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The Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Nigeria Police Force from tendering a DNA test result as evidence in an ongoing paternity case involving a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, and one Hadiza Baffa. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who issued the order on Tuesday, held that the police and other respondents must not rely on the contested DNA result pending the determination of the substantive suit filed by the ex-minister. Turaki, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, is locked in a legal battle with Baffa, who…

Two officials of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) have pleaded guilty before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to diverting salaries of former employees of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute Meta. The defendants — Shola Onasanya, a Chief Accountant, and Halimat Olalere, a Principal Executive Officer of Accounts — were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on an amended two-count charge of corruption and money laundering. The ICPC alleged that the duo exploited their positions at the FMC payroll desk between January and December 2023 to divert N1.17 million,…

The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Wednesday released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results, with Kano, Lagos, and Oyo states emerging as the best-performing centres, even as the council vowed to sanction schools and supervisors indicted for examination malpractice. Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, who announced the results in Minna, said the council recorded significant improvement in performance and a sharp drop in malpractice cases compared to the previous year. According to him, 1,358,339 candidates sat for the June/July examinations out of the 1,367,210 registered candidates. Of this figure, 818,492 candidates (60.26%) obtained five credits and…

Tragedy struck the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Tuesday as four of its senior staff members were confirmed dead in the inferno that gutted Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos. The victims — Mrs Ekelikhostse George (Assistant Director), Mr David Sunday-Jatto (Assistant Director), Mrs Nkem Onyemelukwe (Senior Manager), and Mr Peter Ifaranmaye (Manager) — were trapped on the sixth and seventh floors of the high-rise where two FIRS offices operate. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS Chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, described the incident as a devastating loss for the service. “It is…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, announced the end of the six-month state of emergency imposed on Rivers State, declaring that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly will return to their offices with effect from Wednesday, September 18, 2025. Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast, said the measure, declared on March 18, 2025, was a constitutional necessity to halt the paralysis of governance in the oil-rich state, where a protracted power tussle between the executive and legislature plunged the state into crisis. The President recalled that the Supreme Court had affirmed the…

The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebuland, which is next in line to produce the Awujale of Ijebuland, has dragged a businessman, Otunba Abdulateef Adebayo Owoyemi, before the High Court of Ogun State over alleged impersonation as the Olori Ebi (head) of the ruling house. In the suit, the recognized Olori Ebi, Otunba Ajidagba Adedokun, accused Owoyemi of falsely parading himself as the head of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House despite having no royal connection to the family. Ajidagba, who instituted the action on behalf of the royal lineage, maintained that the Fusengbuwa Ruling House has its ancestral root in the Ile-Nla…

Owolabi Oluwatobi, Yakub Azeezat, Salako Kayode & Ogunmefun Taiwo Onijanganjangan, a quiet Fulani settlement just nine kilometres from Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, looks like a village frozen in time. Hidden behind the Technology Incubation Centre along the Abeokuta–Lagos Expressway, the settlement is home to about 60 residents who survive on cattle rearing, yoghurt production, and subsistence farming. The recent visit revealed that, beyond its pastoral charm lies a story of deprivation. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the village, founded in 2007 by nomadic Fulani families, has no school, no clinic, no electricity, and no legal security of tenure. Further findings…

… 651 kidneys illegally transplanted In Nigeria At $41bn In 5 years … Criminal gangs, health workers named as facilitators A Professor of Medicine at Bayero University Kano (BUK) and consultant nephrologist at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Prof. Aliyu Abdu, has raised alarm over the scale of illegal kidney trade in Nigeria, revealing that at least 651 kidneys worth over $41 billion were trafficked and transplanted in the country between 2015 and 2020. Speaking at a seminar on National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Standards organised by Clarion Call Care Foundation in Abuja, Abdu disclosed that globally, an estimated 10,000…

The Ogun State Government has issued a public health alert over the rising number of diphtheria cases across the state, warning residents to take urgent preventive measures against the potentially fatal disease. In a statement on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said diphtheria, a highly contagious bacterial infection, has been declared a public health concern, stressing that vaccination remains the most effective protection. “Diphtheria is preventable. Parents are strongly encouraged to ensure that children receive all recommended routine immunizations. Adults who missed their vaccines should also get protected,” Coker said. She added that the disease spreads easily…

Aisha Waliyullah Tragedy struck in Plateau State as suspected kidnappers killed the traditional ruler of Shuwaka, Kyaram District in Garga community, Kanam Local Government Area, six days after his abduction. The monarch, Hudu Hassan Barau, popularly known as Sarkin Shuwaka, was kidnapped by armed bandits last week, only for his lifeless body to be discovered in a bush on Monday morning. The Kanam Development Association (KDA) confirmed the gruesome discovery in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Garba Aliyu, and secretary, Shehu Kanam. “We are consumed by grief and outrage as we received the tragic news of the death…