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Two ladies, who secured an apartment at Bako area, the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have reportedly fled with their neighbour’s children, a five-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the trouble began when two-year-old Marwan started crying while his mother was praying. The new tenants identified as Godiya, reportedly offered to carry the boy under the pretence that she did not want Marwan to distract his mother from her prayers. A source said that when the cry persisted, Godiya then took the boy and his elder sister, Hauwa, with her, claiming she…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, has described as false the report that it has declared a strike that will begin on Friday over the recent withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. NLC Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, said this on Thursday in Abuja in reaction to the viral claims that the Labour Congress has declared a strike that will begin on Friday over the subsidy removal. While urging members of the public to disregard stories in the rumour mill that it would call workers out on strike from June 2, NLC said the stories did…

No fewer than 71 school owners, teachers and students have been arrested  for engaging in examination malpractice in Ogun,Oyo,Maiduguri and others in the ongoing 2023 May/June Senior Secondary Certificate Examination . The West Africa Examination Council disclosed that 56 rogue site operators and about 15 others comprising students, school proprietor and teachers have been apprehended over their involvement in  the examination Malpractice . Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office, Nigeria (HNO) at WAEC, stated this while on inspection to schools in Abuja on Thursday. He said arrests were made in Borno, Oyo, Ogun and Abia. He added that a total…

Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami has said that Nigerian troops had in the last two weeks killed 58 terrorists and bandits and apprehended 161 others in various operations in the North East, North Central and North West parts of the country. Danmadami added that the troops also rescued 66 kidnapped victims and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition across the zones during the period, He said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces. He added that the troops also rescued 66 kidnapped victims and recovered large cache…

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) said 1,108 men have reported being domestically abused in six years. The Executive Secretary, DSVA, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, made this known on Thursday at the unveiling of ”The Hidden Crime, Violence Against Men” initiative at Ikeja. Vivour-Adeniyi said the initiative was to encourage male folks to speak up, as they also experienced different kinds of violence. She said that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in his inaugural speech on May 29, informed Lagos residents of the addition of ‘PLUS’ into the THEMES Agenda. The ‘PLUS’, the DSVA scribe said, represented Social Inclusion, Gender…

Jelili Gbadamosi The Muslim community in Ogun State has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to the development and progress of the state. The League of Imams and Alfas, representing the Muslim community, has pledged to collaborate closely with Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration to address critical areas that require further focus. Abiodun was inaugurated for his second term in office on Monday, May 29, 2023, following his victory at the Governorship election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Congratulating Abiodun on his significant milestone, the President of the League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State, Shaykh Sikirullahi Babalola, along with…

Michael Babatunde Four pupils of a Primary school in Abeokuta the Ogun State Capital, have been caught in acts of occultic initiation. PLATFORM TIMES exclusively gathered that the discovery was made Immediately after the school assembly on Wednesday. A community member who suspected use of foul and occultic languages by the Pupils traced them to school and discovered that they were four involved. During interrogation three of the pupils pointed out their leader who had been carrying out the initiation by teaching them the languages and also beating them as part of the initiation projects. The boys revealed that they…

A deputy superintendent of the Federal Fire Service, Augustine Abah has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for allegedly defrauding a job seeker. The ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Ogigua said the suspect, Augustine Abah, defrauded the victim to the tune of N600,000. Ogugua said the suspect was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on fraud and employment racketeering. The offence was said to contravene section 8(i)(a) and punishable under section 8(i)(b)(ii) of the Corrupt Practices and other related offences act, 2000, and contrary to section 320(b) and…

No fewer than 50 passengers onboard a Lagos-bound aircraft and belonging to United Nigeria Airlines cheated death when the Airline veered off of the runway of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the plane was returning from Chuba Okadigbo Airport in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The company’s head of corporate communications, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu confirmed the incident in a statement, saying, no casualty was recorded in the incident He narrated that, the airline informed the relevant authorities of the incident and gave them maximum cooperation to unravel the circumstances behind the incident. The statement read partly,”the aircraft,…

Peace Adedigba The Independent Petroleum Marketers  Association of Nigerian,  has said that the only way to make Nigeria great is by removing fuel subsidy. The IPMAN National Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Suleiman disclosed this on a television  programme on Wednesday. Suleiman stated that IPMAN supports President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement on the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. He explained that the President was only informing Nigerians that there is no more subsidy, adding that the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, had removed it and didn’t make provision for it beyond June 2023 in this year’s budget. “IPMAN’s position is that…