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… 3.2 Million People Impacted by Devastating Consequences …. Over 300,000 Homes, 400,000 Farmlands Destroyed Daud Olatunji A  75-year-old grandmother in Calabar,Southern  Nigeria, Nkese Oyo-Ita, who was one of the 3.2 million survivors of the climate change crisis in Nigeria in 2022 lamented “we lived in extreme fear of being drowned or washed away with our belongings. “Sudden, unpredictable, and uncontrollable floods erode the soil, and the loss of life and property is a nightmare for many Nigerians.  “It destroys crops, farms, lands and houses. We used to have a cocoa plantation, but the erosion swept it…

A former domestic worker, Prince Thursday Okon has been arrested for allegedly conniving with two other suspects to kidnap of the Vice Chancellor of a private university in Akwa Ibom State . The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this at the weekend . Durosinmi stated that Okon, connived with his gang members, Saviour Sunday Luke and Richard Friday, to kidnap his former boss after he was sacked over alleged criminal tendencies. The CP said the remaining kidnap ransom of N1,570,000M and the Toyota Corolla used for the kidnap operation, were also recovered, while the VC had been reunited…

A groom-to-be, Adebowale Toromade, was killed by a stray bullet at Moro, Ife-North Local Government area of the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that Toromade was killed a day to his introduction to pregnant fiancee in Ede. He was said to have returned from Edunabon, Ife North local government area of Osun State where he visited the family of his bride-to-be and had joined other members of the motorcycle union at Moro junction to celebrate the emergence of the new executive members. While celebrating the newly-inaugurated union leaders, sporadic gunshot rented the air from unknown persons and a stray bullet hit…

The Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Runcie Mike, has died two days after officiating the funeral service of one of his members, the 36-year-old daughter of a popular broadcaster. The Pastor whose church is located at the Shopping Mall, Tropicana Centre, Uyo was said to have died on Saturday July 1, in Uyo. Survived by a wife and two children, he was said to have died after a brief sickness. When the news broke, many of the church members thought it was a fake news. But the leadership of the church later confirmed…

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago has dissolved the State Independent Electoral Commission . A statement by the Secretary to the State Government , Alhaji Abubakar Usman in Minna on Sunday said that the dissolution took effect from May 29, 2023. The statement read “members of the Commission were directed to hand over all property of the State Government in their possession to the most senior Director in the Commission with immediate effect.” The sacking of the state electoral body is coming on the hills of rumor of possible dissolution of the 25 local government councils in the state which…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has vowed to prosecute , a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate from Anambra State, Ejikeme Mmesoma for allegedly manipulating her result in this year’s examination. The JAMB explained “miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed,” the Board said in a statement on Sunday signed by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin. “She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarship and other recognitions.” JAMB also said the original result of Mmesoma would be withdrawn, stating that many candidates are parading fake results…

Mrs Abimbola Oso, wife of the late renowned professor of Mass Communication, Lagos State University, Prof. Lai Oso has said that she did not how she would cope with the loss of her husband. Abimbola described the sudden death of her 67-year-old husband as terrible, saying ”there is nobody to wait on me again.” The widow also described her husband as a pillar and banner that shielded all. Abimbola spoke with with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sagamu, Ogun. Late Oso, died in a car accident on June 24, while returning from a conference at the Delta State…

The Board of Directors, African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a loan of 115 million dollars to support a major road rehabilitation project in Abia State, Nigeria. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this is contained in a statement issued by the Nigeria Country Department of the bank on Saturday in Abuja. The project would see to the rehabilitation of roads, erosion control infrastructure and preparation of solid waste management facilities in the state capital, Umuahia, and the commercial hub, Aba. “Financing for the project estimated at a total cost of 263.80 million dollars, will…

The Media Director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has accused the Nigerian singer and songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, aka Charly Boy of inciting Nigerian youths to take to violence. Charly Boy on Saturday took to social media, urging Nigerian youths to take a cue from the France riots and “fight the system letting them down. But reacting via his Twitter page, Onanuga described the musician’s post as “highly irresponsible”. Reacting to Charly Boy’s post on social media on the mass protests in France, Onanuga criticized him over his position on the ongoing protests…

There was a major shake up by the Nigerian Navy leading to the redeployment of 56 Rear Admirals and one Commodore . The Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Abuja. According to the statement, former Director of Logistics, Defence Space Administration, Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole is now the Chief of Communications and Information Technology, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, while Rear Admiral Alexander Bingel formerly Director of Combat Policy and Tactics has been appointed as the Director of Logistics of the Defence Headquarters. The statement further listed others affected by the redeployment including “Rear…