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The Federal Government says 160 women claiming to be Nigerians in Sudan have no passports to fly back to the country. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed stated this in Abuja on Sunday while briefing the press on the progress made so far in the evacuation of Nigerians from war-torn Sudan. According to him, although the women claimed to be Nigerians, they do not possess Nigerian passports to verify their claims. He said the agency is being careful not to evacuate persons who are not Nigerians. It will be recalled that before the commencement…

No fewer than 25 drug suspects in different raids across known drug joints in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have been arrested . The suspects were arrested by Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency . The spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Babafemi said some suspects were arrested at the New Kuchingoro Internally Displaced Persons Camp located in the FCT. He said “operatives in Abuja arrested 25 suspects in raids across Tora Bora, Gwarinpa village, Third Avenue in Gwarinpa, Karamo, Garki Market, Sabongari Bwari and New Kuchingoro IDP camp, within the…

The Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN) with Support from Ford Foundation successfully completed a two-year project on Strengthening Access to Community-Based Psychosocial Support for Survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls including persons with disabilities in Ogun, Oyo, and Osun states. The project aimed to improve the response system for providing psychosocial support and mitigating the mental health effects of VAWG/SGBV at the community level. The Centre held an accountability and impact review session with key stakeholders in Ogun state to communicate the project’s outcomes and learnings, as well as figure a way forward to ensure there is…

Men of Ogun State police command have arrested four staff of ZEFA Microfinance Bank, situated at Abule- Ijoko Lemode area of Ifo local government of the state over the death of a 50-year- old, Vivian Omo, a wife to one of their debtors. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that trouble started when the bank staffers visited the home of the deceased to ask for the payment of loan taken from the bank by the deceased’s husband but they were told that the man was not at home. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement…

BY Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Isaiah Bozimo has said that effective implementation of Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) and Administration of Civil Justice Law 2022 will speed up the justice delivery system in the state. Bozimo stated this in Asaba during tthe capacity building workshop for stakeholders in the ACJL. He noted that with the series of capacity building workshops on ACJL, stakeholders were getting closer towards effective implementation of the law. He said recently, the judges were trained on the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2022 and Administration of Civil Justice Law…

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that without justice, equity and fairness, Nigeria may not attain greatness. The former president however called for unity among countrymen ,warning that,failure to do this will make life useless . Obasanjo said this while speaking at the National Daily Awards in Lagos, on Saturday. He said “without justice, equity and fairness, no country can attain greatness. “When you look at us individually, there is something unique about Nigerians. Wherever they go, they excel individually. “Today, when you look globally, Nigerians are doing great things individually. It’s time for us to unite and take…

A 58-year-old founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos State, Azuka Kenrick Nnodu, and two others have been jailed for drug dealing. Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos convicted Nnodu and his two co-defendants Udezuka Udoka, 26, and 40-year-old Oyoyo Mary Obasi, following their ‘guilty’ plea to a six-count charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The defendants were arraigned by the NDLEA for conspiracy, procurement of persons to unlawfully export, unlawful export of 14.90 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa and 204 grams of Methamphetamine, and unlawful possession…

Men of Osun State Police command have recovered not less than 15 goats from two inter-state livestock robbers. The state Police Command has asked the residents of the state to check the state command headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, for their missing goats. The police officers had, on Wednesday, May 10, arrested two men along the Odeomu-Sekona Road for allegedly stealing 15 goats in Osun State while making an attempt to move them to Lagos. The suspects were Naheem Ibrahim, 46, and 33-year-old Suraju Isiaka. The Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, said the suspects were heading…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five teenagers suspected to be involved in cultism. This is also as some weapons shaped like small axes were recovered from them. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said this on Saturday as he posted pictures of the teenagers with the weapons on his Twitter page. He disclosed that the boys were nabbed by men of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Iba division. Hundeyin wrote, “These teenagers were arrested with weapons on them by @LagosPoliceNG Iba Division for engaging in cultism. “When I was a teenager, I didn’t want to…

Aminat Gusanu Yoruba actor and filmmaker, Murphy Afolabi, has passed away at the age of 49. The news of his death was confirmed on Sunday by fellow filmmakers Seun Olaiya and Abdullahi Abdulrasaq. It was gathered that Afolabi fell in the bathroom of his house in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday morning. Olaiya expressed his shock at the news, saying “I swear to God just before the news, I was still hailing him, this is really a rude shock to me.” Showbiz personality and convener of the Best of Nollywood Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, also confirmed the news, adding “It is true.…