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The legal battle between the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu and the governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun has taken a new dimension at the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday. The PDP and it’s candidate have tendered alleged jail booking record and incident report from Florida Metropolitan police as evidence against Abiodun. PLATFORM TIMES reports that Chris Uche (SAN), Counsel to the PDP and Adebutu tendered the documents to the Tribunal and were all admitted as evidence. PLATFORM TIMES further reports that no fewer than 89 witnesses have been called so far…

Journalists covering the proceedings at the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, have been asked to leave the court room as they are no longer needed. PLATFORM TIMES reports that there was mild drama on Wednesday at the Tribunal, following a shouting match that erupted between journalists and lawyers over seating space. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that trouble started when some lawyers asked the journalists who were already seated on the bench reserved for pressmen by the court to vacate the seat for them. The lawyers claimed that the bench was an extension of the bar. PLATFORM TIMES…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has urged the Nigerian Navy to work assiduously in curbing all illegal activities in Nigeria’s maritime domain. The governor stated this on Tuesday, when he received on a courtesy visit, the Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Rear Admiral U.S.A Chugali in Asaba. The governor commends the Navy for its effort in securing Nigeria’s waterways, adding that the state is made up of 40 percent of coastal areas, and will continue to need the support of the Navy in securing its waterways and oil production assets. According…

An Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the case brought before it by the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Ogun State, Olufemi Oguntoyinbo, over its petition against the party chairman, Sunday Oginni. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the Appeal Court on the 4th of July, 2023 dismissed the Appeal over lack of merit. Oguntoyinbo headed to the Appeal court following the dismissal of his petition by the state governorship election petition tribunal, challenging the party chairman in the state on his right to withdraw the petition filed against the state governor,Dapo Abiodun. Oginni had filed the…

Oyo State House of Assembly has canvassed installation of CCTV cameras, security lights and other gadgets in strategic locations, to identify ‘faces’ of criminals in the state. The Assembly urged the executive arm of government through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to set machinery in motion towards PLATFORM TIMES reports that the Assembly made this following the incessant kidnapping cases in some parts of the state including the recent abduction of a medical doctor working with Baptist Medical Centre in Okeho, Dr D. Lawal, and a young lady identified simply as Kafilat. PLATFORM TIMES further reports that the…

An economy tree on Tuesday, fell on a commercial minibus, killing one passenger, while others sustained injuries in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the bus was heading towards Mile 8 when the unfortunate incident happened. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that the trees were planted by the state government over 20 years ago and were being maintained to beautify the city. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, at the Murtala Muhammed Highway, close to Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) office in Calabar Municipal Local Council. An…

Scores of aggrieved workers of Polaris bank across the country, on Tuesday, disrupted business operations to protest failure of the management to increase their salaries. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the workers who were contract employees were demanding salary increase. Some of the workers who spoke with PLATFORM TIMES on Tuesday, on condition of anonymity, said they decided to embark on the protest when the bank decided to grant a substantial salary increase of 100 per cent to full-time employees due to inflation and rising fuel prices. A video shared by some of the aggrieved showed that they felt sidelined and…

Stakeholders have called for increased investment in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency in the country, in order to promote the development of the sector. The stakeholders made the call at the 2023 International Conference of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Associations-Alliance (REEEA-A), held in Abuja. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the conference held as state governments across the country are preparing to adopt and implement the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023. Speaking at the conference, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC’s commissioner, Planning Research and Statistics, Dr. Yusuf Ali, who was represented by Abdulsalami Yusuf while lamenting…

The Olu of Onibuku, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole has been crushed to death. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the monarch was aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the truck ran over him along the Ota-Idi-Iroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that the Oba was reported to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF, crushed him while alighting from the tricycle. When contacted, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said “I was informed of the…

The immediate-past Provost of the Federal College of Education, Osile, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. Ayodele Ajayi had been abducted . PLATFORM TIMES gathered the ex-provost was abducted on Tuesday, along side his wife and driver, around 7.17pm, at Ikija village, Olodo axis of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in Odeda Local government of Ogun state. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that Ajayi’s wife and a few others in the car were later released by the abductors while Ajayi and his driver were unlucky as they were taken away. A source said, the gunmen came out of the bush to attack Ajayi and other…