Author: Platform Times Newspaper

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has unveiled a nationwide hotline to enable Nigerians report any MRS Oil Nigeria Plc filling stations selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) above the approved pump price of ₦739 per litre. The refinery said the move was part of efforts to enforce transparency, protect consumers and ensure that the benefits of its recent price reduction reach Nigerians across the country. In a statement on Monday, Dangote Refinery announced that the dedicated hotline, 0800 123 5264, is now active nationwide and can be used by motorists to promptly report violations at any of the over 2,000 MRS filling…

A devastating fire on Sunday afternoon razed Abagbo Garden and Hotel, a popular hospitality facility in the Kwankwashi area of Suleja, Niger State, leaving properties worth millions of naira destroyed and its owner rescued from an alleged suicide attempt. The inferno, which reportedly started from a generating set, spread rapidly across the premises, overwhelming initial efforts to contain it. Despite the swift intervention of men of the Niger State Fire Service from the Suleja Division, a substantial part of the hotel was consumed by the blaze. Eyewitnesses described the incident as a “mysterious fire” owing to the speed and scale…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has declared that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar currently has the strongest chance of emerging Nigeria’s President in the 2027 general election. Momodu, a publisher and presidential aspirant, said Atiku’s long-standing political experience, resilience and personal discipline place him ahead of other contenders eyeing the nation’s top job. He spoke on Monday while responding to questions during an X Space session titled “Avrilsspace: The Electoral Mathematics for 2027.” According to Momodu, Atiku, who has been in Nigeria’s presidential race for over three decades, could make history if he clinches victory…

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and ex-Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has revealed that he personally nominated Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the running mate to the late former President, Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the 2015 general election. Akande said the decision followed consultations with President Bola Tinubu in 2011, contrary to widespread public belief that Tinubu single-handedly picked Osinbajo as Buhari’s vice-presidential candidate. The APC chieftain made the disclosure while speaking on State Affairs, a podcast hosted by Edmund Obilo, where he shed light on the behind-the-scenes political calculations that shaped the Buhari-Osinbajo ticket.…

Four men ;Olukayode Adeyemi Lisoyi, Chief Sikiru Olatunde Atobatele (Balogun of Egba), Mr Ade Kadejo and Mr Kabiru Adebesin, have been dragged before the Ogun State High Court over allegations bordering on malicious damage, intimidation and the alleged ill-treatment of a prominent community figure in Iboku-Aro, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The suit, filed at the Abeokuta Judicial Division, was instituted by Sunday Babatunde Aro-Oguntola, a block maker, farmer and heir apparent to the Baaleship of Iboku-Aro. In his statement of claim, Aro-Oguntola alleged that the defendants, whom he described as non-indigenes, migrated into Iboku-Aro and later became land speculators involved…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Kano State has arrested two young women for allegedly attempting to smuggle illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Goron Dutse. The suspects, identified as Maryam Ali and Hauwa Musa, both aged between 19 and 20, were intercepted during routine security checks at the facility on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Confirming the arrest in a statement on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Command of the NCoS, Musbahu Lawan Nassarawa, said the women, who are residents of Kano State, were apprehended while trying to gain access to the custodial centre…

The Kano State Police Command has rescued a man accused of blasphemy from being lynched by an angry mob at a hotel in the Badawa area of Kano metropolis. The incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. on Saturday at Sarina Hotel, Badawa Quarters, following allegations that the suspect desecrated the Holy Qur’an within the hotel premises. Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, who disclosed the development on Monday via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, said the suspect was in the company of two others when the incident happened. According to the account, three men identified as Musa Tasiu, Awwal Ibrahim and…

Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has raised the alarm over the alleged killing of three farmers in his hometown of Igboho, Orelope Local Government Area, Oyo State. In a statement issued on Monday, Igboho identified the victims as Aderoju Mukaila, Olawuwo Saka, and Ojeniyi Ojebayo. According to him, the farmers were attacked with axes, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons by suspected Fulani herdsmen after protesting the destruction of their farms by grazing cattle. The victims were reportedly rushed to a hospital but succumbed to their injuries despite medical efforts to save them. Igboho described…

An Ogun State High Court in Ijebu-Ode on Monday dismissed an application by renowned Fuji musician, Otunba Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, seeking to stop the ongoing selection process for the next Awujale of Ijebuland. Presiding Justice A. A. Omoniyi ruled that KWAM 1’s suit lacked merit and refused to grant an interim injunction to restrain the respondents from continuing the installation process. KWAM 1, claiming lineage from the Fidipote Ruling House, had filed suit No. HC3/238/2025, challenging the exclusivity of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House in producing the next monarch. The musician named Governor Dapo Abiodun, the…

A minor dispute over ₦1,000 has ended in tragedy, as a man identified as Ezekiel admitted before the police that he fatally struck a relative during a heated argument, despite repeated pleas from family members to calm down. Ezekiel, who spoke during police interrogation, said the incident occurred in the heat of the moment and was never intended to result in death. “It was by mistake. I didn’t know when I hit him,” he said, adding that several relatives, including the deceased, had tried unsuccessfully to pacify him as tensions escalated. He explained that the ₦1,000 at the centre of…