GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a section of the Rivers state government secretariat in Port Harcourt has been razed by fire. While the cause of the fire was not immediately known, our correspondent understands that the affected section houses the Rivers State Pension Board. Honour Sirawoo, the permanent secretary of the ministry of information, confirmed the…
A British Airways (BA) flight from London to Abuja was diverted to Barcelona, Spain, in the early hours of Monday, after a retired Nigerian Air Vice Marshal from Anambra State died onboard. The aircraft, which departed Londonās Heathrow Airport at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 5, was scheduled to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Tragedy struck in Agatu local government area of Benue State on Sunday evening when a boat carrying a family of seven capsized in Obagaji, killing five siblings. A local source who identified himself as John in a telephone interview, said the incident occurred when a small boat carrying a man, his wife and their five…
Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the presidential fiscal policy and tax reforms committee, says every Nigerian who earns an income has a responsibility to declare it. On June 26, President Bola Tinubu signed the four tax reform bills into law, and they are expected to take effect on January 1, 2026. Answering questions during an interactive…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has overturned the suspension of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, declaring the action taken by Governor Seyi Makinde in 2019 as unlawful. Governor Makinde had, on May 31, 2019, proscribed the activities of the NURTW in the state, citing a…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the prompt release of two journalists, Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang of Jay 101.9 FM, Jos, Plateau State, who were recently arrested while on duty. The journalists were reportedly detained after posting a video on social media showing a confrontation…
The Imo State Government has commenced payment of the new ā¦104,000 minimum wage to workers, fulfilling its earlier promise to review salaries upward. Our correspondent learnt that the state employees received alerts reflecting the new wage structure, sparking excitement and gratitude towards Governor Hope Uzodimma for the implementation. Recap Uzodimma had approved the payment of…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has urged Corps members to embrace self-reliance by cultivating a savings habit and investing in themselves rather than waiting for government jobs. Speaking during his visit to the 2025 Batch āBā Stream āTwoā Corps members at the NYSC orientation camp in Iseyin,…
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has launched a sweeping new immigration plan, describing it as the ātoughest reforms Britain has ever seenā to secure the countryās borders. In a video message posted on her X account on Sunday, Badenoch announced the launch of a new Removals Force, modelled on the United States…
Controversy has continued to trail the recent installation of Pastor Josephine Ibhaguezejele by the Iyaloja-General of Market Women Association, Mrs Folashade Ojo-Tinubu, as the Iyaloja of Edo State, a title that literally means head of markets in the state. The uproar stems from the unfamiliarity of the title within Beninās cultural structure, the process of…
