Author: Platform Times Newspaper

Daud Olatunji President Bola Tinubu has left Nigeria for a three-week vacation in Europe as political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections gather momentum. The President’s media aide, Sunday Dare, said on Sunday that the break was necessary for Tinubu to rest and “refuel” ahead of what he described as an intense period of political campaigning. Dare, the Presidential Adviser on Media and Public Communications, spoke with journalists shortly after the President departed Abuja. According to him, Tinubu had spent the past six to seven months dealing with major national issues, including security and economic matters, and needed time…

The African Democratic Congress has challenged the Bola Tinubu administration to account for about N15.8tn in additional resources reportedly generated from petrol subsidy removal and foreign exchange reforms between June 2023 and December 2025. The opposition party said the increased government revenues and higher allocations to the three tiers of government had failed to translate into a corresponding improvement in the living conditions of Nigerians. The ADC made the demand in a statement issued on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, while reacting to comments attributed to Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, Director-General of President Tinubu’s 2027 campaign. The party…

A female eyewitness has recounted how moviegoers were allegedly trapped for about an hour during a violent attack at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX in Lekki, Lagos, saying one of the attackers later claimed that a man killed during the incident was his intended target. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday at the cinema’s car park, where two people were reportedly killed after a machete-wielding attacker assaulted a security operative and another individual. The eyewitness, whose account has circulated widely on social media, said the attackers prevented people from escaping by blocking the only available exit, forcing terrified moviegoers…

Daud Olatunji The Kano State Police Command, in collaboration with residents and local vigilantes, has rescued the Sarkin Noman Kano, Alhaji Yusif Nadabo, after suspected bandits invaded Garun Mallam Town in the Garun Mallam Local Government Area of the state. Nadabo was reportedly abducted during the attack, which occurred around 11:30pm on Saturday, August 29, 2026. The attackers also shot three residents during the incident, according to the police. The victims were identified as 20-year-old Yusif Nasiru, Salisu Garba and Ibrahim Hassan. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday on…

… 47,200 Captagon pills concealed in bathing soap • 3.9m opioid tablets abandoned at import shed Daud Olatunji The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted illicit drugs worth more than N6.2bn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, including 47,200 pills of Captagon, popularly known as the “Jihadi drug,” and nearly four million opioid tablets. The agency also arrested a suspected cross-border drug kingpin and several other suspects in separate operations across Lagos, Rivers, Ondo and Delta states. According to a statement issued by the NDLEA on Sunday, the Captagon shipment was intercepted on Saturday, August 22, following the…

Daud Olatunji South African police have arrested two Nigerian nationals and another suspect during an anti-drug operation in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape Province, recovering suspected drugs with an estimated street value of R1.5m, approximately N125m. The South African Police Service said the operation was conducted on Thursday, August 27, under Operation Ukubuza, following intelligence on suspected drug dealing activities in Parliament Street, Central, Gqeberha. The Nigerians were identified as 36-year-old Kelvin Ike and 52-year-old Okeke Joseph Sunday. According to the police, officers first arrested the two Nigerians after allegedly finding them in possession of suspected drugs. A third suspect, aged 42,…

…President Cites Privacy Laws, Lack Of Public Interest, Political Motives ….Opposition Demands Disclosure, Says Nigerians Deserve To know The Truth Daud Olatunji President Bola Tinubu has asked a United States federal court to reject a bid seeking the release of his unredacted records held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Tinubu, through his legal team, argued that the records should remain undisclosed because they are protected by United States privacy laws, contain sensitive law-enforcement information and are not subject to release merely because of public interest in his political career. The President’s position was contained…

A 500-level student of Fr Moses Adasu University, formerly Benue State University, has been arrested by the police after allegedly pouring hot water on her 200-level colleague following a disagreement. The incident reportedly occurred on Friday, August 28, 2026, at the students’ residence in Benue State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Peter Aondongu, confirmed the arrest on Saturday, saying the command had commenced an investigation to establish what led to the altercation between the two students. According to him, preliminary information indicated that the two students were living in the same room before the disagreement escalated. He said…

Daud Olatunji A young Nigerian, Samuel Ezekiel, has recounted how he was allegedly deceived by his friend, Emmanuel Odeh, into undergoing kidney removal after being falsely assured that the procedure would not affect his health. Ezekiel alleged that Odeh changed his identity to “Hassan Abubakar” and facilitated his movement through a process involving medical tests, court documentation and surgery at Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja. He made the disclosure on Friday when the Nigeria Police Force paraded suspects linked to an alleged organ-harvesting syndicate operating in Abuja and Nasarawa State. According to him, Odeh initially told him they were going…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has dismissed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s claim that Nigeria’s land borders need to be reopened, insisting that the country’s borders are already open to legitimate trade and movement. Tunji-Ojo said the Federal Government had reopened several major land borders and that restrictions still in place in some locations were primarily security measures aimed at protecting border communities and traders from terrorism and banditry. The minister spoke in a statement issued on Saturday in response to Atiku’s recent pledge to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected President in 2027. According to Tunji-Ojo, the claim that…