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Sodiq Mojibola No  fewer than 25 trafficked children have been  retrieved by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, while a suspected  child trafficker alongside 22 foster fathers were  arrested. The NSCDC operatives of the Kogi State Command  while confirming this ,said  arrangement has been concluded to repatriate the 25 children that were reportedly trafficked from Kaduna to Kogi State. While parading the suspects, the state Commandant of the corps, CD Ahmad Ahmad Gandi said  that the operation was spearheaded by an intelligence received on a child roaming about the street. Speaking at the state headquarters in…

Sodiq Mojibola A Federal Road Safety Corps Official has called for a stringent law to reduce road accidents stating that the introduction of sharia law will curtail excesses of motorists. The official, Yusuf Abdullahi emphasized the need to include the Islamic law into the prosecution of traffic offenders in order to enforce discipline and obedience to traffic laws. Abdullahi, in an interview with News Agency Nigeria, reiterated that motorists are fond of flouting traffic laws because they know that the extant laws are not stringent enough. His words: “Let us introduce Sharia Law into road crashes, and people will wake…

By Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Governor, Sen.(Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa says one among the greatest legacies of his administration’s in the state is the youths’ empowerment programme. He said his administration devoted reasonable resources to its various empowerment schemes for the youths to acquire skills that would make them self-reliant and able to contribute to the nation’s economic growth. Governor Okowa disclosed this at the combined graduation and presentation of starter-packs to beneficiaries of Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme (YAGEP), Graduates Employment Enhancement Programme (GEEP) and Information and Communication Technology – Youth Empowerment Programme (ICT-YEP) in…

The proprietor of Insha Allahu (Eweje Aragberi) Maternity Home, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chief Dauda Eweje has expressed delight at the installation of Oba Alexander Olusegun MacGregor as the new Olu of Ilawo. He commended the Ogun State government, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, as well as the Osile Oke Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso. Eweje, described the emergence of the professor of Clinical Pharmacology as the best thing to have happened to the Ilawo community in recent time. He urged the Olu of Ilawo-in-Council to work harmoniously with Oba MacGregor for the development and progress…

Adetutu Sobowale The World Health Organization has raised the alarm that a pregnant pregnant woman or newborn baby  dies  every seven seconds for eight years. This development indicates that the global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers, and babies has remained stagnant for eight years. WHO in a new publication aunched on Tuesday, titled ‘Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth,’ identified decreasing investments in the sector as the cause for the increase in maternal and newborn deaths. The latest data assessed by the report tracks critical health services, risk factors, and causes,  shows that…

Aminat Gusanu Former Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has issued a statement congratulating his successor, Ademola Adeleke, following the verdict of the Supreme Court upholding Adeleke’s election victory. Oyetola acknowledged that the decision was against the wishes of his party, the All Progressives Congress APC, and his supporters, but urged them to accept the verdict in the interest of peace and development in the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered this in a statement issued on Wednesday, May 10. In his statement, Oyetola also called on APC members and his supporters to accept the judgment of the apex court as the…

Fawaz Adebisi The suspension of Honorable Adebayo Ayorinde, the Chairman of Abeokuta North Local Government, by the legislative arm in Ogun State has sparked fierce backlash from the All Progressives Congress, APC and the suspended chairman. PLATFORMTIMES had earlier reported the suspension of Ayorinde as the LG chair by the legislative arm on Wednesday. While the legislators suspended Ayorinde on allegations of maladministration and unauthorized sales of local government lands, the party backed the LG chairman commending for his performance in office. The legislative arm made up of councilors in Abeokuta North LG met on Tuesday and resolved to suspend…

The Governor of Kaduna State , Nasir El-Rufai and his wife, Hajiya Aisha Ummi Garba El-Rufai, have welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl together. The Governor’s sons, Bashir and Bello, shared photos from the ceremony held to welcome the addition to their family. “With the latest El-Rufai in town. Fatima Layan. Allah ya raya mana. So glad to have Aunty Umms back,” Bello wrote. El-Rufai is married to three wives and has children and they are Hamza El-Rufai, Yasmin El-Rufai, Bilkisu El-Rufai, Mustapha El-Rufai, Ahmed El-Rufai, Bashir El-Rufai and Abubakar Al-Siddique el-Rufai. One of Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai’s daughters, Yasmin,…

The Chief Medical Director of a private hospital in the state, Dr Ayodele Joseph has been remanded at a Federal Correctional facility for allegedly raping a nurse in his hospital. A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, have the ordered that after he was dragged before the court for raping a nurse . Ayodele, the CMD of Ayodele Hospital in the Sawmill area of Ilorin, was standing trial before the court over the alleged rape of a patient who came for medical treatment in his hospital. A police report revealed that the defendant, (Dr. Ayodele), sedated the patient, who…

Aminat Gunasu Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old Naval Rating, Ibrahim Adamu for alleged car snatching. The naval officer was arrested with a 26-year-old operative of Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspects who were arrested in Ekpoma, attacked the driver of an unregistered Mercedes Benz C300 car in Sapele, Delta State, and robbed him of the car. They further forced their victim to transfer N400,000 to a bank account provided by the suspects in an alleged bargain between them…