Former President of National Association of Akoko North-East Students, Comrade Oloruntoba Olaitan politically known as ‘Lord Lugard’ has been appointed as Special Assistant on Media to Executive Chairman of Akoko North East Local Government, Alh. Mohammed Mutiu Olawale. In a press statement sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Oloruntoba was appointed along two others namely, Ogedegbe Sunday…
The Federal Capital Territory Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it is mobilising to shut down the territory after President Bola Tinubu concludes his projects’ inauguration on July 3. The Chairman, Dr Stephen Knabayi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NLC) in Abuja on Thursday. Knabayi explained that…
The Lagos State Government has denied any involvement in the reported demolition of a property belonging to the brother of former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Thursday said the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) or any other arm of…
Twenty-nine students taking their high school exams in the Central African Republic died in a stampede sparked by an exploding power transformer, the health ministry told AFP Thursday. Just over 5,300 students were sitting the second day of the baccalaureat exams at the time of the explosion early Wednesday afternoon in Bangui, the capital of…
A Police Inspector has reportedly took his own life in the early hours of Wednesday while on special duty in Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of Niger state A reliable source told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the incident occurred at about 1:50 a.m., involving Inspector Bassey Asuquo, with a member of the…
In a heartfelt message, the Honourable Member representing Ibadan North Constituency I and Chairperson of the Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, has celebrated the South-West PDP Woman Leader, Yeyeluwa Chief (Mrs.) Abosede Adedibu. Hon. Comforter described her as “a fearless matriarch, political warrior, and…
The lifeless body of a young lady identified as Goodness Israel has been discovered abandoned in a gutter along Udok Street, off Barracks Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Our correspondent reports that the corpse was discovered in the early hours of Wednesday by residents of the area. The cause of her death has not been…
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill proposes granting the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug related crimes in variance to the current…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has named the Polytechnic Ibadan after a former governor of the state, Dr Victor Olunloyo. Makinde announced the new Institution’s new name on Thursday. Dr Olunloyo was the governor of old Oyo State between October and December, 1983. He was the first indigene of Ibadan to serve as the…
Five months after gospel singer Timilehin Ajayi allegedly murdered and dismembered his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, he has been sentenced to death. In January, GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that Mr Ajayi was arrested in Agwan Sarki Orozo, Nasarawa State, while attempting to dispose of the severed head of Ms Adaidu, a 24-year-old Youth Corps Member serving in…