Author: Platform Times Newspaper

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, on Wednesday paraded 38 suspects, including 16 illegal immigrants allegedly brought into the state from Togo and Benin Republic for “sinister motives.” Commander of the Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, who addressed journalists at the agency’s headquarters in Akure, said the operatives also arrested 22 other suspects over alleged involvement in offences ranging from kidnapping and murder to vandalism, rape and stealing. Adeleye disclosed that the 16 immigrants could not explain how they entered the country or their mission in Ondo State. “We have unusual visitors among us,” he said. “We have Mustafa, Steve,…

Former Kano State Governor and former Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said he considers himself to be living in the “extra time” of life at 70, declaring readiness for the “final whistle” whenever it comes. Shekarau, who marked his 70th birthday on Wednesday, spoke during a media interactive session in Kano, where he reflected on his journey, life lessons, and faith. “My life is in extra time, and I’m ready for the final whistle,” he said. “At 70, anything beyond this is a gift from Allah, and I remain grateful for every moment.” The former minister, who once…

Aishah Waliyullah  The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Sufiyanu Aliyu, for allegedly stabbing his 15-year-old wife, Suwaiba Abubakar, to death during a domestic dispute in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The tragic incident occurred on October 27 at the couple’s residence in Gwanyal village and was reported to the police by a concerned resident. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, said operatives were immediately mobilised to the scene after receiving the distress report. “The area was visited, processed and cordoned off for forensic analysis,” Rufai stated,…

Daud Olatunji The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill prescribing a minimum of five years and up to 14 years imprisonment for lecturers and other academic staff found guilty of sexually harassing students in tertiary institutions across the country. The legislation, titled Sexual Harassment of Students (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2025, seeks to curb the rising cases of sex-for-grades and other forms of sexual exploitation on Nigerian campuses. Presenting the bill for concurrence, the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Oyelola Ashiru, described it as a landmark move aimed at sanitising the country’s learning environment. Ashiru stated, “This bill is designed to…

The Olori of Araromi-Aperin in Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, Olori Rebecca Obisesan, has narrated how firm traditional leadership and community mobilisation helped end open defecation in the community, even as UNICEF warned that most Nigerian states lack proper urban sanitation strategy. Speaking during a-two day media dialogue on accelerating actions to improve urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Nigeria, Olori Obisesan said the community achieved open defecation-free status in 2021 after the state Ministry of Health sensitised residents and the palace enforced compliance. “Before the campaign, we were doing ‘short-put’ in the bush,” she recounted. “Many houses…

…Promises More Support Daud Olatunji  The Ogun State Government has settled the outstanding N300,000 medical bill of a 25-year-old mother of triplets, Mrs Morenikeji Olatunji, who was reportedly detained at a private hospital in Abeokuta over inability to pay. The intervention followed  PLATFORM TIMES exclusive  report that exposed the plight of the young mother and her newborns, who remained in the facility weeks after delivery due to unpaid charges. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, led a delegation to the hospital on Tuesday where she confirmed the government had fully cleared the bill, enabling the discharge of…

The Ogun State Government has issued a seven-day quit notice to the Ibara Housing Estate Mosque in Abeokuta, sparking outrage among worshippers who described the move as sudden, unfair, and suspicious. The over 25-year-old mosque, located within the high-brow Ibara GRA, was served the notice immediately after the Zuhr (noon) prayer on Tuesday by an official believed to be from the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority. In a quit notice dated November 5, 2025, and signed by the Authority’s General Manager, the state asked the mosque community to vacate the premises within seven days, warning that the structure…

Nigeria’s petrol landing cost has continued its downward slide, dropping to ₦827.24 per litre as of Monday, even as retail pump prices remain stubbornly high across the country. According to the latest Energy Bulletin released Tuesday by the Competence Centre of the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN), the 30-day average landing cost stood at ₦827.04/L — slightly lower than ₦829.77/L reported on October 30. Despite this decline, pump prices in Lagos have stayed between ₦915 and ₦925 per litre, offering no relief to consumers already grappling with high living costs. The MEMAN report also showed falling diesel and…

A High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday gave the Peoples Democratic Party the green light to proceed with its national convention scheduled for November 15–16, 2025, in the state capital. Justice A. L. Akintola granted the order while ruling on an ex parte application filed by a party member, Folahan Malomo Adelabi, effectively countering last Friday’s order of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which halted the event. The Abuja court had restrained the PDP and its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, from going ahead with the convention following a suit filed by three top party…

A 25-year-old petty trader, Mrs. Morenikeji Olatunji, has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians and the Ogun State government for urgent financial assistance after delivering a set of triplets through a Caesarean section in Abeokuta and being detained over an outstanding hospital bill. Olatunji, who sells costume jewellery at Panseke Market, Abeokuta, told PLATFORM TIMES on Tuesday that she gave birth to the triplets on Monday, November 3, 2025, but has been unable to leave the private hospital after exhausting her savings on medical expenses. According to her, the family has so far paid N200,000 out of the N500,000 hospital bill, leaving…