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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…

First Lady Aisha Buhari on Tuesday took incoming first lady, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, round some strategic areas of the official residence of the Presidential family in the Aso Rock Villa. Buhari, who received Tinubu, explained that the Glass House in the villa is a transitional home of the first family. She said the Glass House is specifically meant for presidents during a transition period. Newsmen were not allowed access to some parts of the building during the tour. Buhari said: “The highly secured residential area of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is strictly to serve as…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Delta State Division of the Nigeria Police command has arrested four-armed robbery suspects,recovers thirty rounds of 7.62 AK47 ammunition, two hundred and fifty (250) rounds of live cartridges. Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, said it is pertinent for all officers to carry out their duties diligently, while stressing that only result-oriented officers will retain their offices. Upon assumption of duty in the command, his operational strategies are already yielding results. He said On 09/05/2023 at about 2000hrs, the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri, CSP T.Y Mahmud led the divisional anti-crime patrol team out on visibility and confidence…