Barring last-minute change of decision, President Bola Tinubu is likely to dissolve his cabinet this week. The dissolution, a top source close to the corridors of power told the Sunday Tribune, “is to pave the way for the injection of fresh minds that can bring the needed vitality to the cabinet.” The president, who just…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that over 30 people have been confirmed dead in a petrol tanker explosion in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State. The petrol tanker reportedly collided head-on with a trailer truck carrying travellers and cattle from Wudil, Kano State. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arab,…
A suspected kidnapper who was apprehended by residents of the NEPA community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state, has begged the police for mercy. Daily Trust had reported how the suspected kidnapper, Umar Adam, abducted two teenagers – a boy and girl – and demanded a ransom of N20 million but subsequently…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the activities of a faith-based organisation, Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries, led by Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, using the agency’s name to deceive the unsuspecting public. NAFDAC, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, noted…
_Ibadan North FC and the matter of legislative competency; BAO of beautification with Legislative experience_ ….. Lukman Adetayo Legislative Arm of Government has been one of the most powerful organs of the Three Arms we have in Nigeria’s Democratic System of Government. Laws of every nation are made by the Lawmakers who are usually elected…
Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has released a video message calling for peace and an end to violence between Fulani and Hausas. In the video obtained and translated by PRNigeria, Turji claims that the ongoing conflict is impossible to win and will only lead to further bloodshed. Turji, who is known for his involvement in…
Goals by Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Flourish Sabastine and substitute Joy Igbokwe against Venezuela in Cali on Saturday took two-time silver medallists Nigeria to the Round of 16 of the ongoing FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. Bello guided home a cut-back by the irrepressible Okwuchukwu for the first goal against the South Americans in the…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the Peoples Democratic Party is dead in the country. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration of a renovated party office in Katsina State, Kwankwaso said he and his followers left the PDP because “it is dead”. “I wish to remind you…
The Dangote refinery may resort to exporting its Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) following the refusal of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to be the sole buyer of its product. The NNPC, in a statement by its spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, said on Saturday that it would not buy Dangote fuel unless it was cheaper than…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the State Government of Kano has postponed the resumption date for primary and post-primary schools for the 2024/2025 academic session. Recall that the government had earlier announced that schools were to resume on September 9, 2024. However, in another statement released on Saturday, the Director of Public Enlightenment of the Ministry…