Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Luqman Soliu If not for politics of retrogression played by the trio of Osinbajo. Adams Oshiomole and Tinubu, Ogun won’t have relapsed this far. For 5 years, Adatan road of less than a Kilometer in the heart of Abeokuta couldn’t be completed  Even Amosun dualized Lafenwa-Rounder road was reduced to a lane ditto to Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye road not leaving Abeokuta-Sagamu road earlier designed to be 8 lanes but just torched and reduced to 4 lanes. Abeokuta – Sango road has worst experience as the road turns to one of the worst roads in Ogun State. Even roads constructed by the current…

Aisha Ademigbuji  I never knew that our taste in books would change as we grow older. My taste in books did change as I grew, but I didn’t really pay much attention to it until I came across an article about the best books to read during different life stages. As a little girl in primary school, you would never see me pick up a book that didn’t have illustrations—it was a deal breaker. My childhood friend, Kemi, was gifted foreign books by a kind neighbor, and she was always ready to share them with me. One book that left…

Daud Olatunji The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) announced that 176 Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered, while 57 other individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region have been apprehended. This development was disclosed by Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the Force Commander of MNJTF’s “Operation Lake Sanity II,” during a press conference at the Officers Mess of Theater Command, JTF Operation Hadin Kai at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Maj.-Gen. Ali detailed the extensive operations initiated to purge the Lake Chad area of remaining terrorist elements. The operation, which began on April 23, 2023, has seen…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that there are no plans to withdraw the licenses of three banks.  This clarification follows regulatory actions taken against Heritage Bank Plc on Monday, June 3, 2024. In a press statement issued by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Haka Sidi-Ali, the CBN addressed the circulating misinformation.  “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to some information circulating in the public domain, suggesting that the CBN is set to revoke the licenses of three additional banks following its regulatory action against Heritage Bank Plc,” Sidi-Ali said.  “The…

In a significant move to honour one of Nigeria’s most celebrated literary figures, President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) as the Professor Wole Soyinka Highway.  This decision came upon the recommendation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration. President Tinubu, in his announcement, highlighted the monumental achievements of Professor Wole Soyinka, noting that he was the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Soyinka, a distinguished playwright, poet, and novelist, received the Nobel Prize in 1986, becoming the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in this category. …

Daud Olatunji  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have jointly demanded that President Bola Tinubu’s administration reverse the recent electricity tariff hike and abolish the classification of customers into bands.  This call was made following a joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the NLC’s National Headquarters on Tuesday. The NEC meeting, the highest decision-making body of the Organised Labour, was convened to deliberate on the federal government’s offer of a higher national minimum wage, following the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike action.  The communique, signed by NLC President Joe Ajaero and TUC President…

By Daud Olatunji In a landmark event held at the YES FM hall in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the Association of Nigerian Broadcasters (ANBROAD) elected its inaugural set of national leaders.   The Provost of TNM Media Academy, Abdulrasaq Abdulganeey, known widely as Mr. G.R.A, emerged as the first President of the association.  Joining him in leadership is the popular Abeokuta broadcaster, Akinyemi Olatoye, affectionately called Alawiye federation, who was elected as Vice President 1. The election saw a robust turnout and the selection of a comprehensive executive team, which includes: Olori Adeola Yusuf – Vice President…

Daud Olatunji Abeokuta, Ogun State capital hosted dignitaries from all walks of life as the Ogun Area  Council of the   Muslim Students Society of Nigeria celebrates the society on its 70 years anniversary. The event which had in attendance the deputy governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele,a Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial district, Senator Shuaib Salis, Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Baba Adeeni Of  Yoruba land, Edo, and Delta,Ambassador, Sarafa Isola, Chief Imam of the University of Abuja, Prof. Taofeek Azeez and an erudite scholar from the  department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Abuja,…

Enoch Oyedibu  Oyo State has emerged as the state with the highest number of out-of-school children in the Southwest region of Nigeria, PLATFORM TIMES can report. Comparatively, other Southwest states fair better. Ogun State ranks second with 20.5% of children out of school, Ondo State comes third with 13.8%, Osun State fourth with 12.8%, Lagos State at 6.4%, and Ekiti State has the lowest rate at 5.1%. However, the Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (NMPI) for 2022 paints a different picture.  According to data from the NMPI, gathered in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, Oyo State ranks…

In a remarkable display of humanitarian effort, over 2,000 indigenes and residents of  Ogun State  have received free medical care in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the late Agura of Gbagura land, Oba Dr. Sabur Babajide Bakre.  The initiative was spearheaded by the Tobade Progressive Club, an indigenous organization dedicated to community service and improvement. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that  the simultaneous  3-day medical outreach was holding  at Oke-Iddo and Ake to cover all the four sections of Egba Ake, Egba Oke-Ona, Egba Gbagura and Egba Owu. The three-day medical outreach, which included pre-screening for dental and ophthalmic surgeries…