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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday, began distribution of power-generating sets to power the borehole in the 332 wards in the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the governor sunk the 332 boreholes as part of the achievements of his 100 days in office. The Ministry of Information and Civic Orientation, disclosed this in a statement issued in Monday. The Ministry added that the power-generating sets were to be used to power the 332 boreholes recently constructed in all the political wards in the state to mark the 100 days in office of the present administration. The Director of Water…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor, Sir Festus Ahon has dismissed the alleged insinuation that the state Governor, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborewori is in loggerhead with the immediate past Governor of the state over the cabinet members, but that the governor is taking his time to pick suitable and competent hands to be appointed into the State Executive Council. Sir Ahon, who was reacting to reports in a section of the media, said the Governor is not pressured from anyone, not even his predecessor, on the choice of cabinet members as was wrongly reported. He…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Delta State chapter, on Monday, clarified reports published in a section of the media as regards the N40 billion borrowed to pay accrued rights owed primary school and local government pensioners in the State. The State ALGON Chairman, Hon. Victor Ebonka, who gave the clarification after a meeting of the Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) in Asaba, said it was not the State Government that was borrowing the funds. Flanked by his colleagues, Ebonka said it was the statutory duty of Local Governments to pay pensions to its retirees…

… 3.2 Million People Impacted by Devastating Consequences …. Over 300,000 Homes, 400,000 Farmlands Destroyed Daud Olatunji A  75-year-old grandmother in Calabar,Southern  Nigeria, Nkese Oyo-Ita, who was one of the 3.2 million survivors of the climate change crisis in Nigeria in 2022 lamented “we lived in extreme fear of being drowned or washed away with our belongings. “Sudden, unpredictable, and uncontrollable floods erode the soil, and the loss of life and property is a nightmare for many Nigerians.  “It destroys crops, farms, lands and houses. We used to have a cocoa plantation, but the erosion swept it…

A former domestic worker, Prince Thursday Okon has been arrested for allegedly conniving with two other suspects to kidnap of the Vice Chancellor of a private university in Akwa Ibom State . The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this at the weekend . Durosinmi stated that Okon, connived with his gang members, Saviour Sunday Luke and Richard Friday, to kidnap his former boss after he was sacked over alleged criminal tendencies. The CP said the remaining kidnap ransom of N1,570,000M and the Toyota Corolla used for the kidnap operation, were also recovered, while the VC had been reunited…

A groom-to-be, Adebowale Toromade, was killed by a stray bullet at Moro, Ife-North Local Government area of the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that Toromade was killed a day to his introduction to pregnant fiancee in Ede. He was said to have returned from Edunabon, Ife North local government area of Osun State where he visited the family of his bride-to-be and had joined other members of the motorcycle union at Moro junction to celebrate the emergence of the new executive members. While celebrating the newly-inaugurated union leaders, sporadic gunshot rented the air from unknown persons and a stray bullet hit…

The Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Runcie Mike, has died two days after officiating the funeral service of one of his members, the 36-year-old daughter of a popular broadcaster. The Pastor whose church is located at the Shopping Mall, Tropicana Centre, Uyo was said to have died on Saturday July 1, in Uyo. Survived by a wife and two children, he was said to have died after a brief sickness. When the news broke, many of the church members thought it was a fake news. But the leadership of the church later confirmed…

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago has dissolved the State Independent Electoral Commission . A statement by the Secretary to the State Government , Alhaji Abubakar Usman in Minna on Sunday said that the dissolution took effect from May 29, 2023. The statement read “members of the Commission were directed to hand over all property of the State Government in their possession to the most senior Director in the Commission with immediate effect.” The sacking of the state electoral body is coming on the hills of rumor of possible dissolution of the 25 local government councils in the state which…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has vowed to prosecute , a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate from Anambra State, Ejikeme Mmesoma for allegedly manipulating her result in this year’s examination. The JAMB explained “miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed,” the Board said in a statement on Sunday signed by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin. “She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarship and other recognitions.” JAMB also said the original result of Mmesoma would be withdrawn, stating that many candidates are parading fake results…

Mrs Abimbola Oso, wife of the late renowned professor of Mass Communication, Lagos State University, Prof. Lai Oso has said that she did not how she would cope with the loss of her husband. Abimbola described the sudden death of her 67-year-old husband as terrible, saying ”there is nobody to wait on me again.” The widow also described her husband as a pillar and banner that shielded all. Abimbola spoke with with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sagamu, Ogun. Late Oso, died in a car accident on June 24, while returning from a conference at the Delta State…