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  In  a decisive move, the Kano State Government has suspended two secondary school principals over allegations of absenteeism and negligence of their duties.  The affected principals were in charge of the French Bilingual College and Chinese Bilingual College located in Kwankwaso, Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State. The suspension was announced by Umar Haruna, the Kano State Commissioner for Education, through a statement released by the Ministry’s Director of Public Enlightenment, Balarabe Kiru, on Monday, September 11, 2023. According to Kiru, the suspended principals were found absent from their duty posts when a team of ministry officials visited…

Daud Olatunji Twenty-four hours after the Ogun State government demolished the N1bn worth of building belonging to  the wife of former governor of the state, Olufunke Daniel, the state governor has hinted that buildings without  approval and Certificate of Occupancy would be demolished. PLATFORM TIMES had earlier reported exclusively on Sunday morning  how the state government partially demolished DATKEM plaza, the five storey building located in Ijebu-Ode. While breaking his silence over the controversial demolition which took place in the wee hours,  Abiodun warned that the state government will not tolerate lawlessness and the violation of the state’s building codes.…

Daud Olatunji The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has broken his silence, saying his  intervention saved former governor Gbenge  Daniel from losing the Conference hotel in Abeokuta  to his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun’s hammer. Abiodun said, if not for his intervention shortly after Amosun exited the government in 2019, Daniel would have lost the multimillionaire edifice tagged Conference hotel Abeokuta . He said this on Monday, during an inspection of 8-kilometre Mowe-Ofada Road, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. While addressing the accusation of vindictiveness, the governor recalled his intervention in another property belonging Daniel. The governor…

In a significant legal development, a 40-year-old herdsman named Muhammed Abubakar was presented before the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos by the police, accused of stealing a total of 377 cows.  Abubakar, whose current address remains unknown, is now confronting a two-count charge of felony and theft. Despite the allegations, Abubakar entered a plea of not guilty during the court proceedings. According to the prosecutor, ASP Clément Okuoimose, the defendant is alleged to have committed these crimes on January 10th at approximately 10 a.m. in Apa Town, Badagry, Lagos State.  Okuoimose explained that Abubakar purportedly conspired with others to…

In a historic development, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban on Nigerian travelers with immediate effect. This significant change in policy comes after President Bola Tinubu engaged in productive discussions with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The agreement reached between the two leaders marks the end of the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travelers.  As a result of this breakthrough, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines will promptly resume their flight schedules to and from Nigeria. Additionally, the agreement includes substantial investments of several billions of U.S. dollars in…

Daud Olatunji Residents of Ilese, in Ogun State’s Ijebu North East local government area, are growing increasingly frustrated with the unfulfilled promise of road repairs in their township.  Despite Governor Dapo Abiodun’s electioneering pledge to transform the Ogun State College of Health Technology into the Ogun State Polytechnic of Health and Allied Sciences on February 15th, 2023, recent investigations reveal that the road’s condition has worsened. The deteriorating road not only affects the community but also poses a significant challenge to students attending the newly designated Polytechnic.  With higher enrollment expected, students are burdened with high transport fares, eroding their…

Fawaz Adebisi The first indigenous chartered accountant in Nigeria, Pa Akintola Williams, has passed away at the age of 104. He died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 11, 2023, according to a statement from his family. Pa Williams was born in 1919 and studied accounting at the University of London. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1947 and returned to Nigeria to establish his own firm, Akintola Williams & Co., now Deloitte & Touche, in 1952. He was a pioneer and a leader in the accounting profession in Nigeria. He was a founding member and a president…

Fawaz Adebisi The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu,  has moved out of the Government House as he relocated his office to a new building near the state secretariat.  This was revealed, on Monday, by sources close to Shuaibu, according to Channels TV. It was gathered that the new office, situated at No. 7 Dennis Osadebey Avenue, is not yet fully functional and lacks running water, sources close to Shuaibu revealed. The relocation comes after Shuaibu withdrew his legal action against Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Federal High Court last week.  The motivation behind Shuaibu’s decision to relocate his…

Unity Bank Plc has demonstrated robust financial performance in the first half of 2023, with gross earnings reaching an impressive N333.38 billion.  This marks a noteworthy two percent increase from the N327.42 billion recorded in H1’2022, as disclosed in the bank’s half-year unaudited financial statement submitted to the Nigeria Exchange Group Limited. During the same period, Unity Bank’s gross income climbed to N27.5 billion, compared to N27.4 billion, while its total assets increased to N512.1 billion from N510.1 billion, showcasing the bank’s steady growth. One notable aspect of the report is the significant 31 percent reduction in the net…

Nine suspects have been docked for allegedly participating in the abduction of Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a lead consultant of neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The nine suspects were arraigned on four counts bordering on unlawful possession of dangerous weapons and kidnapping before a Magistrates’ Court in Calabar on Monday. Prof Ekanem Ephraim was kidnapped by four hefty individuals pretending to be patients at her facility around the Atimbo area of Calabar at about 9:00 pm on July 13, 2023. The Cross Rivers chapter of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA had declared a strike over the abduction of…