Author: Platform Times Newspaper

The Federal Government has announced the reopening of all 47 Federal Unity Colleges across the country, assuring parents and guardians that adequate security measures have been put in place to guarantee the safety of students and staff. The reopening followed the strengthening of security architecture within and around the affected schools after earlier disruptions linked to insecurity in parts of the country. The Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo. According to the ministry, academic activities have fully resumed in all the Unity Colleges, with students…

Ogun State has emerged as a national reference point in grassroots women empowerment following the successful formation of 1,613 Women Affinity Groups under the Nigeria for Women Project Scale-Up (NFWP-SU), drawing delegations from nine states across the country to understudy its implementation model. The visiting states — Ekiti, Abia, Kwara, Kogi, Delta, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Anambra and Ondo, alongside officials of the Federal Government, are currently in Ogun on an implementation support mission for Southern states, held in Abeokuta. Speaking at the engagement, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Motunrayo Adijat Adeleye, attributed the feat to the sustained…

Aishah Waliyyulah & Grace Adeleye Crisis erupted on Thursday,  at the election of the Ogun State chapter of the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) as key health sector unions staged a walkout, rejecting the process that led to the emergence of a former Vice Chairman of the council, Oladipupo Sanyaolu, as the new JNC chairman. The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Ogun State faulted the election, describing it as lacking fairness, equity, justice, accountability and credibility. PLATFORM TIMES reports that those  who kicked against the process include…

Fresh pressure is mounting on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act over allegations surrounding the academic credentials of the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, following a report by a private investigator that questioned the authenticity of the Bachelor of Engineering degree he claims to have obtained from London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. The report, which has begun to circulate amid heightened public scrutiny of officials’ conduct in the Tinubu administration, alleged that there is no verifiable evidence that Tunji-Ojo completed the undergraduate programme required for the award of the degree he has consistently paraded in official records. According to…

Members of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Ogun State Metro Command, have been urged to deepen their commitment to community service and security as part of efforts to sustain peace across the state. The charge was given by a former Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Adewale John Abolurin, during an inspection visit by executives of the State Metro PCRC to the ongoing remodelling of the Ibara Government Reserved Area (GRA) Police Post in Abeokuta. Abolurin said the transformation of the facility into a modern, state-of-the-art police post, with plans to upgrade it to…

…Five-Year Jail For Fraudulent Presiding Officers … INEC IReV Portal Must Now Operate In Real Time … Over 70 Clauses Reviewed In Landmark Sitting Daud Olatunji  The House of Representatives has taken a major step towards enhancing the credibility of Nigeria’s elections by mandating the real-time electronic transmission of results from polling units. The resolution was adopted on Wednesday during a clause-by-clause consideration of proposed amendments to the Electoral Act 2022. Under the new provision, presiding officers are required to transmit results electronically to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) IReV portal immediately after signing and stamping Form EC8A. Where…

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian soldiers who were held for nearly two weeks following the forced landing of their military aircraft in the West African nation, diplomatic sources confirmed on Wednesday. The release came after Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, led a high-powered delegation to meet with Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Ibrahim Traoré, in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou. According to a statement by Alkasim Abdulkadir, spokesperson to the minister, the talks resolved the standoff amicably, paving the way for the soldiers’ safe return to Nigeria. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier explained that the aircraft made an…

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 55-year-old herbal practitioner, Ogunyemi Adetunji, for allegedly selling a harmful herbal substance to three women, leaving their vagina injured. Adetunji, whose plea was not taken, was arraigned on a one-count charge of selling a liquid substance claimed to have medicinal properties but which allegedly caused injuries to the victims. PLATFORM TIMES had reported that police in Ogun State  arrested Adetunji after a petition was written against him for allegedly selling unapproved medicines to some women which led to their vaginal  blockage. During his arraignment, the Police Prosecutor, Mr. Solomon Babalola, told…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday announced the dismissal of an Assistant Commandant General (ACG) and 37 other senior officers for gross misconduct, insubordination, and acts unbecoming of superior officers, in line with the Public Service Rules (PSR). The Corps’ spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, adding that a total of 76 officers—including senior and junior personnel—were sanctioned in 2025 for offences ranging from extortion, job racketeering, fraud, to aiding and abetting illegal petroleum dealings. He said the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Professor Ahmed Audi, approved the disciplinary actions following recommendations…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to immediately arrest and prosecute no fewer than 400 individuals allegedly linked to the financing of terrorism, insisting that failure to do so has worsened Nigeria’s insecurity crisis. Falana also demanded the recovery of an alleged ₦210 trillion reportedly diverted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, saying the funds must be paid into the Federation Account to tackle poverty and insecurity. The senior lawyer spoke in Lagos on Wednesday while addressing protesters during a nationwide demonstration organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress to…