The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan, has resigned his position after citing the need to align with the conventional arrangement of elective positions in the state. The resignation letter of the former deputy speaker representing Ilaje Constituency 1, who is the son of the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rubbished the rumors circulating that Sen. Godswill Akpabio and other National Assembly members would be granted automatic tickets in the 2027 election. Mr. Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, gave the clarification on Tuesday in Abuja. He said: “The attention of the APC has been drawn to a…
Troops of Sector 5, Operation UDO KA, in a joint operation with operatives of the 63 Brigade and the Department of State Services (DSS), have intercepted a truck loaded with more than 164,000 live cartridges allegedly destined for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The…
The lingering political crisis surrounding withheld Local Government allocations in Osun State has taken a new dimension as the State Government dragged the Nigerian Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN to the country’s Supreme Court. The case centers on the alleged non-release of allocation from the Federation Account due…
A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the Minister of Education before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, seeking redress for what he described as the gross violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerian students during the conduct of the 2025 West African…
The Chief Of Army Staff(COAS), Lieutenant General Oluyede, has relocated to Makurdi, the Benue State Capital, over the incessant killings of innocent villagers by herders and militia group. The killing which is becoming almost a daily occurrence has left many dead, several others injured, maimed, several houses burnt leaving many homeless. The army Chief who…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a female pilgrim from Plateau State, Jamila Muhammad, has passed on. The Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Daiyabu Dauda, disclosed this in a statement on Monday night. Dauda said the deceased died at King Abdul’aziz Hospital in Makkah while performing the 2025 hajj. He attributed the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lashed out at Rotimi Amaechi, Atiku Abubakar and Nasir el-Rufai, describing their recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as a desperate ploy to return to power for personal gain. In a statement issued on Monday and signed by Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, the party…
Orji Kalu, senator representing Abia north, says the Nigerian economy is at risk of collapse if the country does not continue to borrow. Kalu, a former governor of Abia state, spoke on Monday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. “Let me tell you, if this economy does not borrow, it collapse….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that popular American actor Jonathan Joss has been shot dead in San Antonio. The actor was killed on Sunday over an alleged dispute with his neighbor Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez. The San Antonio police Department reported that the culprit of Jonathan’s deaths has been arrested and charged with murder. Although the cause of…