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The Independent National Electoral Commission has faulted the People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for calling ‘only’ 24 witnesses, saying,were not  insufficient to prove alleged electoral fraud in 176,000 polling units in his bid to have president Bola  Tinubu’s victory upturned by the court. INEC  in its final addresses urged Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to dismiss Atiku Abubakar’s challenging the outcome of the 25 February election. The commission said the 24 witnesses he called to prove his petition fell far short 100 he proposed to call. INEC had on 1 March declared Tinubu of…

Following the indictment of drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Hadejia Emirate Council in Jigawa State has stripped one Alhaji Abubakar Hussaini Abubakar of his Danlawan Hadejia title . The affected traditional tittle holder was alleged of involving in trafficking illicit drugs and psychotropic substances. The Emirate Council disclosed this in a statement, signed by its secretary, Alhaji Baffa’e Usman, and made available to journalists through the Emirate’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Garba Ta’laki. According to the statement, the Emirate took the decision of relieving Abubakar of his title and sacking him as a member of the…

Peace Adedigba The Operatives of Ekiti State Security Network Agency, code named, Amotekun Corps have arrested five suspects, including an 80-year-old man for alleged burglary and vandalism. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the octogenarian and one Oladosu Eniola, 52, were arrested for allegedly vandalizing equipment belonging to the Ekiti State Water Corporation in Okemesi-Ekiti, in Ekiti West local government area of the State. Also, the trio, Rufai Usiaka,26, Buhari Ibrahim,30, and Mannir Yahaya,30, were also nabbed for allegedly breaking into some houses in an estate located in Oke-Ila area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Parading the suspects to journalists at the…

Faridat Ogundairo A Renowned Harvard scholar and United Nations Representative on Migration and Sustainability, Nermin Ahmad (Ms), has been announced as one of the esteemed speakers at the 4th Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM) Global Migration summit, set to take place in Toronto, Canada from October 2nd to 14th. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the hybrid event, with the theme “Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Sustainable Investment,” will gather participants from various sectors including the media, business community, migrant workers, immigration and judicial workers, government officials, and other related professionals. JIFORM, a non-profit organization established in 2019, comprises over 300…

A 19-year-old student who falsified her her 2023 Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) result in Anambra State, Ejikeme Mmesoma, has apologised to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for her action. PLATFORM TIMES reports that Mmesoma presented her letter of apology before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on alleged manipulation of the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) result in Abuja on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The student had claimed to score 362 as against her actual score of 249 in the 2023 UTME. Mmesoma stated that she admitted that what she did was wrong, adding that…

No fewer than seven students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, have been expelled while six others were suspended for various offences, including examination malpractice and gross misconduct. The spokesperson of the university, Umar Usman, disclosed this on Wednesday. Usman stated: “The management of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara, had during its 82nd meeting considered the report and recommendations forwarded to it by the students’ disciplinary committee. “The committee recommended the expulsion of seven students and rustication of six others for various gross misconducts. “The affected students were proven to have engaged in various offences that contravened the laws and…

Adejoke Adebiyi Abuja-based human rights lawyers have knocked the Department of State Service, for labelling them as counsel to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. The lawyers, who filed contempt of court charges against the Director General of the SSS on Wednesday, alleged that the agency is planning to frame them up on terrorism charges. Recall that the lawyers had demanded the release of the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, from DSS detention. In response to this, the DSS had labelled the lawyers as ‘overzealous and uninformed IPOB/ESN…

Fawaz Adebisi The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, to adequately screen migrators and conduct high blood pressure and sugar test for them at Airports. The House has also urged the Ministries of Aviation and Health to collaborate with important healthcare professionals and Non Governmental Organisations, NGO’s to prevent sudden deaths from high blood pressure and diabetes among others. The motion was raised sequel to the amendment and adoption of a motion moved at the plenary, by Hon. Kalejaiye Paul, from Lagos, on Tuesday. Kalejaiye stated that: “By establishing free high blood pressure and…

Fawaz Adebisi The national leadership of the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has ordered College lecturers to  attend their respective workplaces only two days in a week. The COEASU, on Wednesday, at a press briefing in Abuja, issued this directive, barely 48 hours of increase in fuel price. The union lamented that the situation has worsened the inflationary rate on the cost of transportation, food and other essential commodities in the country. COEASU President, Dr Smart Olugbeko, during the briefing, while expressing plights of members of the union, said workers, including staff of Colleges of Education can no…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The High Court of Justice, Delta State sitting at Asaba and presided over by Honourable Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro, has convicted and sentenced a thirty-five-year-old man, Idris Hassan (m), to life imprisonment for the offence of rape. The Defendant was arraigned before the court on a one-count charge of Rape, punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code Law Cap C21 Vol. 1 Laws of Delta State of Nigeria 2006. The Defendant was alleged to have on 22nd day of August 2022 had unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor aged 8 years where the defendant pleaded not guilty to…