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Fawaz Adebisi The Federal Capital Territory  Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has told intending pilgrims to complete their payment on or before Monday, adding that failure to do so might lead to their slots being forfeited. The Director of the Board, Mallam Abubakar Adamu Evuti, gave this directive on Wednesday, at a press briefing in Abuja, explaining that intending pilgrims, who made a deposit of N2, 500,000.00 have up till Monday, May 8, to balance the N2,919,000.00 approved by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for this year’s exercise. He further explained that as a result of the earlier set…

Fawaz Adebisi The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has warned Nigerians to be careful of applying for abroad job offers, adding that Nigerian young women work as domestic workers in Iraq. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi, made this warning on Wednesday at the Agency’s headquarters, Abuja, while speaking on new destinations for human trafficking across the Globe. According to her, many Nigerian young women working overseas are being exploited in diverse ways on a daily basis, adding that victims now request for assistance to return home. She said, “Because of the proactive…

Adetutu Sobowale A 35-year-old suspected ritualist, Ifasoji Ayangbesan, has denied the allegation leveled against him that he tried to bribe policemen with N1 million Ayangbesan said that a lawyer had instructed him to provide N10 million to secure his release, but,was only able to gather N1 million. He also mentioned that he was arrested when he went to deliver the money to the lawyer. He however confessed to purchasing a pair of fresh human legs for money rituals at the rate of N20,000. PLATFORM TIMES recalled that on Sunday, Ayangbesan was arrested and was accused of trying to bribe…

World Bank Contractors on Wednesday, protested over their alleged unfavourable working conditions. The contractors under the aegis ; World Bank short-term contract employees protested following the allegation that they were asked to work more than their legally billable hours. According to them, the new development was claimed to be necessary so as to avoid hiring permanent employees eligible for full benefits. The Contractors said they fear that failing to comply with additional work requests will jeopardise their contract renewal and could affect their visa status, particularly in the United States. The bank workers and staff association said this in a…

A lecturer in Physiology Department, of the Imo State University, Owerri, Desmond Izunwanne has been suspended indefinitely for allegedly slapping four female students. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the lecturer threw caution into the wind as he slapped the students for arriving at a class session behind schedule. It was further gathered that the lecturer was also slapped the students for non wearing departmental uniform while attending his lecture . The university spokesperson, Ralph Njokuobi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. Njokuobi noted that Izunwanne’s suspension was approved at the university’s management meeting, adding that the lecturer’s action was…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has sacked all commissioners and other members of  the State Executive Council, saying, the dissolution of the council was with immediate effect. The governor announced this  during the Weekly Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday. Obaseki expressed appreciation to the outgone members of the council for their service to the government and people of the state. A statement endorsed by Crusoe Osagie, Special Advisers, Media Projects, said that all Special Assistants (SAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) had been relieved of their appointments.

The controversial N50 million gift by the Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun the State branch of National Automobile Technicians Association, has torn the association apart . The N50m was donated to the association by Abiodun as part if the moves to court the favour of the NATA for his second term ambition. PLATFORM TIMES reports that both Abiodun and former governor ,Senator Ibikunle Amosun were struggling for the structure of the very strategic and populated association . Indication of the crisis emerged on Tuesday when some aggrieved members of the association ked by Sobowale Sobanke threatened physical attack on the…

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights has raised the alarm over the arrest and detention of its Ogun State coordinator, Eko John Nicholas by the operatives of the Department of State Service . The CDWR expressed displeasure over the arrest and detention of Nicholas who is also a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement . The activist was reportedly picked up by the DSS operatives on Monday May 1 at MKO Abiola Stadium Abeokuta during the May Day celebration. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that was arrested when he was selling the newspaper of the DSM and distributing the CDWR…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers has distanced from the scheduled two- day visit of President-Elect, Bola Tinubu to the State. The party said the visit was at the invitation of the state Governor, Nyesom Wike and not the party. Tinubu, who was elected on the platform of APC is due to be in Rivers State on Wednesday and Thursday during which he is expected to commission a flyover and a court building constructed by Governor Wike’s administration. Wike had already declared Wednesday as a public holiday, urging the people to come out in their large number to receive…

There was a mild drama in Abia state House of Assembly on Tuesday, when the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, was impeached hours after presiding over the purported impeachment of the Speaker, Hon. Chinedum Orji. A viral video had shown that Uchendu presided over the impeachment of Orji at an undisclosed location in Umuahia suspected to be Emeka Omeruo Government Guest House. The lawmakers who met at the location elected Hon. Chukwudi Apugo representing Umuahia East state constituency as the new Speaker. But the House during a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Hon Orji, impeached the Deputy Speaker, and…