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An Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the case brought before it by the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Ogun State, Olufemi Oguntoyinbo, over its petition against the party chairman, Sunday Oginni. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the Appeal Court on the 4th of July, 2023 dismissed the Appeal over lack of merit. Oguntoyinbo headed to the Appeal court following the dismissal of his petition by the state governorship election petition tribunal, challenging the party chairman in the state on his right to withdraw the petition filed against the state governor,Dapo Abiodun. Oginni had filed the…

Oyo State House of Assembly has canvassed installation of CCTV cameras, security lights and other gadgets in strategic locations, to identify ‘faces’ of criminals in the state. The Assembly urged the executive arm of government through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to set machinery in motion towards PLATFORM TIMES reports that the Assembly made this following the incessant kidnapping cases in some parts of the state including the recent abduction of a medical doctor working with Baptist Medical Centre in Okeho, Dr D. Lawal, and a young lady identified simply as Kafilat. PLATFORM TIMES further reports that the…

An economy tree on Tuesday, fell on a commercial minibus, killing one passenger, while others sustained injuries in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the bus was heading towards Mile 8 when the unfortunate incident happened. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that the trees were planted by the state government over 20 years ago and were being maintained to beautify the city. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, at the Murtala Muhammed Highway, close to Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) office in Calabar Municipal Local Council. An…

Scores of aggrieved workers of Polaris bank across the country, on Tuesday, disrupted business operations to protest failure of the management to increase their salaries. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the workers who were contract employees were demanding salary increase. Some of the workers who spoke with PLATFORM TIMES on Tuesday, on condition of anonymity, said they decided to embark on the protest when the bank decided to grant a substantial salary increase of 100 per cent to full-time employees due to inflation and rising fuel prices. A video shared by some of the aggrieved showed that they felt sidelined and…

Stakeholders have called for increased investment in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency in the country, in order to promote the development of the sector. The stakeholders made the call at the 2023 International Conference of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Associations-Alliance (REEEA-A), held in Abuja. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the conference held as state governments across the country are preparing to adopt and implement the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023. Speaking at the conference, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC’s commissioner, Planning Research and Statistics, Dr. Yusuf Ali, who was represented by Abdulsalami Yusuf while lamenting…

The Olu of Onibuku, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole has been crushed to death. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the monarch was aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the truck ran over him along the Ota-Idi-Iroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that the Oba was reported to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF, crushed him while alighting from the tricycle. When contacted, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said “I was informed of the…

The immediate-past Provost of the Federal College of Education, Osile, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. Ayodele Ajayi had been abducted . PLATFORM TIMES gathered the ex-provost was abducted on Tuesday, along side his wife and driver, around 7.17pm, at Ikija village, Olodo axis of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in Odeda Local government of Ogun state. PLATFORM TIMES further gathered that Ajayi’s wife and a few others in the car were later released by the abductors while Ajayi and his driver were unlucky as they were taken away. A source said, the gunmen came out of the bush to attack Ajayi and other…

Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Uriel, has vowed to create a scene if she is evicted from the house on Sunday. She said she would be the first housemate in the history of the reality show to reject eviction. Uriel stated this during her diary session on Tuesday after Biggie asked her who she thought would be leaving the house on Sunday. Biggie asked: “Who do you think is leaving on Sunday?” Uriel responded: “I pray it is not me because you will be needing 25 ninjas to carry me out. I will not go. I will be…

Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Cynthia Nwadiora, aka CeeC, has revealed that she gets sad whenever she thinks of her time in season 3 of the reality show tagged ‘Double Wahala.’ She said she went through a lot “mentally” during the season in which she finished as the first runner-up. She disclosed this to Biggie during her diary session on Tuesday. CeeC said, “Anytime I think about my time in the ‘Double Wahala’ season, I always have mixed feelings because I went through a lot mentally. I get a little bit sad.” The Enugu-born lawyer returned to the…

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Ngozi Okolie, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the National Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, which nullified his election. Okolie, elected on the platform of the Labour Party, while reacting to the court verdict, said that Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on a wild goose chase. He also said that he was not really on trial, but democracy and the judiciary. The legislator pledged to defend the mandate freely given to him by the people who voted him to represent them.…