Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Daud Olatunji The Ogun II Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced a remarkable revenue collection of over Fifteen billion Naira (N15,191,227,503.82) in the first quarter of 2025. PLATFORM TIMES reports that this development marks a 40 percent increase compared to the corresponding period in 2024. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bisi Alade, disclosed this at a press briefing held on Friday, at the Command Headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Comptroller Alade attributed the impressive performance to the strategic initiatives and unrelenting commitment of the officers and men under his command. He noted that the revenue collected…

Immediate past Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo,  has issued a bold warning to the nation’s legal profession, calling for the scrapping of the traditional one-year Law School programme in favour of a modern, tech-driven approach. He declared that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon take over many tasks currently performed by lawyers, making the current Law School system obsolete and in urgent need of overhaul. Speaking at the 2025 Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, under the theme “Setting the Pace: Law, Leadership and Transformational Development,” Osinbajo described the existing physical Law School model as outdated and…

Daud Olatunji  The Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Shuaib Salisu, on Friday, stunned members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council, with the commissioning of a 12KW 48V/200A Solar Power System and Street Lights at the union’s secretariat, Iwe-Iroyin, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta. Salisu, who was inducted as an honorary member and patron of the NUJ during the ceremony, was accompanied by top chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including the member representing Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Hon. Moruf Afolabi Afuape; Chairman of Odeda Local Government, Hon. Folasade Adeyemo; and the Special Adviser to the Governor on…

The Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, has donated working tools to members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun State chapter as s part of efforts to support media coverage of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival, Gateway Games 2024. The donation, which took place on Friday at the SWAN Secretariat located within the newly renovated MKO Abiola International Stadium in Abeokuta, included press bags, tag jackets, water bottles, power banks, and writing tools. Speaking during the presentation, Senator Salisu, who also chairs the Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity, emphasized the historical importance…

An Ebonyi State High Court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for the brutal murder of a 26-year-old businessman, Chinonso Elon. Justice Esther Otah, who presided over the case in Abakaliki on Friday, ruled that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Anthony Elom, Chibueze Onwe, Chukwuemeka Ugadu, and Uchenna Odono conspired and carried out the murder of Elon on February 6, 2023. The prosecution, led by Oluchi Ibiam from the Ebonyi State Ministry of Justice, revealed that the convicts, alongside one ThankGod Onwe who is currently at large, drove a branded Sienna vehicle to the victim’s business…

 A 43-year-old woman identified as Gift has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s manhood during a heated argument over sex. The incident occurred on Thursday, May 15, along Bishop Okoye Street in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. According to eyewitness accounts, the altercation began when the man, identified simply as Sunday, allegedly demanded sex from Gift. She reportedly refused, accusing him of routinely using sexual performance-enhancing drugs, which she claimed made their encounters excessively prolonged. A resident who spoke to The Punch on condition of anonymity…

The Federal Government has justified its decision to reintroduce tolling on selected roads across the country, citing the need for sustainable road infrastructure and increased private sector participation. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this on Thursday during the eighth edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing at the National Press Centre, Abuja. Speaking alongside other cabinet members, including the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, and the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, Umahi said that the tolling initiative aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision of building a $1 trillion economy anchored…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a stern warning over the escalating economic hardship in the country, declaring that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder due to worsening poverty, hunger and leadership failures. Obasanjo made the damning remarks on Friday while speaking at the Dele Momodu Leadership Lecture, where he decried the deteriorating living conditions of millions of Nigerians and challenged the political class to rise to the occasion. “If China can lift 700 million people out of poverty, then Nigeria has no business with abject poverty,” the former president said. Lamenting the deepening economic woes and lack…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of N1.681 trillion among the Federal Government, states, and local government councils as revenue generated in April 2025. This was disclosed in a communiqué issued on Friday in Abuja after the FAAC’s monthly meeting, chaired by officials from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF). According to the document signed by Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations at the OAGF, the shared revenue includes N962.88 billion from statutory sources, N598.08 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT), N38.86 billion from the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and…

The Dawah Front of Nigeria has declared its unwavering support for the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, amid controversies surrounding the recent conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement issued by the National Coordinator of the organisation, Alhaj Muslihdeen AbdulGafar, the group described Oloyede as an “epitome of integrity and sincerity,” lauding his reforms at JAMB since assuming office. “Professor Oloyede’s stellar track record as a scholar, administrator, and leader is well-documented. “His conduct as JAMB Registrar has brought much-needed reform and integrity to the institution,” the statement read…