Month: December 2020

Muslims Outnumbered Christians at Christmas Service In Kaduna Church

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The General Overseer of Christ’s Evangelical and Life Intervention Church, Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, has said that Muslims in large number which included women, children, youth and Islamic scholars were in a southern Kaduna church to felicitate with their Christian friends and relatives during the Christmas festivities. The cleric said that every year, Muslims from …

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Season’s Greetings From Platforms Communications

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The Management of Platforms Communications, the publishers of Platform Reporters Online News and the organisers of Face of Maritime International (FOMI) wishes you merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year in advance. May this Season of joy, happiness and merriment illuminate you and your household. and may the new year, 2021 bring you good tidings …

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UNIPORT Inaugurates Jamoh CELTRAS Chairman As He Pledges To Promote Maritime Education

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Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has been inaugurated as Chairman, Governing Board of the Centre for Logistics and Transport Studies (CELTRAS), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). The inauguration, which took place at the university’s Institute of Petroleum Studies Auditorium, was supervised by the acting Vice Chancellor of …

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Joshua Idiong Wins SIFAX-Sponsored Next Titan Show

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Joshua Idiong has emerged winner of The Next Titan, Season 7, Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneurial reality TV show sponsored by SIFAX Group. At the grand finale held last night, Joshua was declared winner of the Season 7 by the boardroom judges comprising of Kyari Bukar, Tonye Cole, Chris Parks and Lilian Olubi. He went home with …

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Bad Ports Roads: Shippers’ Council To Suspend Demurrage, Rent Charges At Seaports

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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has hinted that it would seek the suspension of demurrage and rent on behalf of shippers due to bad ports access roads. The Head, Public Relations of the Council, Rakiya Zubairu who disclosed this in a statement Platform Reporters on Thursday quoted the Executive Secretary NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello as …

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Petrol Price Cut: Oil Marketers Still Sell At N170 Per Litre — Investigation

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Barely a week after the Federal Government had slashed the price of petrol from N170 to N162.44 per litre, oil marketers continue to sell the product at N170, according to Vanguard investigation. The investigation showed that the oil marketers, especially members of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, and Major Oil Marketers Association of …

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COVID 19: UN Agency Says Several Govts In Breach Of MLC, Int’l Laws

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In a landmark ruling the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts has sent a strong message to governments that they have failed in their duty of care towards seafarers under international law during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first ruling of its kind, the committee of 20 eminent jurists has found that governments have …

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‘Decent Sanitation Still Eludes Many Transport Workers’, Says ITF forum

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On World Toilet Day, 19 November, the ITF held a virtual sanitation forum to discuss issues on sanitation for transport workers in road, rail, urban transport and warehousing. The forum, which specifically focussed on women transport workers, brought together transport workers from 47 unions in 33 countries. “Safe access to decent sanitation facilities, and most …

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Photo News: Transport Minister Inspects Tincan Ports Access Roads

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The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi recently visited the Tincan Island Ports to inspect the state of the access roads. Present at the inspect visit were the MD of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman; the ES of NSC, Barr Hassan Bello; the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Mrs Magdalene Ajani, Director of Maritime …

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Ganduje Shuts All Kano Schools, As Zamfara Closes 10 Over Bandits Attacks

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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has shut all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect. This was made known to newsmen by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Muhammad Kiru, on Tuesday, in a statement. The decision is not unconnected with the resurgence of COVID-19. According to the statement, “Parents whose children …

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