Category: Crime/Health

Blood Flows As Terrorists Kill 30 Soldiers, 7 Mopol, 6 Cthers in Niger

Daniel Atori

Picture used to depict happening, not of the attack in this report   Platforms Africa Daniel Atori in this on-the-spot report, states that the men also abducted 4 Chinese Miners, several others as Gov Sani Bello directs security agencies to arrest terrorists, rescue victims MINNA: Armed terrorists numbering over a hundred have attacked Ajata-Aboki in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro local government in Niger State killing over thirty Nigerian soldiers, seven Mobile Policemen and six civilians in broad daylight It was on Thursday gathered that Scores of others who sustained various…

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Superstar R.Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

Abibat Babalola

The racketeering and sex abuse of fans that landed the “I Can Fly” crooner in jail   R&B singer, R. Kelly, on Wednesday, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. This, Platforms Africa gathered, follows his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Star actress, Funke Akindele’s Marriage Crashes Days To 6th Anniversary Again, Nollywood Chacha Eke Announces Split with Producer Husband You Want To Live Long? Get a Second Wife, Study Says Student-Teacher Impregnates 24 Students, 4 Teachers, Headmistress – Report Kelly is…

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Daughter Catches Her Mum in Bed With Her Baby Daddy

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

Why I shared video on Facebook, daughter says in hot encounter + Full script of the encounter   A new video of an American woman who caught her own mother in bed with her boyfriend and father of her child has now gone viral. In the footage, which has been widely shared on social media pages, a shirtless man and a woman can be seen lying in bed while being questioned by a third lady, who happens to be the man’s girlfriend. READ ALSO: You Want To Live Long? Get…

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Rent House to ‘Yahoo Boys,’ Rot In Jail for 15 Years, EFCC To Landlords

Ganiyu Amodu

The Economic Financial Commission Commission (EFCC) has issued a stern warning that landlords may risk 15 years in jail for renting houses out to “Yahoo boys.” The Commission made this known ahead of its next edition of its public conversation series tagged, “ #EFCCConnect,” which has been slated to be held by 6pm on Twitter Space on Wednesday, June 29th 2022. The commission’s Deputy Director, Legal and Prosecution, Sylvanus Tahir and Assistant Director, Legal and Prosecution, Cosmos Ugwu will be speaking on the topic, “Give your house to Yahoo boys,…

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46 Migrants Found Dead in Abandoned Trailer in US

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

“Hours later, body bags lay spread on the ground near the trailer as a grim symbol of the calamity.”   Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the US. Sixteen people were hospitalised, including four children. A city worker heard a cry for help from the truck shortly before 6pm Monday and discovered the gruesome scene, Police Chief William…

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Nigeria Dwarfs Education, Health Budget, Blows N2.84trn On Petrol Subsidy

ADEOLA YUSUF

INVESTIGATION: N2.84 trn spent on subsidy in 17 months doubles the N1.45 trn allocated for infrastructure in 2022 budget. It is over N700 bn higher than N2.1tr total budget for health and education. Here is Platforms Africa exclusive report on fuel subsidy and an economy in reverse gear   The Nigerian government has dwarfed the budget for three critical sectors of the economy – Education, Health and infrastructure – in 2022 fiscal year with the N2.84 trillion already spent on petrol subsidy in the last 17 months, investigation by Platforms…

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Herdsmen Stab Bus Conductor To Death in Lagos Over Cow’s Death

Abibat Babalola

Persons identified as herdsmen have stabbed a bus conductor to death for killing a cow. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, became public in a viral video from the scene of the accident. According to one of the videos sighted by The Eagle Online, the incident occurred at Mowo on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, close to President Muhammadu Buhari Estate. The commentator in the video said the bus conductor, who fled after the accident that led to the death of the cow, was killed close to a…

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BREAKING: Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, Resigns

Aliyu Aliyu

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammed, has resigned after days of intense battle waged against him by his colleagues at the Supreme Court, who accuse him of sundry infractions in office ranging from corruption to high-handedness.  Details of the development, appears scanty at the moment, but indications to this came via a breaking news on Arise TV breakfast programme, The Morning Show, on Monday morning, attributing the information to sources.  There has been ruckus at the apex court, after 14 justices rose against the CJN over alleged mismanagement of funds and absence…

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How Missing Nigerian Ambassador Was Found Dead in US – Police

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

The 70 year-old late ambassador acted, from February to August 2009, as the Assistant Secretary-General at the UN    Police in Tuckahoe, New York, United States have found the body of a former Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Ejeviome Otobo, who was last seen in the community on June 15. The Tuckahoe Police Department on June 19 announced in a Facebook post that Etobo was missing and requested information from the public. READ ALSO: Ekweremadu: David Nwamini Is 21 Year-Old – Nigeria Immigration NDLEA arrests Brazilian returnee with cocaine in private parts…

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Ekweremadu: David Nwamini Is 21 Year-Old – Nigeria Immigration

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria Immigration Boss, Isah Jere Idris, opens up on reports alleging that the issuance of a Nigerian Standard Passport to one man who has been mentioned in an ongoing investigation by the UK authorities on human trafficking case did not follow due process.   David Ukpo Nwamini, a Nigerian mentioned in an ongoing investigation by the UK authorities on human trafficking case is 21 Year-old according to the verified passport issued to him by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Comptroller General of NIS, Isah Jere Idris, has declared. Platforms Africa…

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