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The Nigeria Police Force has called for greater public understanding of the challenges faced by law enforcement in combating terrorism and other crimes across the country.  The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated  that while the police are committed to apprehending criminals, it is unrealistic to expect all terrorists to be arrested simultaneously. In a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Adejobi urged Nigerians to recognize the efforts made by the police in securing arrests, despite the daunting scale of the task.  “We can’t apprehend all the criminals at once. At least, appreciate us for the ones…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has refuted claims that President Bola Tinubu’s administration distributed N570 billion as a handout to the 36 states of the federation.  The clarification follows President Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast on Sunday, in which he announced the release of over N570 billion to the states to bolster livelihood support amidst nationwide protests against hunger and corruption. In his address, President Tinubu stated, “Also, more than N570 billion has been released to the 36 states to expand livelihood support to their citizens, while 600,000 nano-businesses have benefitted from our nano-grants. An additional 400,000 more nano-businesses are expected…

Deborah Hundenu The World Bank Group, in its recent data, has disclosed that former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan left a sum of $10.6 billion in loans. Obasanjo governed between 1999 and 2007, Yar’Adua between 2007 and 2010, until his death, after which Dr. Goodluck Jonathan took over and governed between 2010 and 2015. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the leaders who governed the country between 1999 and 2015 left this huge debt for the nation. This revelation comes amid growing concerns over Nigeria’s ballooning national debt, which stood at N121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion) as…

Nigerian business mogul Tony Elumelu has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari and his late chief of staff, Abba Kyari, of obstructing his company’s attempt to purchase an oilfield despite raising substantial funds for the deal.  Elumelu, who heads Heirs Holdings, disclosed this during an interview with the Financial Times, shedding light on a contentious decision made by the previous administration. According to Elumelu, his investment firm had approached the Buhari administration around 2017 with a proposal to acquire an oilfield, offering a substantial sum of approximately $2.5 billion.  Despite the significant financial commitment, the offer was turned down by Buhari…

Emmanuel Oludare Former  President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that many leaders in Nigeria and other African countries deserve to be either jailed or face execution for their actions while in office.  Obasanjo made this assertion during a meeting with six lawmakers from the House of Representatives at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday. The lawmakers, led by Hon. Ugochinyere Ikenga of the Ideato North and South Federal Constituency in Imo State, had visited the former president to discuss several issues, including bills advocating  a single six-year term for the presidency and regional rotation of…

Former Ogun State Governor and Senator, Ibikunle Amosun, has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing a Governing Council for the newly established Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences in Abeokuta, Ogun State. In a statement released on Friday, Amosun described the appointment of Usman Mohammed Shanawa as the head of the Governing Council as a significant milestone, fulfilling the longstanding aspirations of stakeholders in Ogun Central Senatorial District.  He highlighted the importance of the university to the region, noting that its establishment was a key desire during his tenure as governor from 2011 to 2019.…

NIS has suspended Okpravero Ufuoma, an assistant superintendent of immigration (ASI II), for soliciting money from a traveller. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended Okpravero Ufuoma, an assistant superintendent of immigration (ASI II), for soliciting money from a traveller. NIS comptroller general Kemi Nandap announced the suspension in a statement by the immigration’s spokesman Kenneth Udo on Thursday. According to Ms Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the NIS values and ethics of professionalism. She condemned the alleged misconduct, saying it undermined the ongoing reforms to enhance service standards. She,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has moved to address leadership voids in its Ogun and Benue State chapters by appointing caretaker committees following the expiration of the tenures of the existing state executives.  The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party announced these appointments on Thursday, aiming to stabilize the party’s structures in the two states ahead of future elections. In Ogun State, a 13-member caretaker committee was inaugurated to manage the affairs of the PDP for three months.  The committee, chaired by former House of Representatives member Abiodun Awoleye, includes notable party members such as Paul Ogunnubi as secretary…

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has raised concerns over the participation of young Almajiris in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests, stating that many of them were unaware of the reasons behind the demonstrations.  The protests, which began on August 1 across multiple cities in Nigeria, aimed to highlight the country’s worsening economic conditions but later turned violent in some northern states, leading to the imposition of curfews. Speaking during a recent interview, Governor Sule expressed his dismay that a significant number of those who took to the streets in Lafia, the state capital, were young Almajiris—some as young as five years…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted claims by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that its officers raided the union’s headquarters in Abuja. The controversy erupted following a statement by the NLC on Wednesday, alleging that heavily armed operatives stormed the Labour House, located in the Central Business District of Abuja, late in the evening.  According to the union, the raid occurred around 8:30 p.m., long after the close of work, with the intruders forcefully breaking into the building and ransacking the bookshop on the 2nd floor. Benson Upah, the head of Media and Public Relations at NLC, expressed…