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Anxiety has enveloped members of various management and boards of federal agencies and parastatals over reports that President Bola Tinubu has given a directive to the the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume to dissolve them . PLATFORM TIMES gathered that senior government officials hinted that the dissolution would be announced soon, as expected. The senior government officials repoetedly said the dissolution would cut across all the ministries, departments and agencies and affect all political appointments by former president Muhammadu Buhari administration. A source said the development became necessary following the indefinite suspension of AbdulRasheed Bawa as…

Ahead of the Eid-el adha, (Muslim festival), the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has urged Muslims to look out for the new crescent of Dhul-Hijjah on Sunday, June 18th, the equivalent of the Islamic calendar 29th of Dhul-Hijjah 1444AH. The Sultan made this known on Saturday in a statement signed by the Chairman Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto State, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu. The statement stated that when the moon is sighted, the information should be reported to the nearest village or district head for onward communication to the Sultan of Sokoto. The statement partly…

Men of Oyo State police command have arrested a landlord in Oyo State,Adebayo Salami for allegedly inviting robbers who killed one of his tenants and raped the deceased daughters. Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo, Adewale Osifeso stated this, adding that the suspect was nabbed in the early hours of Friday. Osifeso said during interrogation, Salami confessed to have invited the group for the robbery operation at the Apaatuku area, where Ogedengbe was killed and his two daughters deflowered. He noted that the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for investigation. The police spokesman said Ibrahim…

Adamu Bulkachuwa, a Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly has recanted his remark that he influenced the decisions of his wife, Zainab Bulkachuwa while she was the President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa while he was on the floor of the Senate at the valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, had claimed that he Influenced her wife to help his colleagues legal matters . He was however interrupted by the former Senate President Ahmad. He had said “I look at faces in this chamber whom have come to me and sought for my help when my…

The Manager of SEAP Microfinance Bank in Saki, Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, Sola Ogungbe has reportedly committed suicide over unpaid loans. Ogungbe reportedly took his life on Wednesday at his home in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area. According to an eye witness, “The victim’s wife was called by a staff member of the company because the deceased had not been reporting at his workplace over the loan default crisis. “But unfortunately, when she got home to report the call to her husband, she met his corpse on the floor.” A friend of the deceased, who pleaded anonymity said that…

CLAIM A video forwarded several times on WhatsApp and other media claims that huge amount of dollars was recovered from the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s house by EFCC. VERDICT The claim is FALSE, VERIFICATION The video currently being shared showed two men in an undisclosed area counting an unknown amount of cash in dollars inside a building. Subjecting elements in the video to a Google image search, the first result was linked to an allegation in the build up to the presidential primaries in 2022. Further findings led to a Twitter source which posted the video in 2019. It…

Peace Adedigba The Operatives of Ekiti State Police Command have arrested 16 suspects for different crimes including bank robbery. The state Commissioner of Police, Dare Ogundare on Friday, said crimes committed by the suspects are armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, possession of fire arms, cattle rustling and impersonation. Parading the suspects to the journalists, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sunday Abutu disclosed that eight  of the suspects were arrested in Lagos for alleged complicity in the series bank robbery in the state. The Police spokesman said, “On 09/06/2023, upon a credible tip-off, the Command Rapid…

A Non-Governmental health organisation, Haima Health Initiative has siad that  Nigeria has a shortfall of 1.7 million pints of blood annually. The organisation lamented the shortage of blood in blood banks in Nigeria, calling on Nigerians to save lives by regularly donating blood. The founder of  Haima Health Initiative, Bukola Bolarinwa said this in  Abuja in commemoration of the 2023 World Blood Donation Day,  According to her, the World Blood Donation Day is held annually on June 14 globally to highlight the importance of blood donation in medical care and appreciate non-paid donors for their selfless gifts.…

National Population Commission  on Friday, denied that it spent  N200 billion in one year, saying, the amount of money was spent in the last nine years on spent for the  preparation of the national population and housing census between 2014 and 2023. The commission said this at a news conference, refuting  it squandered N200 billion in just one year (2023). The Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Isa-Kwarra had in May in a meeting with media executives in Abuja, announced that N200 billion had been spent for the conduct of the census. However, the NPC at a media…

No fewer than seven judges  accused of engaging in sundry acts of corruption are  under probe . The  National Judicial Council says it  has set up panels to probe the judges . NJC said this in a statement signed by the Director of Information at the NJC, Mr. Soji Oye. Oye said the meeting was chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who doubles as the chairman of the council. The NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau in a statement had described as shocking a public confession by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa that he influenced…