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Veteran politician and elder statesman, Chief Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to demonstrate statesmanship by reinstating suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in the spirit of June 12 — Nigeria’s Democracy Day. In a passionate open letter made public on Tuesday, the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) called on President Tinubu to replicate the same forgiveness he extended to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by lifting the suspension of Fubara and other key political figures in Rivers. George’s appeal comes amid nationwide reflection on June 12, the day set aside to honour the…

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ajah has sentenced a businessman, Chukwudi Okonkwo Goodness, to 74 years imprisonment for stealing N360 million and issuing a series of dud cheques. Justice Josephine Oyefeso delivered the verdict on Tuesday, nearly nine years after Goodness was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 33-count charge bordering on stealing and fraudulent practices. According to the EFCC, Goodness fraudulently converted the sum of N360 million belonging to one Henry Nnadike between June and July 2015 in the Ikeja area of Lagos. The commission had filed…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against two detained promoters of the controversial Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) over an alleged investment fraud scheme totalling over $1 billion. The accused—Avwerosuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim—were arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/216/2025. The commission alleges that the duo operated CBEX without necessary regulatory approvals and lured unsuspecting Nigerians into a fraudulent investment scheme. According to court documents filed by EFCC counsel, Fadila Yusuf, the two defendants operated CBEX as an unregistered financial entity between January 2024 and May 2025. The EFCC…

… Cites  Collaboration With NDLEA, NAFDAC, NSA … Ogun Comptroller Hails CG Adeniyi, Reveals N15.1bn Revenue Generated In Q1 Daud Olatunji The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has revealed that the agency has intercepted and seized over 200 containers of illicit drugs across the country, following a coordinated, intelligence-driven operation involving multiple federal agencies. Adeniyi made this known during an official visit to the Ogun II Command of the NCS in Abeokuta, where he highlighted collaboration and intelligence sharing as the cornerstone of the breakthrough. “Let me give you assurance that one of my…

.The harm that humanity has done to many great men on earth is that we chose to talk about them after their death, but it is a good idea to write or say to the world and to the ears of concerned persons their good deeds while they remained with us. What that does to the people is that it makes them feel good to continue to do good, and also makes them happy that their deeds are all noted. God is also in the habit of making a vow and rewarding great men who chose to do extraordinary things.…

Tragedy struck Chirokusko village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State on Monday night as a man, identified as Danga Shiru Wanzam, allegedly stabbed his 17-year-old son, Abdulra’uf Abdullahi, to death during a domestic dispute. The unfortunate incident reportedly occurred at about 10:00 p.m., throwing the quiet community into mourning. A security analyst, Zagazola Makama, disclosed the development in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, stating that the father used a knife to stab his son in the chest during an altercation. The cause of the disagreement remains unclear as of the time of filing this report.…

There was a heated exchange on live television on Tuesday as veteran broadcaster Yeni Kuti and PDP stalwart Segun Sowunmi clashed over his controversial visit to President Bola Tinubu. Sowunmi, a former spokesman to PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 elections and a known critic of Tinubu’s administration, had stirred reactions online after images of his weekend visit to the President’s Lagos residence surfaced. Appearing on TVC’s Your View, the PDP chieftain found himself in the hot seat when Kuti, one of the show’s co-hosts, confronted him about the visit, questioning his political allegiance. “You’ve had a lot…

A member of the Ekiti State Waste Management Board, Mr. Wale Ade-Oba, has resigned his appointment, launching a scathing attack on Governor Biodun Oyebanji and accusing the administration of underperformance and neglect of party loyalists. In a strongly worded statement made available to PLATFORM TIMES on Wednesday, Ade-Oba said his decision to step down stemmed from what he described as the “uninspiring leadership” of Governor Oyebanji, whom he accused of wasting public resources while abandoning the grassroots. The former appointee, who hails from Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, cited a lack of tangible development across the state despite heavy budgetary allocations.…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that it received a staggering 275,256 complaints of human rights violations across Nigeria in the month of May alone. This was made known by the Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu (SAN), during the presentation of NHRC’s May dashboard report on human rights violations. Ojukwu said the complaints ranged from brutal attacks in the insurgency-ravaged North-East to widespread incidents of sexual violence and forced displacements triggered by natural disasters. “When over a quarter of a million people turn to the National Human Rights Commission in just one month, the message is…

A tragic incident has left a family in deep mourning after a 20-month-old boy was reportedly killed by a stray bullet in the Umuoba-Uratta community of Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State. The incident occurred at about 10:00 p.m. on Monday, when an unidentified bullet pierced through the residence of the Eleweke family, striking the toddler fatally as he lay on the bed beside his mother. Narrating the heartbreaking ordeal to journalists, the boy’s mother, Mrs. Kelechi Eleweke, said she was with her son when she heard a loud bang, followed by the sensation of sand-like particles on her…