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Indigenous Landowners and Residents of Orile-Ilawo comprising of over 55 villages in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun state, have accused the monarch of the community, Alexander McGregor of allegedly making questionable efforts in converting the lands of their forefathers for personal gains. The residents also alleged that McGregor was reportedly harassing the leadership of the township and indigenes with petitions across many police stations including Adatan and Zone 2. The landowners and residents trooped out in their hundreds at the Alagbagba Town Hall meeting held recently, accusing the recently installed monarch of allegedly conniving with some non-indigenes, wielding…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed the spike in dengue fever to global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation, and a longer period of drought. Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s head of the Global Programme on Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, told journalists this at the UN in Geneva on Friday. “About half of the world’s population is at risk of dengue, and dengue affects approximately 129 countries. “We estimate that about 100 to 400 million cases are reported every year. This is basically an estimate, and the American region alone has reported about 2.8 million cases and 101,280 deaths.”…

An Ogun State journalist, Femi Onasanya, has released a new book that would spur school children to be more determined in the pursuit of their goals and enhance learning during the long holiday. Onasanya, an Information Officer with Ogun State Government, described the book as an addition to the existing literary works. The new book, titled ,”The Rugged Farm Boy”, according to Onasanya, focuses on determination and hard work amidst all forms of discouraging factors. According to him, children of nowadays need to be encouraged to read in order to learn virtues that promote excellence considering the growing rate of…

A 54-year-old murder suspect, Nkeruewen Etuk, says he beat his girlfriend, Esther Ndereke, to death for carelessly burning his rice and almost setting his apartment ablaze in Cross River State. Etuk disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after his parade at the command’s headquarters in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Friday. The suspect added that he killed his girlfriend due to anger. He said: “I became increasingly outraged by her failure to cook rice properly, which became a major point of contention between us. “She almost burnt down the house while cooking; she didn’t add enough water before…

Three senior police officers have been dismissed by Police Service Commission over cases of serious misconduct. Five others found wanting in the conduct of their official duties have also suffered reduction in ranks . PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the dismissed police officers were two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) and one Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). One Chief Superintendent of Police, (CSP) one Superintendent (SP), one Deputy Superintendent (DSP), and two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) were reduced in ranks for misconduct. The PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, who made this known in a statement issued on Friday, said the…

The Bauchi State Government has suspended six traditional rulers have been suspended for partisan politics, misconduct, and illegal forest reserve invasion or tree fall. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission,Nasiru Dewu confirmed this on Friday. Dewu stated that Governor Bala Muhammad approved the dismissal of two district heads and four village chiefs from the Bauchi and Katagum Emirate Councils due to confirmed allegations levelled against them. He added that the firing was recommended by the commission due to their engagement in partisan politics, misconduct, and illegal forest reserve invasion or tree fall. “Misappropriation of public…

The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate suspension of three principals of public secondary schools in the state for dereliction of duty. The state Director, Public Enlightenment, Ministry of Education, Ameen Yassar, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday. The schools affected included Government Girls Secondary School Dawanau; Government Girls Secondary School, Kwa, and Government Arabic Secondary School, Dawanau, all in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state. According to Yassar, the state Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa, announced the suspension shortly after visiting the schools between 9am and 10am on Friday and discovered that the…

Ogun State Government has talked tough following the recent incident where some students beat their teachers . PLATFORM TIMES gathered that some learners of Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan, Remo-North Local Government Area of the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu said no acts of indiscipline of any form would be condoned from the learners in either primary or secondary schools across the State. Arigbabu gave this warning in Abeokuta, while receiving the new Executive of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN). He said the Judiciary and the Police Force had…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress Delta State Council, Chief Goodluck Ofobruku JP, has condemned in totality the incessant increment in the pump price of fuel and other refined crude products in Nigeria just as he called on the state government to provide palliative for the state workforce to cushion the hardship imposed on workers by the fuel subsidy removal. The state chairman made the call in a statement signed by him and was made available to newsmen at the Nigeria Labour Congress Secretariat, Asaba. He noted that the incessant increment of the prices of refined crude products,…

A strong indication has emerged that Nigeria might file a fresh appeal against the judgement of the International Court of Justice that ceded Bakassi to Cameroon. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that Nigeria lost part of it’s land in Bakassi to Cameroon in 2002. The ICJ judgement had ceded some parts of Nigeria in Cross River State territory in 2002 during the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on International Boundary Dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday hinted that it might consider a fresh application to appeal The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee, Beni…