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The Wakilu Muslim of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta states, Sheikh Iskeel Awwal has warned Archbishop of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Onaiyekan not to set the country ablaze with his statement on May 29 inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The Islamic leader said the recent comment credited to Onaiyekan could destroy further the country fragile unity and religious harmony among the citizenry. Addressing newsmen on Sunday in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, Awwal said Muslim community in South West are not happy with the comment . Onaiyekan, had last week Thursday said that swearing in Tinubu before the hearing of the…

There was panic at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday when a Max Air aircraft crash-landed after the tyre reportedly burst into flames. The aircraft had arrived from Yola, Adamawa State when the incident happened. The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service (ARFFS) operatives at the airport were swiftly mobilised to put off the fire. Former President of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Mike Ogirima, who gave an account of the incident, said the tyre burst occurred after takeoff at Yola Airport. However, the aircraft crash-landed in Abuja with emergency officials already on ground to put…

A 56-year- old man in Adamawa, Aminu Abubakar, has been arrested by men 9f the state Police command for allegedly dealing fatal blows on his wife till she died for attempting to leave him for another man . Abubakar, a resident of Lelewaji community in Shagari Phase 2 Estate, Yola South Local Government Area of the state, allegedly killed his wife , Nana Fadimatu, after he heard that she had concluded plans to leave him and get married to a man in a neighbouring community. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed thus in a statement on Sunday.…

Aminat Gusanu The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has arrested a man who was said to have physically abused his 11-year-old son for failing to recite the Holy Quran. DSVA spokesperson, Joke Ladenegan-Oginni made this known in Lagos on Saturday, saying that, the man has been detained at Meiran Division of the Lagos State Police Command. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the assault on the 11-year-old went viral on social media as his body showed injuries received from belt whips leading to excessive bleeding. Ladenegan-Oginni stated that DSVA received a report from concerned citizens on repeated assaults on the…

Adetutu Sobowale & Aminat Gusanu Nemesis has caught up with three members of a robbery syndicate who had invaded the phone market known as Tarmac in Abeokuta on the 12th of April 2023. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu, and Temitayo Oresanya, were apprehended in the Abule Ake area of Kemta. According to the statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrest was made following a tip-off received by policemen attached to the Kemta divisional headquarters. Oyeyemi said the DPO Kemta division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the three…

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…