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2 months ago | 
platformsafrica.com | Funke Egbemode |Adeola Yusuf |Ganiyu Amodu |Owei Lakemfa
President Trump said he will be revoking former President Biden’s security clearance and stopping the former commander-in-chief’s daily intelligence briefings. “There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings,” Trump announced in a Friday Truth Social post.
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2 months ago | 
platformsafrica.com | Funke Egbemode |Adeola Yusuf |Owei Lakemfa |Ganiyu Amodu
‘Feb. 5 To March 2,’ what to know about third major maintenance on 150m scuf lines that serve gas to over 650 plants, supports 1,000 MW generation in Ghana, othersThe West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo) on Friday flagged off the second phase of its pipeline maintenance, allaying fear that the exercise would plunge Ghana, Togo, and Benin Republic into power Outage.
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2 months ago | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Ganiyu Amodu |Abibat Babalola |Aliyu Isa Aliyu
Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City will be his final managerial job in club football before he “maybe” coaches a national team. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has won 15 major trophies since taking charge of City in 2016. The 53-year-old Spaniard was approached in the summer about the possibility of becoming England manager, but last month signed a two-year contract extension with City until 2027.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola |Precious Ibekwe
‘263 million cases worldwide in 2023 – 11 million more than a year earlier,’ World Health Organisation gives detailsMalaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola |Precious Ibekwe |Ganiyu Amodu
. As NNPC Ltd Concludes Sensitization Exercise in Borno ParksCommercial drivers and commuters in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, have called for the establishment of more retail stations by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) as the company concluded a sensitization exercise in the state.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Precious Ibekwe |Ganiyu Amodu
The House of Representatives Tuesday expressed concern over the ongoing cash crunch in commercial banks across the country, calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address the situation which has disrupted economic activities and caused significant hardship to citizens. This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Hon. Uguru Emmanuel.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Precious Ibekwe |Ganiyu Amodu
‘Life of the wife of man on one thousand naira note,’ Details of how the matriarch held the home strongly for 24 years after the death of her husband, first CBN governor to become a state governor in Nigeria Details have emerged on the burial arrangements for Madam Nne Clementine, the late matriarch of Isong dynasty and wife of the second indigenous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and first CBN governor to be elected executive governor of a state in Nigeria, late Dr. Clement...
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola |Aliyu Isa Aliyu
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the release of funds for the payment of pension arrears, salary increases, and other entitlements owed to retired military personnel, following two days of peaceful protests at the Federal Ministry of Finance by military veterans. Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, announced the development on Friday, expressing gratitude to the President for his swift intervention.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Reuben Abati |Festus Adedayo |Adeola Yusuf
In 1992, Leon Mugesera, a senior politician in the then Rwanda ruling party, gathered a crowd of supporters at a rally held in the town of Kabaya. At the rally, Mugesera labeled the minority Tutsi “cockroaches,” who must be eliminated. He then asked this East African ethnic group to go back to its place of birth. He was quoted to have said: “Anyone whose neck you do not cut is the one who will cut your neck.” This “cockroach” typecast glued to the Tutsi ethnic group.
