Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria…
Media personality and actress, Toke Makinwa, has opened up about her personal experience with motherhood, revealing why she stopped breastfeeding her newborn daughter just three weeks after birth. Makinwa made the revelation during a Snapchat Q&A session after a fan questioned why she was no longer breastfeeding. Responding to the fan, the popular On-Air Personality…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The meeting is taking at the Presidential Villa, State House Abuja. Our correspondent could not immediately verify the agenda of the meeting, but it might not be unconnected with ongoing efforts to strengthen the Country’s security architecture. The…
Super Falcons defender, Michelle Alozie, has made the shortlist for the FIFPRO XI with teammates Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie, and Esther Okoronkwo — all instrumental in Nigeria’s 2024 WAFCON triumph — missing out. FIFPRO, which means the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, announced the shortlist on Monday. “The FIFPRO Women’s World 11 finalists…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has launched the Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Programme to equip 10,000 young Nigerians with high-demand technical skills needed in the oil and gas sector. According to NCDMB Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Ogbe, the initiative is part of a Human Capital Development (HCD) strategy designed to…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has threatened legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he is unable to purchase a nomination form to contest for the party’s chairmanship position at the November 15 National Elective Convention, scheduled to take place in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Lamido arrived at the…
Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, has been declared the winner of Cameroon’s election, granting him an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100. The country’s constitutional council said Biya won 53.66% of the vote, while his former ally turned challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, got 35.19%….
Enugu State Government, through the Office of the Honourable Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, has confirmed the arrest of Mr. Ozioma Okonkwo, a native of Imo State residing in Enugu, for allegedly defiling his two biological daughters aged 2 and 5 years respectively. Mr. Okonkwo was apprehended on the night of Saturday,…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State says he is under pressure from political stakeholders to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). However, Mr Mutfwang, who spoke at an event on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos, vowed not to leave the PDP. The…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has refused to open his defence in the terrorism charge filed against him. At the resumed proceedings on Monday, Kanu who has opted to defend himself after sacking his team of lawyers, said he has gone through his case file and there is no charge…
