Author: Platform Times Newspaper

The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Abeokuta South State Constituency II in the 2027 general elections, Hon. Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, has said the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Oladipupo Adebutu, would make stable electricity supply a major priority to stimulate economic growth, attract investment and improve the living standard of residents if elected. Adeoye, popularly known as A3, stated this while addressing party members and supporters in Abeokuta, where he urged them to focus on issue-based campaigns rather than political attacks ahead of the elections. He said sustainable economic development could not be achieved without reliable electricity, describing inadequate power supply…

Despite billions budgeted for primary healthcare in Ogun State, many health centres remain neglected. In this investigation, DAUD OLATUNJI, exposes the stark gap between government spending and the realities confronting patients at the grassroots. Across communities in Ogun State, patients continue to arrive at primary healthcare centres only to encounter broken equipment, unreliable electricity, and inadequate health workers. While successive budgets earmarked billions of naira for primary healthcare infrastructure, an investigation by PLATFORM TIMES found that only a small portion of the approved funds was eventually released, raising concerns over the impact of poor budget implementation on healthcare delivery. A…

The Federal Government has directed the National Identity Management Commission to ensure that every Nigerian is enrolled in the National Identification Number database before the end of 2026, as the number of registered citizens surpassed 137 million. The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, saying President Bola Tinubu had set a deadline for the completion of the nationwide enrolment exercise. According to her, the commission had enrolled 137,371,080 Nigerians into the NIN database as of Sunday evening but acknowledged that millions of citizens were yet to be…

A 30-year-old man, Musbawu Amodu, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his 20-year-old wife to death following a domestic dispute over food in Obi Local Government Area of the state.  PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the tragic incident occurred in Angwan Yahaya, Agyaragu, on Sunday after an argument between the couple reportedly escalated into violence. The state Police Command said the matter was reported at the Agyaragu Police Division at about 12:30 p.m., alleging that the suspect had assaulted his wife, inflicting injuries that led to her death. Police said Amodu was immediately arrested and…

Grace Adeleke Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted a truck conveying a large consignment of suspected illicit drugs along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and handed over the driver and the recovered substances to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation. The Army said the operation, carried out by troops of the 65 Battalion on July 9, followed credible intelligence that led to the interception of the vehicle. In a statement on Sunday, the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 81 Division, Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, said preliminary investigations indicated that the suspected drugs were being transported…

A police inspector is receiving treatment for severe facial injuries after he was allegedly shot at close range by a fellow officer following a dispute at the Iju Police Division in Lagos. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the incident occurred at about 9 a.m. on Sunday shortly after Inspector Aminu Nuhu completed his night station guard duty and was handing over to Police Constable Lateef Afeez, who had resumed for the morning shift. According to an internal police signal, the officers engaged in a heated argument during the handover, which reportedly escalated when the inspector allegedly threw stones at the constable.…

An elderly woman, identified as Mrs Affiong Peters, has died after slumping inside a commercial bus in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the incident occurred late on Saturday while the vehicle was conveying passengers along the Edgerly–Mbukpa–Afukam axis of Calabar South Local Government Area. The Cross River State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, ASP Sunday Eitokpah. According to the police, the driver of the commercial minibus, Mr John Okon John, reported at the Atakpa Police Station around 11:30 p.m. after discovering that one of his passengers…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has called on the Federal Government to incorporate traditional oath-taking, indigenous intelligence networks and community-based security structures into Nigeria’s fight against kidnapping, banditry and terrorism. The monarch said Yoruba traditional institutions possess time-tested mechanisms capable of complementing conventional security agencies, particularly in rural communities where criminal activities have continued to thrive. Oba Owoade made the call on Saturday at the grand finale of the 2026 Egungun Festival held at the ancient palace in Oyo, according to a statement by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye. Speaking on the festival’s…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 38-year-old South African woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria. The anti-narcotics agency said the suspect, who allegedly travelled with her three-year-old son to avoid suspicion, was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha on July 6. NDLEA disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, saying the woman initially denied checking in any luggage before investigations linked two suitcases containing heroin to baggage tags attached to her passport. According…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order compelling the electoral body to investigate allegations that about ₦800bn from Federation Account Allocation Committee allocations was diverted by governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress for political campaigns. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1426/2026, was filed against INEC over claims that APC governors allegedly made monthly deductions from their FAAC allocations into a fund reportedly created to support President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. SERAP disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday by its…