The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said the Saudi authorities will, from the 2025 Hajj, take charge of feeding and accommodation of Pilgrims in Mecca and Medina. The commission stated this in a statement by its spokesperson, Fatima Usara, on Friday. Mrs Usara said the arrangement was agreed on during a virtual meeting…
The Lagos state commissioner of Police, Olarenwaju Ishola, has warned intending protesters against unlawful acts during the planned protest. He gave the warning during a town hall meeting with stakeholders and security agencies organised by the Lagos police command on Friday in Ikeja, Lagos. There are talks of another planned nationwide protest by some groups…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, over alleged N27bn fraud. It was learnt that Ishaku, who left the as governor of the State in 2023 after spending 8 years, was picked up at his Abuja residence in the early hours of Friday….
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has advocated N100,000 as allowance to female members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Sani made the call in reaction to the increment of Corp members allowance to N77,000. Posting on X, the former lawmaker said the allowance of female Corp members should have been increased because…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven executive directors for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that this was made known in a statement released on Friday signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. They are: 1. Ayo Adewuyi — Reappointed Executive Director, News. 2….
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to, upon completion of construction and renovation, toll the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other major roads in the country. Umahi disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during an inter-ministerial press briefing, as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. “We have…
The Ibadan North Federal Constituency hopeful and pioneer chairman of Aare Latoosa LCDA, Bashorun Abdullahi Adekunle Oladeji (Omo BAO), has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Acting Chairman of the Oyo APC, Alhaji M.O. Abas, on his 75th birthday. In a statement issued on Friday from his media office in Ibadan, Omo BAO praised Alhaji…
Police authorities in Lagos have summoned three officers for allegedly extorting N1m from corps members. Footage of the encounter between the corps members and officers had made the rounds on social media late Friday. The incident is said to have happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. A social media user Oluyemi Fasipe who shared…
Controversial critic, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, on Thursday, met with the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, following allegations that raised serious concerns about the integrity of prison administration in Lagos State. Meanwhile, Tunji-Ojo has ordered the suspension of several officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres in Kirikiri, Lagos and…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Whistleblower Isaac Bristol, also known as PIDOMNIGERIA, bail. This was announced by the 2019 and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, in a short post on his X handle. Recall that the court had, on the 11 of September 2024, postponed his…