounded. Mr. Rabiu had, at the quarterly Press engagement organised by the Major Energy Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) on Wednesday, alleged that the Nigeria…

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Team Lead Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, Delivers Olabisi Onabanjo Varsity’s Media Lecture

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ Why we invited the award-winning African journalist as a guest speaker/resource facilitator to our media workshop on Economics of Mass Media in Nigeria – Associate Professor Semiu Bello   The department of Mass Communication, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) has invited the Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, as a guest speaker/resource facilitator for a media workshop. Yusuf, an Award-winning African journalist, was invited, according to a letter from Semiu Bello, PhD, Associate Professor of Mass Communication, OOU, to the workshop, which is “the practical component of MAS 316:…

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27 Days To Go: Why $1.5bn Not On New Refinery, Why PH Refinery’s Repair?

Efe Wellington

Platforms Africa, in this Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) series Recalls What GCEO, NNPCL, Mele Kyari said on why the company preferred to spend $1.5 billion on Port Harcourt refinery’s repair, instead of constructing a new refinery with the money   African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), as a reliable lender, agreed on April 24, 2021, to raise $1billion out of the $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. In continuation of Platforms Africa’s countdown on the refinery’s repair and delivery by December as promised by officials, the poser…

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Adeola Yusuf Inducted Into Guild of Corporate Online Publishers + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

Bisi Deji-Folutile, Peter Oluka; full names and organisations of 10 newly-inducted publishers + What JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; Prof., of Capital Market, Uche Uwaleke; information minister, others said at the 7th Nationa Conference of GOCOP in Abuja.   The Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, has been inducted into the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). The award-winning African journalist, alongside other publishers, was welcomed officially into the fold of reputable publishers in Abuja on Thursday. October 5, at the GOCOP’s 7th annual conference. READ ALSO: 23 Oil…

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Over 2 Million Nigerians Have Kidney Diseases Annually – Expert

e-DISCOURSE

7 signs your kidney is in danger, why black male are more at risk, link between hypertension and kidney damage + the dos and don’ts for a healthy kidney: All you may need to know about Africa and rising cases of kidney failure unveiled during Platforms Africa’s weekly e-Discourse.   For a long time Africans have allowed politics to dominate serious discussions on the continent. As a result, not much attention is given to health. Africans use Social Media platforms to eulogise half naked women and men, seeking attention as…

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