Author: Platform Times Newspaper

…Passengers Trek To Catch Flights As traffic grinds to halt Activities around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, were thrown into chaos on Monday as hundreds of physically challenged persons staged a massive protest over the prolonged closure of a government-owned school for persons with disabilities. The demonstrators, under the banner of the Farmcraft Centre for the Blind, barricaded all major access routes to the airport, creating a traffic logjam that left travellers stranded, while some were forced to abandon their vehicles and trek long distances to catch their flights. Eyewitnesses said  that the protest began in the early hours…

The Presidency on Monday dismissed growing speculation over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s health, insisting that the Nigerian leader remains “hale and hearty” and fully engaged in official duties. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, made the clarification during a live interview with the BBC Hausa Service, countering media reports suggesting that Tinubu was seriously ill and preparing to travel abroad for medical treatment. “There is no truth in those reports. The President has been working from his office and attending to state matters,” Abdulaziz stated. Speculation over the President’s health intensified after his last public…

Armed bandits have killed five people and abducted two others in separate attacks across Kaduna State, casting fresh doubts over the effectiveness of Governor Uba Sani’s much-publicised “Kaduna Peace Model.” The latest wave of violence, which occurred between Sunday and the early hours of Monday, left residents of Giwa and Chikun local government areas in shock and mourning. In Nasarawan Fatika, Giwa LGA, witnesses said dozens of armed men stormed the community around 2 a.m. on Monday, killing three residents — Alhaji Sagir, Mallam Hassan and Muhammad. Muhammadu Sani, a resident, told PLATFORM TIMES that the victims were the primary…

The Lagos State Police Command has dismantled several high-profile criminal networks, including kidnap and armed robbery gangs as well as a ₦500 million visa fraud syndicate, arresting multiple suspects and recovering weapons, stolen property, and incriminating evidence. Commissioner of Police, Olohunda​re Jimoh, disclosed the breakthroughs on Monday at a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, warning criminals that Lagos would remain unsafe for their operations. According to Jimoh, the operations were executed by specialized units between July 13 and July 30, 2025, across various parts of Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State. The CP said detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping…

The Ogun State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Mustapha Ismail Adewale, popularly known as Yaro, has called on the Federal Government and aviation authorities to exercise leniency in the ongoing dispute between Fuji music icon, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (K1 De Ultimate), and ValueJet Airlines. In a statement on Monday, Yaro appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo, the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo, and ValueJet CEO, Kunle Soname, to “temper justice with mercy” in the matter. Quoting the popular maxim, “to err…

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and several others injured on Monday when Boko Haram insurgents launched a deadly dawn raid on a military base in the Rann area of Kala Balge Local Government Area, Borno State. Military sources told PLATFORM TIMES that the heavily armed militants stormed the base belonging to the Nigerian Army’s CIO Battalion in the early hours, overwhelming troops with sustained gunfire. The insurgents reportedly set armoured tanks ablaze and made away with an undisclosed cache of ammunition. According to insiders, the attack was so fierce that some soldiers abandoned their positions and crossed into neighbouring Cameroon…

A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has narrated how the late former President Muhammadu Buhari played a decisive role in thwarting ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s alleged third term bid, which he claimed could have plunged Nigeria into a one-party state. Okechukwu, a former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, said Buhari, as an opposition leader in 2006, held a series of strategic meetings with lawmakers in the National Assembly to block the move, despite reported attempts to bribe them with N50 million each. In a statement issued on Friday, Okechukwu said Buhari’s intervention reinforced the…

Senator Gbenga Daniel, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, has dismissed speculation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is hospitalised in London. Daniel, who represents Ogun East, told journalists on Monday that the reports making the rounds on social media were false, describing the Senate President as “hale and hearty” after meeting him in London. According to Daniel, his trip to London was partly to brief Akpabio on his return to Nigeria for the August 16 bye-election to fill the vacant Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency seat. The seat became vacant following the death of Adewumi Onanuga, former Deputy Chief Whip…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, grilled former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals totalling N189 billion during his tenure. Tambuwal, who governed Sokoto State between 2015 and 2023, was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja at about 11:30 a.m., where he was ushered into an interrogation room by investigators. A senior official of the commission, who spoke to PLATFORM TIMES on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the alleged transactions were in breach of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. “Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, is…

Daud Olatunji The Media Aide to former Ogun State governor and serving Senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of lacking the moral ground to issue contravention and quit notices on his principal’s properties, insisting that the governor’s own Iperu residence should be the first to face such action if the state was sincere. The media Aide to the former governor, Steve Oliyide also  accused Governor  Abiodun of hypocrisy in the enforcement of building regulations following the sealing of Daniel’s residence and hotels in Sagamu. Addressing journalists on Monday at the Asoludero Court, GRA Sagamu, …