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Fawaz Adebisi A member of the House Of Representatives, representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau, Dachung Bagos, has asked his constituents to fight back at attacks, saying, it is backed up constitutionally. Bagod said this, reacting to the state of insecurity and unlawful killings in Mangu and Jos South Local Government Areas of the state. He expressed sadness over the current state of insecurity in his constituency, as no fewer than 20 persons were reportedly killed by bandits during the weekend. He therefore asked his constituents to protect themselves in line with the Nigerian constitution which guarantees right…

A 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu,has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his employer’s five-year- granddaughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, held that prosecution successfully proved all the ingredients of defilement against Raufu. Soladoye said that the conduct of the convict was nasty. According to her, the minor/survivor brilliantly presented the sequence of how the convict defiled her. She said: “The survivor was lucid and unshaken during her cross-examination, as she spoke eloquently and intelligently detailing the gory incident of how her grandfather’s driver ruthlessly defiled her in their living room…

Peace Adedigba The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of new Commissioners for Bayelsa and Borno states command. The newly appointed Commissioners are Alausa Hakeem Tolani for Bayelsa State and Yusuf Mohammed Lawal for Borno State. A statement by the commission spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Monday, revealed that the commission approved the appointments at the ongoing 21st plenary at its Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. Ani also disclosed that the Chairman of the Commission, Solomon Arase urged the CPs to re-strategise and ensure they dislodge criminal elements from their commands. The statement reads, “Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, charged…

A nursing mother, Damilola Opeyemi has been remanded in Abolongo correctional centre in Oyo Town for stabbing her husband to death over dinner. A Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday, gave the order on Monday. The prosecutor, Inspector Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that Opeyemi, at about 8: 30 p.m., on July 4, stabbed her husband to death. Adegbite said: “The woman who lived at Adogba Ajegede area, Ibadan, stabbed her husband, Oluwashina, 27, during a fight over noodles dinner.” He said the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 316 and punishable under…

Fawaz Adebisi The Lagos State police command has said that operatives of the state Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has nabbed a suspected cultist, Idris Ayinla, as it also recovered a pistol from him. The Command disclosed this in a statement through its Twitter handle on Sunday . The Command revealed that the suspect, who was arrested in Ikoyi, was caught with semi-automatic pistol, four live ammunition and one hat with cult insignia. The statement read , “the suspect, Idris Ayinla ‘m’ aged 33, alongside three other occupants were in a red Toyota Matrix with registration number EKY 638 EX, heading…

Fawaz Adebisi Governors and leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the country were conspicuously absent as the former Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was honoured by his kinsmen. Osibanjo who was Vice President for eight years (2015-2023) was honoured on Sunday, in his hometown, Ikenne by the Ikenne Development Association . Apart from the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, no other governors who are members of the APC, attended . Also, no leader of the APC in any part of the country was in attendance, while two governors of the  Peoples Democratic Party ; Bayelsa and Edo states, Doure…

Fawaz Adebisi The Chairman of the Ogun State 2023 adhoc committee, Dr. Tajudeen Asaye has disclosed that no fewer than 1147 pilgrims have been airlifted . Dr. Asaye explained that three batches of the pilgrims from Ogun State have returned from Saudi Arabia after completing this year’s Hajj exercise out of 1238 pilgrims from the state . The Chairman of the committee said out of the 1,238 pilgrims from Ogun only one was deported while others performed their Hajj Rites . He added that the pilgrims landed at Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos and have reunited with their families…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says, its operatives in Adamawa have intercepted 118 cartoons of Indomie Noodles packs used to conceal 544 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa, weighing 408kg, and meant for distribution in the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the hard drug was seized after the NDLEA operatives intercepted a Toyota Hilux vehicle marked EPE 863 XD along Ngurore-Mayo Belwa Road, Adamawa State, on Wednesday. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday. Babafemi said a search of the vehicle with two occupants – Kelvin Efe, 51, and Christian Ogaga, 42 – showed…

Former political functionaries that served between year 2004 and 2007 in the 20 Local Government Councils of Ogun State have berated the state governor, Dapo Abiodun over what they described as his flagrant disobedience to Orders of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. The politicians said the court had compelled Abiodun to effect payments of their severance gratuity and other allowances,but, the governor had refused. They said this in a Save – Our – Soul message issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, dated 8th of July, 2023 and signed by their leaders from the 20 Local Government Councils, The former…

Four members of a drug syndicate including two church officials have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly trafficking lethal opioid, fentanyl, in Warri, Delta State. The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. Babafemi stated that other two suspects arrested were a female official of a courier company, and another lady. He noted the two church officials arrested were officials of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries (aka Mercy City Church), Warri, Delta State – Adewale Abayomi Ayeni, 39, and Ebipakebina Appeal, 41 . He added that…