Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Angry youths in Benue State on Saturday blocked the busy Makurdi–Lafia–Abuja highway with the bodies of three victims allegedly killed by suspected armed herdsmen in fresh attacks on farming communities. The protest, which paralysed traffic for hours between Makurdi and Daudu, followed renewed assaults on Abagena and Atsom villages in the outskirts of Makurdi Local Government Area, where three farmers were murdered in their fields around 8:30am. The development came less than 24 hours after two other persons were reportedly killed in a similar raid on Tse Adaa village in neighbouring Guma LGA. Eyewitnesses said the assailants stormed farmlands close…

Patients at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, were on Friday left stranded after nurses and midwives in the facility commenced an indefinite strike over unpaid entitlements and poor welfare conditions. The industrial action, announced in a statement jointly signed by the Unit Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Unit, Ojewumi Olutayo, and Secretary, Adedokun Foluwake, followed the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued to the management. According to the union, several appeals and engagements with the authorities failed to yield results, forcing its members to…

Daud Olatunji  Ayetoro, the historic town in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, came alive on Saturday as dignitaries from across the state and beyond converged to witness the official unveiling of the Grand Ayetoro City Club and the launch of its N250 million clubhouse. The event, held in Ayetoro, attracted political leaders, traditional rulers, government functionaries, academics, and prominent indigenes who hailed the initiative as a milestone in the town’s march towards social, cultural, and economic renaissance. Among those in attendance were the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, represented by the Commissioner for Sports, Wasiu Isiaka;…

The new Customs Area Controller of Ogun II Command, Comptroller Olushola Olukemi Akingbade, has met with excise traders and stakeholders in the Free Trade Zones, calling for deeper cooperation to boost revenue generation and ensure seamless trade facilitation. The meetings, marked her maiden official engagement with operators within the command, including representatives of the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA). Addressing the stakeholders, Comptroller Akingbade commended them for the cooperation extended to her predecessor and urged them to sustain the partnership under her leadership. She assured that her administration would operate an open-door policy. “My leadership will continue to provide…

… Inaugurates MAVE Lagos/Ogun Chapter  Daud Olatunji  The Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PAVE) Network has warned that the South-West region risks being destabilised by rising cases of arms proliferation, cultism, drug abuse, and unresolved grievances unless urgent measures are taken to address the growing threats. The warning was issued during a stakeholders’ and media engagement session and inauguration of MAVE ,Lagos/Ogun Chapter  held on Friday in Lagos, where participants from Lagos and Ogun states converged to deliberate on violent extremism and ways to strengthen peace and security in communities. Reading a prepared speech on behalf of the national coordinator,…

Daniel Osiyemi The Gender Development Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, on Friday inaugurated the Baale of Ijeun Kobiti, Chief Oluwasegun Oluwaseun, alongside nine other community leaders as Community Advocates in Ogun State to tackle rising cases of incest, rape, sexual abuse, and medical-related vulnerabilities. The inauguration, held in Abeokuta, drew notable stakeholders from government, civil society and traditional institutions. Delivering the keynote address on “The Role of Community Advocates in Building Sustainable Advocacy Movement for Inclusive Health Policies and Right to Safe Choice,” human rights campaigner, Mr. Olufemi Oladejo, stressed the urgent need for grassroots advocacy to break the silence around…

For years, students and lecturers at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, have struggled with erratic electricity that crippled learning, research, and campus life. That struggle may now be easing, as the Ogun State Government has delivered two new transformers to the institution. PLATFORM TIMES reports that a statement by Head, Public Relations & Protocol, ‘yemi Ajibola disclosed that the  transformers — a 500KVA/.415KV and a 300KVA/.415KV capacity — are part of the state’s intervention to end the institution’s chronic power challenges and restore it as a hub of technology and innovation. According to the  statement,for students, the development is more…

A fact-finding panel on the protracted killings in Plateau State has revealed that no fewer than 11,749 people have been killed between 2001 and 2025, with 420 communities across 13 local government areas devastated by violent attacks. The chairman of the committee, Nicholas Rogers, disclosed the grim statistics on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. He said the report, which was formally submitted to Governor Caleb Mutfwang on Thursday, painted “a very holistic and comprehensive” picture of the crisis. “It is very sad that things like this happen in our own country, and people don’t even care about…

…Nigeria Ranks Second Among Foreign Nationals Nabbed — Report No fewer than 106 Nigerians were arrested in India in 2024 for involvement in drug trafficking, according to an official report released by the country’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The report, which was unveiled by India’s Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, during the second National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) heads, revealed that Nigerians constituted the second-highest group of foreign nationals implicated in the crime, after Nepalese citizens, who topped the list with 203 arrests. Other foreigners arrested include Myanmarese (25), Bangladeshis (18), Ivorians (14), Ghanaians (13), and Icelanders (10).…

The Osun State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of orchestrating threats against its leaders, warning that it would not bow to what it described as “relentless tyranny.” In a statement signed by its chairman, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo, the congress alleged that leaders of the opposition party had launched open attacks and coordinated smear campaigns aimed at endangering the lives of labour leaders for speaking against what it called constitutional breaches by the APC. Arapasopo, in a strongly worded reaction to a statement credited to the Osun APC,…