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There was a mild drama in Enugu State when some fleeing suspected robbers abandoned a locally fabricated cut-to-size gun loaded with one live cartridge. The weapon was reportedly recovered from police operatives at New Artisan area of the State. Spokesperson for Enugu Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He added that three suspects were also caught while vandalising a transformer within Enugu metropolis by the police with the assistance of Neighbourhood Watch officers. Ndukwe said that police operatives recovered the abandoned gun from the robbery suspects on Saturday at about 1:30 a.m. He said…

Adetutu Sobowale A 20-year-old lady identified as Fatima, on Monday, requested a Sharia Court in Kaduna to intervene and prevent her father, Aliyu Muhammad, from pressuring her into marrying someone she doesn’t know. Fatima, who spoke through her legal representative, Malam Y.A Bulama, informed the court that she is in love with someone else. According to Bulam, Fatimah’s father wants her to wed a man from their village in Niger state. He added that the complainant is currently residing with her aunt as her father threatened to take her to the village and force her into marriage. The council also…

A 69-year-old man, Mr. Babatunde Michael Fabiyi, who sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination said he wants to study Medicine and Surgery. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the aged candidate chose the University of Lagos as his first choice to study Medicine while he opted for Lagos State University as his second choice to study Medicine. It was further gathered that Pa Fabiyi chose Yaba College of Technology, Lagos as his third choice to study Science Laboratory Technology. The sexagenarian, who hailed from Egbado-North, Ogun State, sat for the UTME at Centre 457, Nubi Private School, Okota, Lagos State.…

Aminat Gusanu Tragedy struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday, as a speeding motorist, suspected to be an internet fraudster, popularly known as Yahoo boy ran over a Junior Secondary School student, killing her on the spot. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the student was returning from school and was standing by the roadside when she was hit by the driver. An eye witness narrated that immediately the incident occured, friends of the suspected Yahoo boy rushed towards his car and rescued him. The source said “friends of the driver, a suspected internet fraudster, who were in another vehicle,…

The Delta State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), Ambassador Oke ldawene, has taken a swipe at the party,s standard bearer in the March 18 2023 Governorship elections, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, accusing him of being ill-prepared to contest elections into the office of Governor Reacting to the decision by Gbagi to go to seek redress at the state election petition tribunal, Idawene wondered how a man who scored less than 5,000 votes garnered mostly from his Oginibo and surrounding communities, could not win even his local government, ughelli South, would have the effrontery to use the SDP as the…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Effurun High Court I, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, has convicted and sentenced two men, Emmanuel Ruekpe and Peter Okoro to death by hanging on two count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery. The Court was presided over by Honorable Justice E. I Oritsejafor delivered its judgement on April 25, 2023. The two defendants, according to the nominal, complainant Mr. Ode Odera Gabriel, boarded his bike on the 24th of September 2016 at Otu-Jeremi junction they were going to Owhawa town which he charged them the sum of N400,(four hundred Naira) and they…

Aminat Gusanu The Ogun State Police Command has arrested ten members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity who have been terrorizing Shagamu and its environments in recent times. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the arrest was made on Saturday, 6th of May 2023, by the anti-cultists unit of the Command. The suspects includes,Adekoya Adesina, Ayinde Olumide, Adebayo Jamiu, Ajayi Temitope, Taiwo Olatunji, Oladapo Ayeye, Johnson Adeyemi, Tunde Banjo, Gbenga Morufu, and Tunde Adenuga. According to the Police Public Relation Officer SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said,“the suspects were apprehended following information received by the anti-cultists team that a group of cultists were converging at…

The All Progressives Congress has ratified the choice of former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio as Senate President . The  party also confirmed the choice of a member of House of Representatives from Kaduna, Abass Tajudeen as speaker . The party have the positions of deputy Senate President and deputy Speaker to Senator Barau Jubrin and Ben Kalu from Abia respectively . Rising form National Working Committee meeting held in Abuja, the APC announced it’s decision on zoning . The party in a letter signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, issued after the…

The Nigerian Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that it will introduce pan-respiratory Virus and wastewater/environmental surveillance. This is part of the agency’s efforts to continue its fight against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in the country. PLATFORMTIMES recalls that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had on Friday, declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The Director General of WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said the declaration was made after a careful review of current evidence that shows there is high population-level immunity from the SARS-CoV-2 infection, improved knowledge of…

The Ogun State Chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) said it has entered into partnership with governorship aspirant Segun Showunmi second edition of the Ogun SWAN Media Cup. The SWAN Media Cup is a 5-Aside football competition to foster unity and strengthen relationships among journalists in Ogun state. The first edition featured sixteen media organizations with the Broadcast Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, conquering others in the media football battle. According to the association, Showunmi expressed his readiness to sponsor the second edition of the media cup when the SWAN Executives led by Hakeem Akintunde paid…