Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said self-made or leaders enthroned by Satan are bound to fail. Obasanjo said this on Sunday night while speaking on a Zoom programme tagged “Boiling Point Arena,” hosted by a radio station in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. The former President also spoke on anti-corruption war in the country, his legacies…
Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, in a defamation case filed by Afe Babalola. The 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X handle on Monday. Sowore stated that Farotimi was granted N50m bail with a surety in the…
The Managing Director of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, Mr. Babatunde Olofin, has cautioned Nigerians against sharing their account numbers publicly, especially during the festive season, to avoid falling victim to cyber fraud. Babatunde revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He emphasized the importance of cyber security awareness, warning…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that German President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to visit Nigeria on a three-day official visit. Steinmeier, according to a statement by the German Embassy in Abuja, will be in Nigeria between December 10 and 12. The visit will be the third exchange between both countries on the level of head of…
Popular British rapper Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, has been embroiled in a shocking legal battle after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Initial reports surfaced in October, naming Combs as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York by an…
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Federal Government is working to establish a national youth development bank and a youth data bank. He said this at the 60th anniversary celebration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in Port Harcourt. Shettima, represented by his Technical Adviser on Women and Youth Engagement, Hauwa Liman, said…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has said that those eyeing the presidency from the North in 2027 should wait till 2031. He also has appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through required legislative processes stating that the bills were well envisioned for Nigerians. Akume, who gave…
Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the just-concluded presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana showed that the country has learnt some lessons from Nigeria. On Saturday, Ghanaians headed to the polls to elect a new president and members of the parliament. John Mahama, candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),…
An anti-human trafficking mobile application built by Devatop Centre for Africa Development, a Nigeria-based human rights advocacy centre, has won an award from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The award was presented at the UNAOC’s intercultural innovation hub held in Cascais, Portugal, on November 26. The app, TALKAM, is used for reporting abuses,…
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday he would “have to” deport all undocumented immigrants in the United States, as he doubled down on his hardline campaign pledges including ending birthright citizenship. “You have to do it,” he said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after being asked if he planned…