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The third batch of stranded Nigerian evacuees numbering 131 arrived in Nigeria on Saturday. The third batch of returnees who were conveyed by Tarco Airline plane B737-300 that arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja 1.45pm . The theirs batch brings to 637 evacuees airlifted back to Nigeria since the country started airlifting on Wednesday. The first batch of 376 were airlifted on Wednesday by Air Peace and Nigerian Airforce plane, C 130 while the second batch of 130 comprising 99% females were airlifted by a Sudanese aircraft, Taco on Friday. The first batch were airlifted from Egypt while…

The wife of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Turai Yar’Aduabhas advised the incoming First Lady to be very patient and never stop advising her husband, as others would only tell the President what he wants to hear. Turai said this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored in Kaduna on Saturday. While responding to a question on her advice to the incoming First Lady, Turai said she should be ready for attacks, but that she must be patient. On the 29th of this month, Senator Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief of this…

An Eze Ndigbo in a Lagos community (name withheld) has been arrested and detained for allegedly assaulting his wife. The community leader was arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, confirmed this via a statement issued on Friday. Vivour-Adeniyi explained that the community leader inflicted injuries on his wife on April 9 in the Ajah area of Lagos. “Following a report of physical assault by the community leader, who allegedly brutally assaulted his wife on Easter Sunday, leaving her with grievous injuries on…

A 16-year-old student of the Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board. Mmesoma emerged the overall best in UTME with an aggregate score of 362. The breakdown of her score is as follows: English 98 Physics 89 Biology 94 and Chemistry 81. The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, disclosed this . She commended Mmesoma for her performance, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding.” Chuma-Udeh said “this excellent feat has brought joy and celebration to…

Aminat Gusanu A tragic incident occurred in Otuan, a riverside town in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday when a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s gun. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the father of the deceased, who was a pastor, and his grandfather were reportedly not in town at the time of the incident. It happened Shortly after the deceased, his sister, and friend returned from the bush where they had gone to pick bush mango, also known as ‘Ogbono’, A community source who spoke anonymously said that the girl…

Aminat Gusanu A suspected Fulani herdsman identified as Abu Alli has been arrested by members of a community vigilante group in Agbor-Nta, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect was apprehended in the community’s forest with charms and cut-to-size cutlasses. The vigilante group led by its chairman, Mr Francis Ofuonyeafuzor, raided the forest after it was tipped off by a female farmer in the community, alleging that the young Fulani boy was an informant to herdsmen who have been reportedly attacking residents and travellers in the area. A community source who pleaded anonymity alleged that the suspect…

Adetutu Sobowale The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed rumours that he is desperate  to become the Chief of Staff in the cabinet of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai made this statement to reporters in Gombe on Saturday, while reportedly attending the inauguration of the construction of 550 housing units and the Gombe Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) Service Centre. According to various reports published in national dailies, El-Rufai has been linked to various government portfolios, but he referred to these reports as ‘mere speculation’. The governor stressed that his primary concern is to contribute to the development of…

Former President Olusegun on Friday led christians on a Bible Walk in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital. The walk which was organized by the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) Egba Area was to commemorate the 2023 World Bible Day. The Octogenarian who is also the Asiwaju Onigbagbo of Ogun State led the walk from Ibara Baptist Church till Sapon before he departed for an urgent assignment. Recall that Obasanjo had led old students of Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta in an 18km walk on their 100th anniversary walk. Obasanjo picked a fast pace, a show-off of his fitness during…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday, raided some shanties around the popular Alaba International Market in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his Twitter handle, saying, police acted on credible information. The PPRO however denied online reports that the market was gutted by fire. He explained that some suspected criminals were arrested after the raid while weapons were recovered from them. Hundeyin noted that the shanties were thereafter set on fire by the police. He wrote, “This is a false narrative! Acting on credible…

Former deputy governor of Lagos State during the Michael Otedola administration, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has said that her husband was poisoned by his friends who were beneficiaries of the president-elect, Bola Tunubu . Ojikutu said her husband was killed because of his stance on the management of resources by the then governor ,Tunubu . Tunubu was governor for eight years between 1999 and 2007. While granting interview with The Punch, which was extracted by PLATFORM TIMES, Ojikutu said ” My husband died because of Lagos. My husband was poisoned by the food he took at a club. I warned him…