Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Bandits have killed Professor Yusuf Saidu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation, and Development at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS).  The university disclosed this  in a statement released on Monday. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that Professor Saidu was attacked and killed by bandits while travelling from Sokoto to Kaduna State.  Details surrounding the attack remain unclear.. The university mourned the loss of Professor Saidu, describing his passing as a significant blow to both the institution and the wider academic community.  The statement read, “The death has occurred of Prof. Yusuf Saidu, the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation, and Development at…

Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday acquitted a former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his former aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, of 54-counts of money laundering.. Delivering judgment, Justice Liman held that the prosecution failed to discharge the burden of proof placed on it by the provisions of the law.  Ikuforiji  has been dragged before the court by  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Atoyebi on a 54-count charge bordering on alleged N338.8 million money laundering. They had each pleaded not guilty and were allowed…

Mr Michael Agboro, a prosecution seventh witness alleged that the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Godwin Emefiele awarded contracts to companies belonging to his wife and his brother-in-law. Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged 20-count amended charge, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja. He was alleged to have engaged in criminal breach of trust, forgery, conspiracy to obtain by false pretence and obtaining money by false pretence, when he served as the apex bank’s boss. The EFCC alleged that the former…

Daud Olatunji  The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has taken disciplinary actions against four magistrates and one court registrar due to alleged various misdemeanours.  This decision was reached during the Commission’s 72nd and 73rd meetings held on June 11 and June 20, 2024, respectively. PLATFORM TIMES reports that in the first meeting, the Commission reviewed cases against judicial officers which culminated in sanctions due to misconduct.  It was further gathered that in the latter meeting, the Commission deliberated on petitions against Chief Magistrate Court 60, presided over by Tijjani Saleh Minjibir, and found his responses to queries unsatisfactory. A statement…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has notified Nigerians about the illegal production and sale of unregistered B-GAG mist pot CIT syrup. The alert is contained in a public notice No. 023/2024, issued by the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja on Sunday. The unregistered product is alleged to have been sold by a company named Babban Gida Agalawa General Enterprises. According to the statement, the product, being presented in a pet bottle, was discovered during a surveillance operation carried out by the NAFDAC Post Marketing Surveillance Directorate Officers in Maiduguri, Borno, and Keffi, Nasarawa…

By ABANIKANDA OLUMORO (UK) The Governor of Sokoto State, Engr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, the first Sokoto township indigene to ever govern the state, is now the next Governor of Nigeria to be in the eyes of the storm by his recent action sacking some 15 District Heads in an attempt putting him up like want to rewrite history by now taking upon himself the powers of control of affairs of the Sokoto Caliphate, removing all the powers of the Sultan of Sokoto and reducing him to mere turban giving monarch| after he must have ended the business of politically selecting…

The Yewa Youth Association (YYA) hosted a landmark dialogue with lawmakers from four local government areas in Yewaland, marking a significant step towards enhanced transparency, accountability, and youth empowerment.  The event, titled “Youth-Legislators Dialogue,” was held on Saturday, June 22, at ASUP Hall, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, under the theme “365-Day Stewardship and Youth Dialogue: A Conversation with Yewa 10th National and State Legislators.” The dialogue aimed to bring together the legislative representatives of Yewaland for the first time, fostering a direct and open exchange between the youth and their elected officials.  This initiative symbolises a new era…

Daud Olatunji The Southern Governors’ Forum on Monday, commenced a  closed-door meeting  shortly after their arrival in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.  The gathering, held at the presidential lodge in Ibara housing, marks the first convergence of the governors following the death of the former Chairman, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, in December 2023. As of the commencement of the meeting, eleven governors had already arrivedwitj two deputies .  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, who also serves as the Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, led the early arrivals.  He was warmly received by the host governor, Dapo Abiodun…

… Accuses NMDPRA Of Issuing Licences For Dirty Fuel Imports  Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited, has accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) of deliberately undermining the operations of the newly established Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals.  Speaking at a one-day training programme organized by the Dangote Group, Edwin outlined the various ways in which IOCs are allegedly obstructing the refinery’s ability to secure local crude oil, thereby inflating operational costs and threatening the refinery’s survival. Edwin claimed that IOCs are intentionally hiking the price of local crude oil above market rates, forcing the Dangote…

A man claiming to be a local hunter, Ogunbunmi Jelili, has been apprehended by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly raping a young woman at gunpoint.  The incident occurred in Poyika Adewumi village, near Olode in the Ife South Local Government Area. According to reports, the suspect ambushed the 18-year-old victim and her boyfriend, identified only as Daniel, around 8 p.m. while they were out to buy a soft drink.  The alleged attacker threatened the couple with a Dane gun, vowing to kill them if they did not comply with his demands. In a desperate attempt to escape the…