The Apex Igbo Socio-Cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has issued a statement condemning the role of certain Southeast leaders in delaying the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The organization stated that self-serving political ambitions among some Southeast Governors and a former Governor are at the heart of the prolonged detention…
Former governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Friday, said he won’t contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 because he has no presidential ambition. In a statement signed by Michael Ohiare, his Media Director, Bello expressed surprise and shock over a video post of his 2022 rally, claiming he had started campaigning against President…
National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) has requested for fact-finding visit from Minster of Agriculture and Director General of Nigerian Emergency Management Agency. In a separate press release to the NEMA DG, Ahmed Habib and Minister for Agriculture, Abubakar…
The State of Georgia in the United States has conferred honorary citizenship on former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Obi disclosed the development in a statement on X on Friday, following his participation in the Black Congressional Week events in Washington, DC. He said the day’s activities began with the Congressional…
Anger-fueled locals in Danshoshiya village, in the Kwanar Dangora region of Kano State, beat two suspected kidnappers to death. According to the spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the incident occurred on November 9, 2024. The suspects, identified as Haruna Abdulsalam and Mandi Snu, were apprehended by police operatives and…
The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the allocation for Rivers State will be released to the Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (retd). The government also said President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State was timely and meant to avert an implosion in the state. The Attorney-General of the Federation…
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria. Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday. According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that O’Reilly Senior High School in Okpoi-Gonno, Accra, Ghana, is facing intense scrutiny following the tragic d3ath of final-year student. The student simply identified as Edward Borketey Sackey was fatally st@bbed during an argument with friends on Tuesday, September 4. This incident marks the second student murder at the school, raising serious…
A 20-year-old man on Sunday, March 30, stabbed the guard of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II to death on the Eid prayer ground. The Nigeria Police said the deceased who who protecting the Emir was attacked by the man during prayers. According to the police, one of the security personnel present at the scene of the…
Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, has replied the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not make former President Muhammadu Buhari President in 2015. In a post on his social media account, the Presidential aide said even though…