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Former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has distributed 400 cows and 1,500 rams to his neighbours and the All Progressives Congress (APC) executives in the state for Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Yari distributed 500 rams to his neighbours and less privileged families in Talata-Mafara town, Talata-Mafara local government area of the state. Also, 1,000 rams and 400 cows were donated to APC executives. The Chairman of the distribution Committee, Alhaji Sha’aya Sarkin-Fawa, disclosed this while presenting the rams to the beneficiaries in Talata-Mafara on Thursday. “You know, this is an annual gesture from our leader, Sen. Yari aimed at…

Four years after the People’s Democratic Party women leader in Ofu local government area of Kogi state, Salome Abu, the operatives of Kogi police command have neutalised the killer, Kabir Bala. Bala reportedly burnt alive PDP woman leaderin her residence in November 2019. The State Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, said this while addressing a press conference at the headquarters of the Kogi State Police Command in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Thursday. He said several cases had been traced to Bala such as the burning alive of a PDP Woman Leader in her residence on November 18,…

An Abuja High Court has ordered a student, Ifeanyi Bosah, to cut the grass around the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for one week for internet fraud. Bosah was arraigned by the EFCC on an attempt to cheat by impersonation, however, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgement on Thursday, June 22, the presiding judge, Justice Aliyu Shafa, convicted and sentenced Bosah to cut grass around the commission’s premises for one week. Justice Shafa ordered the convict to sign a bond of good behaviour for a period of six months.…

Aminat Gusanu The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State, has announced the arrest of 181 suspected drug dealers, along with the recovery of three pistols, within the past five months. The state Commander of the NDLEA, Ibiba Odili revealed this on Thursday during a press briefing held in Abeokuta on Thursday in commemoration of the 2023 United Nation’s International day against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking with the theme: ‘People first: Stop Stigma, and Discrimination, Strengthen Prevention’. According to the Commander the NDLEA has taken the fight to the door steps of drug traffickers through its operation which…

Aminat Gusanu The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday, kicked against the proposed plan by the federal government to increase electricity tariff. The Congress described it as callous and insensitive to the well-being of consumers, especially the poor Nigerians. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the plan to increase electricity tariff by 40 per cent is expected to start by July 1, 2023. The NLC said this in a statement by its, president, Comrade Joe Ajaero in Abuja. The statement party reads: “The plan to increase electricity tariff by 40 by July 1st is both insensitive and callous and reflects an organised indifference…

Aminat Gusanu Lagos State has been ranked the fourth worst City to live in the world, according to the Economic Intelligence’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2023 report. The EIU’s index quantifies the challenges presented to an individual’s lifestyle in 173 cities worldwide. In the report, Lagos ranked 170 of 173, making it the fourth worst city to live, in the world. Lagos only ranked better than Algiers (171), Tripoli (172) and Damascus (173). The report, however, said even at the bottom of the rankings, cities such as Lagos (Nigeria) and Algiers (Algeria) have gained ground, with some improvements in…

Fawaz Adebisi The Ogun state former Police  Public Relations Officer, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has urged journalists, traditional rulers, the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, and other  people of the state to extend their supportive hands to his successor, Omolola Odutola. Oyeyemi, on Sunday, 11th of June, 2023 was celebrated, at a sendforth party, organized for him by the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, Ogun state chapter. Speaking at the event, Oyeyemi stated that the support he got from the people of Ogun state was what made him to  attain a successful seven-year tenure. According to him, journalists in the…

Peace Adedigba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, has arraigned an Ilorin-based Pastor with the Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State to the tune of N19.3 million. Eseyin, a lawyer and former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, was docked on a four-count before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. It was alleged that Eseyin was “cheating, defrauding, misappropriating and shortchanging his client to her utmost dismay”. In a petition to the EFCC,…

Mr Hitler Nwala, a witness of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) that results on all the 110 BVAS machines he inspected were deleted. Nwala, a subpoenaed witness, made the assertion on Thursday in Abuja while giving evidence as an expert witness for the petitioners in their petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election. The witness who was led in evidence by the petitioner’s lead counsel, Mr Chris Uche, SAN, said that the machines inspected were only those from the Federal Capital Territory,…

Head of Titanic submarine search gives verdict on ‘banging’ noises detected with sonar Rear Admiral John Mauger, from the US Coast Guard, who is leading the search for the Titan submersible, has revealed they “don’t know the source of that noise” but have reported the data with the US Navy The head of the Titanic submarine search has revealed authorities are focusing on the “banging” noises detected with sonar – which could indicate there’s an opportunity for “survival.” Rear Admiral John Mauger, from the US Coast Guard, who is leading the search for the Titan submersible, has revealed they “don’t…