GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed a bill to create the North-Central Development Commission (NCDC). This was made public on Tuesday by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who announced the signing of the bill during plenary. He said: āLet me also inform my colleagues that Mr. President has also assented…
The Federal Government has unveiled the National Broadband Alliance, a new initiative aimed at transforming the nationās digital infrastructure and boosting connectivity across the country. The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday in Lagos by the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, who was represented by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian…
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has begun engaging stakeholders as the first step in planning towards the proposed Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Purple Line project. The 57km Purple rail line will stretch from Redemption Camp in Ogun State to Volkswagen area along the Lagos Badagry Expressway, featuring 17 stations. The Purple Line…
A Nigerian lady, Muhammad Bharaqah Ize has dragged wives who fight their husbandsā sidechick although their mothers are second wives. The lady took to her Facebook page to opine that any wife whose mother is a second wife to their fathers has no right to fight their husbandās side chics. According to her, most women…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has sacked two of his female media aides. The aides affected include Ewatomilola Emiola, Senior Special Assistant on Research & Documentation, and Kikelomo Isijola, Special Assistant on Digital Media. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the governorās Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan,…
Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent (or the shape of a sickle), hindering blood flow. This condition leads to the distortion of red blood cells into a sickle or…
A five-year-old boy on Monday reportedly set a duplex building on fire while playing with match sticks in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The incident happened at Abiodun Adebiyi close, off Yidi Road, Irewole area Ilorin in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. One of the rooms in the duplex was completely burnt…
Twenty lawmakers from Lagos West have declared their support for Mojisola Lasbat Meranda as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The development comes on the heels of an emergency meeting convened by the Governorās Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) to address the ongoing leadership crisis. The crisis…
Former governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has accused his successor, Uba Sani of embarrassingly and sycophantly defending President Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai said the people of the state will judge Governor Sani. In a post on his X handle, El-Rufai said Saniās sycophantic act was based on Federal Governmentās grants in excess of N150 billion…
A Kano state high court has sentenced five men to death by hanging for the murder of Dahare Abubakar, a 67-year-old woman, whom they accused of being a witch. Usman Naāabba, the presiding judge, ruled on Monday that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, convicting Daāluta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya,…