Author: Platform Times Newspaper

As Nigeria braces for another devastating flood season, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has identified 12 states and 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) as high-risk zones for potential flood disasters in 2025. The agency’s Director-General, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, raised the alarm during an inception meeting with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Abuja. She revealed that over 5.2 million Nigerians were affected by floods in 2024 alone, with 1,237 deaths, and destruction stretching across 35 states. “These floods displaced more than 1.2 million people and destroyed 116,172 homes as well as over 1.4 million hectares of farmland in…

The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, has renewed his call on the state government to urgently establish a State Boundary Commission to resolve recurring inter-state land disputes, especially at volatile border communities such as Ode-Omi. Elemide made the call during plenary on Thursday in response to a report by Hon. Lawal Adekunle, representing Ogun Waterside Constituency, who alleged encroachment into Ode-Omi by officials of the Lagos State Town Development Authority. The Speaker described the reported invasion as a serious breach and called for swift government intervention to protect Ogun indigenes from “unwarranted attacks…

A socio-political group, Ogun West Initiative, has lauded the lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, for executing over 250 constituency projects and empowering more than 40,000 residents within two years of his tenure. The group, through its convener, Mr. Bolaji Adeniji, disclosed this during a media engagement held on Friday in Abeokuta, describing Adeola’s mid-term performance as “unprecedented and transformative” in the history of the senatorial district. According to Adeniji, Senator Adeola, popularly known as YAYI, has deployed a multidimensional strategy that has resulted in massive infrastructural development, robust legislative performance, and large-scale empowerment schemes that…

A coalition of persons with disabilities in Ogun State has made a passionate appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun to urgently implement the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018, in the state. The appeal was made by Mr. Abdulwahab Matepo, Interim National President of the Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria, and Ms. Oluwatomisin Olatayo, a member of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), during an appearance on Your Image, a public relations programme aired on Ogun State Television (OGTV). Speaking on the topic “Disability Law: Progress, Challenges and the Way Forward,” the advocates lamented the continued exclusion…

By Imam Nojeem Jimoh Everyone has his or her own idea of who a role model is – and rightly so. So do I. As a dutiful wife to one’s husband and wonderful mum to her children, I have not found many I would place ahead of our own Rashidat Salisu. Fate brought us together four decades ago as innocent, young co-students at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The Muslim Student Society of Nigeria (MSS in our days, not MSSN) became a glue which bound us together. Her marriage to my good friend, Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu (the world famous…

Daud Olatunji  The Founder of Oladipupo Foundation for Sickle Cell, Dotun Oladipupo, has raised the alarm over the prohibitive cost of bone marrow transplants in Nigeria, describing it as a major barrier to survival for many sickle cell patients. Speaking during a press briefing in Abeokuta, Ogun State, to mark the 2025 World Sickle Cell Day, Oladipupo lamented that the procedure, which is regarded as a potential cure for sickle cell disorder, costs as much as ₦40 million, rendering it inaccessible to the average Nigerian family. The foundation, during a sensitisation rally held across major parts of the Ogun State…

… Blames Illegal Checkpoints, Taxes, Poor Infrastructure Daud Olatunji The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has expressed deep concern over the persistent surge in food prices across the country, attributing the trend to a proliferation of illegal checkpoints, unauthorised taxes, and crumbling transport infrastructure. This was disclosed in a communiqué issued at the end of the Forum’s third meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The document was signed by the NGF Chairman and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and read by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. According to Sanwo-Olu, the governors deliberated extensively on key national issues, particularly those…

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the distribution of 40,000 bags of rice across Ogun State, with special attention given to People Living with Disabilities, widows, artisans, market women, and other vulnerable groups. The food distribution, part of ADF’s National Food Intervention Programme, was flagged off at the Oba’s Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch, Governor Dapo Abiodun, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, hailed the Foundation’s gesture as a timely intervention in the face of Nigeria’s harsh economic realities. According to the governor, the initiative aligns with his administration’s…

…recovers stolen crude oil worth N83bn, arrests over 14,000 suspects nationwide The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said no fewer than 6,260 terrorists were neutralised, and 5,365 kidnapped civilians rescued in various operations across the country in the last two years. Brigadier General Ibrahim Abu-Mawashi, Deputy Director of Defence Media Operations, made this known during an expanded parley with media executives in Abuja. The event was organised as part of activities marking the two-year anniversary of General Christopher Musa’s appointment as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Abu-Mawashi said a total of 14,138 terrorists, insurgents, and violent criminals were apprehended during…

At least 15 pilgrims from Kwara State have fallen victim to a foreign exchange scam while on pilgrimage in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, losing their $500 Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) to suspected fraudsters. The victims, reportedly mostly of Fulani descent, were allegedly deceived by currency racketeers who exchanged their $100 bills for $1 notes under the guise of helping them convert the money into Saudi riyals. The Amiru Hajj of the state and traditional ruler of Ajase-Ipo, Oba Ismail Yahaya Alebiosu, confirmed the development while addressing journalists on the incident. He disclosed that the fraudulent exchange occurred after the official disbursement…