Hadi Sirika, the former minister of aviation, has denied reports that he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform for opposition politicians seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Sirika is reacting to comments by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), during an interview on Arise TV and a…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has appealed to Corps employers to provide accommodation and stipends to Corps members serving in Niger state to complement their federal allowance. The Acting Director, NYSC North Central Area Office 1, Mrs Ikupolati Esther Tosin, made the appeal during the 2025 NYSC corps employers workshop held in Minna with…
A U.S. federal court has convicted a Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, for his role in an international inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million. The conviction was announced on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice following Akhimie’s guilty plea on June 17. Akhimie faces…
Labour Party vice presidential candidate in 2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and others in the coalition to oust President Bola Tinubu out of office are after their selfish interests, warning it will be hard to defeat incumbent president with such approach. In an interview with Daily Trust published on Thursday,…
Former traditional priestess turned evangelist, Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for her involvement in fraudulent religious activities. The conviction was handed down after the court found her guilty on multiple counts of charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by…
In a renewed push to improve the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in Oyo State, the lawmaker representing Ibadan North I State Constituency, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Olajide, has led a motion on the floor of the Oyo State House of Assembly to amend the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Response Agency and Referral Centre…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Super Eagles first-choice goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, is dead. Rufai passed away on Thursday after battling with prolonged illness. He was 61 years. Dodomayana, as he is fondly called, was widely regarded as of the best goalkeepers Nigeria has produced. During his playing career that lasted two decades, Rufai played in…
The United States Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in observance of U.S. Independence Day. The announcement was made by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria on Thursday. The closure marks the annual commemoration of the United States’ declaration of independence from British rule in…
The African Democratic Congress 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, said the faction of the party led by former Senate President David Mark was deliberately structured to produce former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the 2027 presidential flag bearer. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Kachikwu said the group told him during their meeting that…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says his children have the right to own lands in Nigeria. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Wike defended the rights of his children as Nigerian citizens to own land, provided due process is followed. “Assuming, though not conceding, my children applied for…