Females have been warned to stay Indoor as the annual traditional ‘Oro’ festival in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is set to take place on May 16, 2024 featuring events throughout both the day and night. This announcement was made in a letter from the Ayangburen Palace, signed by the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi. A copy of the letter sighted was issued on April 16, 2024 and was addressed to the Medical Director of Ikorodu General Hospital. The letter, titled ‘Notification of Magbo (Oro) Festival 2024,’ stated, “This is to inform you of the upcoming festival scheduled for Thursday, May…
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Police Force has launched a manhunt on a woman captured in a viral video giving her toddler daughter an alcoholic beer. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the video of the woman went viral on social media showing where she was giving the toddler an alcoholic beer directly from the bottle and saying in Yoruba language that the daughter would be good at giving “blow jobs” like herself when she grew up. Reacting to the viral video, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the woman had become another assignment for the Nigerian police as she must be fished…
Daud Olatunji Following the two consecutive series of Special Reports by PLATFORM TIMES on the state of affairs at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, facts have emerged on how the 42-year-old institution weathered the storm. PLATFORM TIMES, in its scathing reports, revealed that the state-owned university had not received a visitation panel in the last 15 years. Further findings by PLATFORM TIMES exposed that the institution had weathered the storm of various forms of decay and emerged strong in the areas of stable academic calendar, population growth, results, certificates, and transcripts, as well as staff welfare. While the institution…
The Abia state government has raised the alarm saying the forensic audit report of the last administration revealed that N10bn airport fund was diverted into 32 accounts. The Commissioner of Information, Prince Okey Kanu disclosed this after the State Executive Council meeting press briefing Monday night. He said the 360-page dossier has been released . He added that a perusal of the document compiled by a renowned global audit firm, Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, KPMG, shows various financial transactions and alleged infractions by the immediate-past administration in the state. He stated that It also contains details of how the administration…
Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, has sentenced a 47-year-old secondary school teacher, Ojo Ezekiel, to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old minor . The convict, Ojo Ezekiel, who was first arraigned on July 1, 2022, faced trial for the heinous crime under the provisions of the violence against persons (prohibition) law of Ogun State 2017. The prosecution presented compelling evidence, leading to Ezekiel’s conviction on a sole count of rape. According to Mr Olusegun Olaotan, the prosecuting counsel, the victim’s mother noticed something was amiss with her daughter’s private parts while bathing her. Upon questioning,…
Daud Olatunji The aftermath of the 2023 general election has left a bitter taste for the forum of 37 State Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). On Tuesday, they expressed their disappointment during a solidarity visit to the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, at the party secretariat in Abuja. Mrs Patricia Yakubu, the President of the forum, voiced the frustrations of the women leaders, highlighting their exclusion from the benefits of party politics despite their significant contributions to President Bola Tinubu’s electoral victory. She lamented that the women received minimal acknowledgment,…
Daud Olatunji Men of Nigerian Army under Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly killed a top commander of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Tahir Baga . He was reportedly killed during their recent raid on Sambisa Forest in Borno State. PLATFORM TIMES gathered tromtbeh statement posted by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region. He said the terrorist top commander was killed on Monday when the army cleared their enclaves of Shababul Umma, Garin Panel Beater and Lagara Anguwan Gwaigwai at the heart of the forest. Zagazola added that…
The Lagos State Police Command has taken into custody the renowned musician, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, for his failure to settle a debt incurred during the purchase of a G-Wagon from a car dealer in the state. According to reliable sources, Portable acquired the luxury vehicle valued at N27 million but only made a partial payment of N13 million, leaving a substantial balance of N14 million unpaid. Despite repeated demands from the car dealer to fulfill his financial obligation, Portable allegedly evaded payment by insisting that the vehicle was defective. As negotiations reached an impasse and Portable continued…
The Enugu State Government says it has created a register across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state for its unemployed citizens for possible recruitment in various areas. The Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Mr Chika Ugwuoke disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ugwuoke said that it had so far generated raw data of about 33,000 unemployed people made up of graduates, men, women and secondary school leavers through the creation of the register. He said that his ministry was going to carry out sensitisation program to get more…
The Kano State Government has initiated legal action against the Managing Director of Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV), Mustapha Adamu Indabawa, and Staff Officer Ibrahim M. Bello, over allegations of criminal conspiracy, misappropriation, and diversion of funds amounting to millions of naira. The charges, encompassing seven counts, were filed by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission under the authorization of the state’s Attorney General. The charges detail various instances of alleged financial misconduct, including the conversion of funds intended for the ARTV from the Kano State consolidated Revenue Account into personal bank accounts. Mustapha Adamu Indabawa, serving as the…