The incident reportedly happened just as the governor stepped onto the platform to greet the assembled crowd of party supporters. Video footage from the venue captured the moment the platform caved in. The incident caused immediate panic among party faithful ...
High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), the Ibe‑Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, has stepped into the growing crisis in Delta State, where women and youths have occupied oil and gas installations in the Escravos and Warri river areas since Monday. The ...
Fire has engulfed part of the wing housing the Nigerian Senate at the National Assembly comflex. Naija News reports that the incident occurred on Wednesday. It was gathered that the incident happened at Hearing Room 107 shortly after the Senate ...
The Nigerian Senate has issued a warrant of arrest against former Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari. At the centre of the controversy are audit observations forwarded to the Senate Public Accounts Committee from the Office of the ...
JUST IN: Why Nigerians Should Take Babachir’s ‘Kachalla’ Allegations Against Atiku Seriously- Japhet
Political commentator and public affairs analyst, Jefferson Japhet, has urged Nigerians not to dismiss the allegations contained in former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal’s widely circulated “Kachalla” series against former Vice President and ADC presidential ...
Kenneth Okonkwo, former spokesperson of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (South-East) during the 2023 general election, has denied a viral video in which he described former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as a failed politician seeking to undermine Nigeria’s democracy. The ...
According to a report by the Times of Israel on Wednesday June 10, 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has carried out a missile attack on a US military installation in Jordan, claiming that several key facilities ...
The World Cup is just days away, but increasingly strict immigration restrictions are continuing to disrupt travel plans for football fans – and now, some players too. Many have recently hit back against organisers in the US after players from ...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has cast doubt on the leadership record of former Vice President , arguing that his performance during the administration of former President did not produce the positive outcome many expected. ...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has disclosed that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was among the political leaders who agreed to adopt a rotational presidency after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. ...
Social media activist VeryDarkMan, has stirred reactions online after addressing criticism over his comments on the government’s handling of terrorism and insecurity. Taking to Instagram, he revealed that many people had been attacking him after he suggested that President Bola ...
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has reflected on her generation’s active involvement in the global struggle against apartheid, recalling how Nigerians once risked arrest while protesting in solidarity with South Africans. According to a news report on Arise ...
IBADAN – The Oyo State House of Assembly has called for far-reaching reforms to strengthen the operations of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, and improve the implementation of the Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law, 2019, following ...
President Tinubu has approved the formation of a Presidential Task Force to handle threats from Ebola virus. This was revealed in a Facebook post on 9th May 2026 by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and ...
One person has been confirmed dead while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a violent clash between supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the Accord Party in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday. PLATFORM TIMES gathered ...