Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Daud Olatunji The Gender Development Initiative has called on Nigerian youths to champion reproductive health awareness, challenge gender-related stigma and promote collective responsibility through creative advocacy. The call was made during the Campus Acoustic Session organised under the Ájọṣe (Togetherness) Campaign at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, where students participated in discussions, drama, poetry, music and other interactive activities aimed at addressing reproductive health issues affecting women and girls. Speaking at the event, the Executive Director of GenDi, Prof. Asimolowo, said the campaign was designed to encourage honest conversations on reproductive health and gender issues that are often shrouded…

Call for the protection of my life, the lives of my children, the protection of my privacy, an end to the misleading media trial on my person and the companies I have built with credibility and capacity over several years, the respect of Court Orders, and the protection of over $100 Million I have within the Oil & Gas sector, and several sectors both in Nigeria and International  I, Aisha Achimugu (OFR), an Accountant and law-abiding citizen of Nigeria, (I was a wife) and now a widow of the late Engr. Sulaiman Achimugu, a man whose life was a testament…

The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the 2027 general elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said an Obi-Kwankwaso administration would not rule out dialogue with terrorists and other criminal groups as part of efforts to tackle Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. Kwankwaso said the proposed engagement would complement security operations and community-based intelligence aimed at ending banditry, terrorism and other violent crimes across the country. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme monitored on Monday, the NDC vice-presidential candidate said lasting peace would require engaging all relevant stakeholders, including those behind violent attacks. According to him, an Obi-Kwankwaso government would…

…Says Over N40tn Debt Increase Came From Naira Depreciation …Explains N33tn Ways and Means Securitisation To Senate Daud Olatunji The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, on Monday said the sharp increase in Nigeria’s public debt from about N75tn to over N140tn under the President Bola Tinubu administration was driven largely by the depreciation of the naira and accounting adjustments, not fresh borrowing as widely perceived. Oyedele made the clarification while briefing the Senate Committee on Finance on the state of the economy, dismissing claims that the Tinubu administration had borrowed an additional N80tn since…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has interrogated the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, over his alleged involvement in the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council scandal. Gbajabiamila was questioned by investigators at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday, his lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, confirmed. Ogunye said the President’s chief of staff honoured the commission’s invitation, answered questions relating to the controversy and subsequently returned to work. “My client gave his testimony, responded to questions accordingly, and has returned to his duty post,” the lawyer said. The interrogation comes less than three…

Two alleged commanders of the terrorist group Ansaru have pleaded guilty to terrorism, kidnapping for ransom, illegal mining, terrorism financing and the manufacture of Improvised Explosive Devices before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The defendants, Mahmud Usman, also known as Mahmud Al-Nigeri, and Abubakar Abba, alias Abu Baraa, admitted guilt to a 32-count charge after reversing their earlier not-guilty pleas. The suspects appeared before Justice Emeka Nwite on Monday, where they formally admitted to the offences after previously notifying the court of their intention to change their pleas. The Federal Government accused the duo of coordinating Ansaru sleeper cells,…

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, on Monday admitted that the controversial Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council participated in the Federal Government’s budget process and obtained approval for 314 staff positions despite questions over its legal status. Walson-Jack disclosed this while testifying before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the circumstances surrounding the existence and operations of the council. She, however, maintained that the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation did not create or establish the council, insisting that the approval of government agencies falls…

A Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday ordered a pregnancy test to determine whether a divorced woman, Khadija Abdurrahman, is pregnant following a dispute with her former husband. The presiding judge, Malam Mu’awiya Shehu, directed both parties to visit Yusuf Dantsoho General Hospital in Kaduna for the medical examination and ordered them to return to court with the test result on August 11. The order followed a suit filed by businessman Muhammad Auwal, who asked the court to establish the true pregnancy status of his former wife after receiving conflicting information from her. Through his counsel,…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of N2 billion over alleged money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the ruling, admitted Bodejo to bail with two sureties in like sum and imposed stringent conditions for his release. The court directed that one of the sureties must be a resident of Abuja and provide evidence of three years’ tax clearance, while the second surety must own landed property in the Federal Capital…

Four police officers attached to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have been arrested for allegedly extorting the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN), of ₦53,000 at an illegal checkpoint in Abuja. The officers, who reportedly did not know the identity of the anti-graft agency chairman, allegedly forced him to withdraw the money from a nearby Point of Sale operator before collecting and sharing the proceeds among themselves. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed the incident on Monday while briefing journalists in Abuja, describing the suspects as “criminals” who…