Tag: Omotuyi Mebawondu

‘I can Make You Disappear,’ How Lawmaker Slapped Bolt Driver In Viral Video

Aliyu Aliyu

  . Has the self-acclaimed senator confirmed he is a murderer? Is the Bolt Driver Disrespectful? Nigerians sharply divided over the fight of unequals + VIDEO   A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alex Ifeanyi Ikwechegh, has been called out by Nigerians as a video where he allegedly threatened to make a Bolt Driver “dissappear in Nigeria and nothing will happen,” goes viral. PLATFORMS AFRICA reports that Ikwechegh, a member representing Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State, was heard in the video describing himself as a Senator.…

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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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Reactions As Tinubu Orders NNPCL To Sell Crude To Dangote In Naira

Damilola Olanade

So, which magic will squeeze out the 450k barrels? Dangote had better looked elsewhere and not bank on this promise.” You actually want to read what energy journalists, analysts, and researchers said during reaction on Platforms Africa forum     President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude to Dangote Refinery in Naira, an order that was immediately greeted by reactions. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a post via his official X…

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