Tag: Platforms Africa

Lagos To Meet NAHCON as Hajj Fare Skyrockets by 100%

Abibat Babalola

Intending pilgrim from Nigeria to pay as high as N3 million per person Lagos state Government has promised to meet with the intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj to deliberate on the hike in Hajj fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). Platforms Africa reports that intending pilgrims from Nigeria arè to pay over 100 per hike from last fare with some private travel agents billing as high as N3 million per person. READ ALSO: Hajj: Saudi Lifts Embargo On Nigeria, 16 Others, Ends COVID-19 Protocols 60,000 Muslims…

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Confusion as Wife, Son, NECO bicker on How Registrar, Prof. Obioma Died

Adeola Yusuf

What Journalists should have done in reporting conflicting sources on NECO Registrar’s death – Professor of Applied Communication, Ayo Ojebode     The National Examination Council (NECO), Elizabeth, Wife of its registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, and son, Prince Godswill, have reportedly given conflicting reports on the actual way the NECO boss died. Platforms Africa reports that Obioma, a Professor of educational measurement and evaluation, died in Minna, Niger State, North central Nigeria, after returning from an Abuja trip. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,”…

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Nigeria hands over Marginal Oil blocks’ licenses to Winners + FULL LIST

Efe Wellington

  DPR gives self pass mark, opens up on reasons the process lasted for one year before winners emerged + how over 500 applicants could not make it to the end   Nigeria has awarded marginal oil field licences to winners (indigenous oil firms) as it concluded the bid round process exactly one year after the kick off.   READ ALSO: DPR confirms Platforms Africa Exclusive Story on Shakeup, Deputy Directors JUST IN: Buhari makes U-Turn, orders DPR to return revoked Addax oil blocks Number of Petrol Stations in Nigeria…

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TV News Anchor, Vivian Oguche, wins African Women in Media Fellowship

Precious Ibekwe

  How I got fellowship application notice, links on Platforms Africa forum – Oguche   A popular Nigerian News Anchor, Vivian Oguche, has won the African Women in Media Fellowship. Tagged “Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Training Programme,” the fellowship is powered by Africa Union and GIZ. Oguche, an experienced freelance broadcaster, has worked for TVPlus Africa, SilverBird Television, Galaxy T V among others where she featured prominently on the flagship news of the stations. READ ALSO: Meet Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, UNILAG first female Professor of Mass Comm Meet Prof Mahfouz Adedimeji,…

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Adeola Yusuf secures Columbia Varsity Journalism School Symposium support

Precious Ibekwe

   Platforms Africa Convener attends Columbia Journalism Review “The New Journalism” Event Multiple award winning Nigerian Journalist, Adeola Yusuf, has secured a free ticket from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism to attend Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) symposium. Yusuf, the convener of Platforms Africa, who is a Thomson Reuters Foundation laureate and a one-time winner of Africa Investigative Journalism Conference Bursary, was given the free ticket to, alongside other A-list journalists across the World, attend the highly sought-after symposium themed; “The New Journalism: Rethinking the news in the wake…

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