-
2 months ago | 
platformsafrica.com | Precious Ibekwe |Abibat Babalola
Blessing – daughter of Senator Akon Eyakenyi, the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom state, South-South Nigeria – is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the deceased got married to Olumuyiwa Adewumi on June 22, 2024.
-
2 months ago | 
platformsafrica.com | Precious Ibekwe |Abibat Babalola
The Nigerian Government has awarded 10 Gas Distribution Licenses to six top-tier firms, marking a significant leap towards deepening gas utilization in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the beneficiary firms are NNPC Gas Marketing Limited, Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd, AXXELA, NIPCO PLC, Central Horizon Gas Company and Falcon Corporation Limited.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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...
-
Nov 26, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Abibat Babalola |Precious Ibekwe |Ganiyu Amodu
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, on Monday, in Abuja, revealed that the Federal Government has launched an investigation to identify civil servants still receiving salaries after relocating abroad. The HoS, who dismissed insinuations and claims that the process had been abandoned, stressed that the government remains committed to ensuring that its employees who have moved abroad in search of greener pastures are no longer benefiting from the system.
-
Nov 25, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Precious Ibekwe |Ganiyu Amodu |Abibat Babalola
“Desire to make my parents proud,” Ifeoluwa tops University, completes BSc at 19A 19-year-old student, Miss Ifeoluwa Adeyemi, has shared how staying focused and avoiding distractions helped her emerge as the best graduate in the 2023/2024 academic session at Wesley University, Ondo State. Adeyemi, who graduated with a degree in microbiology, achieved a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.97.
-
Nov 24, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola |Precious Ibekwe
Like every lover of Yoruba traditional music, language and culture, I have of recent been inundated with requests to lend a voice to the newest raging fire in the Fuji music genre.
-
Nov 24, 2024 | 
platformsafrica.com | Adeola Yusuf |Abibat Babalola |Precious Ibekwe
A banana taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an art auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. The piece of conceptual art consisted of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall.
