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Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has alleged that the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Larooye II, was shot at by suspected political thugs who invaded his palace during recent unrest in the state capital. Adeleke, in a post shared on Sunday, accused members of the All Progressives Congress of sponsoring the attack, claiming the monarch was targeted for endorsing his second-term bid ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. “The Ataoja of Osogbo… said he was shot at by APC thugs inside his own palace. His subjects were hit by live bullets. Kabiyesi himself was the target,” the governor…

The National Youth Service Corps has suspended the 2026 Batch B Stream I orientation course for prospective corps members posted to Niger State, citing ongoing renovation at the state’s orientation camp. The scheme disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, noting that the exercise could not proceed as scheduled due to infrastructural works at the camp facility. According to the statement, affected prospective corps members would be duly informed of new arrangements. It read in part, “This is to notify the general public and prospective corps members deployed to Niger State for…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over the alleged failure to account for ₦5.9bn reportedly spent on the transition and rebranding of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeks an order compelling the oil firm to provide detailed explanations on how the funds were utilised in transforming NNPC into a limited liability company. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1248/2026, SERAP is asking the court to issue an order of mandamus directing the NNPCL to account for the expenditure and…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that ex-Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, was on the verge of securing the release of presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, before his sudden death in detention. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Saturday in Abuja during the public presentation of three books in honour of Abdulsalami’s 84th birthday, titled “The Legacy of a Statesman @84,” held at the Presidential Villa. He said the former military leader had already concluded arrangements for Abiola’s freedom, noting that the late politician’s son, Kola, was in Abuja awaiting his father’s release…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public safety alert following the recall of about 90,000 bottles of children’s Ibuprofen oral suspension in the United States over contamination concerns. The affected product, commonly used to relieve fever, pain, sore throat, headaches and flu-related discomfort in children, was withdrawn after the United States Food and Drug Administration (United States Food and Drug Administration) confirmed reports of foreign materials found in some batches. According to U.S. regulators and the manufacturer, Strides Pharma (Strides Pharma), consumers reported the presence of a “gel-like mass” and black particles…

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is confronting deliberate attempts by “enemies of progress” who, according to him, are sponsoring insecurity across the country to undermine the administration. Akpabio made the claim on Friday while delivering a keynote address on democratic governance and peacebuilding in Africa at the unveiling of three books held in honour of former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who marked his 84th birthday anniversary. The Senate President, who spoke on the broader challenges of governance in Africa, said Nigeria’s security crisis was being aggravated by actors allegedly bent on portraying…

… Joint Operation Follows Intelligence On Suspicious Gatherings In Ijebu-Imusin … Police Debunk Viral Claims Of Mass Bandit Arrests,Bus Seizure Daud Olatunji Tension has continued to mount in parts of Ogun State following conflicting accounts of a security operation in Ijebu axis, where residents and security agencies reported the profiling of about 50 foreign nationals amid fears over suspicious movements and alleged infiltration. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that panic first spread across communities in Ijebu East and Ijebu Imusin following reports that local vigilantes intercepted two buses allegedly conveying several non-Nigerian-speaking individuals in the Idona area, near Eye Foundation axis of…

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has raised alarm that ongoing global conflicts—including the Russia-Ukraine war and tensions in the Middle East involving Iran, the United States and Israel—are severely limiting Nigeria’s access to critical military hardware and ammunition needed to combat insecurity. Musa said the intensifying wars have triggered a global scramble for arms, with producing nations prioritising direct combatants and countries capable of making bulk advance payments, thereby leaving Nigeria and other developing states at a disadvantage in defence procurement. The minister spoke on Saturday in Abuja at the Nigerian People’s Strategic Conference and Defence Exhibition 2026, where…

Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has dismissed long-standing allegations that late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was poisoned in detention, insisting that international medical findings confirmed he died of natural causes while in custody in 1998. Abdulsalami made the disclosure in his newly released autobiography, Call of Duty, where he revisited the controversial circumstances surrounding the death of MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election. According to him, Abiola collapsed during a meeting with a visiting United States delegation that included former U.S. officials, among them Tom Pickering and Susan Rice, shortly before his death…

Fresh terror struck Kautikari community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday evening as suspected Boko Haram insurgents stormed the area, setting ablaze two schools and forcing residents to flee into surrounding bushes for safety. The attack, which reportedly occurred around 7pm, targeted Kautikari Primary School and Government Day Secondary School, both of which were engulfed in flames as the armed assailants invaded the remote community with little resistance. Residents said the sudden assault triggered panic, with families abandoning their homes and fleeing into nearby bushes to avoid being caught in the crossfire. The incident has further…