The National Judicial Council (NJC) has nominated Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The NJC made the recommendation at its 106th meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, held on August 14 and 15. Oyo-born Ariwoola will formally…
President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on the Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further affirming the partnership for mutual development. The agreement covered legislative and regulatory measures for the gas pipeline, establishment and operation, transit of natural gas, ownership of the gas pipeline, and…
Senator Shehu Umar Buba, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, has been stripped of his traditional title by the Bauchi Emirate Council following his public criticism of Governor Bala Mohammed. The Senator, who previously held the title of ‘Mandarin Bauchi,’ had accused the governor of corruption and mismanagement during an interview in Bauchi. Buba, speaking at…
Aviation workers have announced they will embark on protest next week against the federal government’s policy of deducting 50 percent of internally generated revenue from all airports in the country. The Aviation workers said the deduction from the federal government has been hurting the running of airport services. The workers added that all efforts to…
Upset by the increasing insecurity in the Akoko area of Ondo State, a group of women have staged a peaceful protest, with some of them partially dressed, to condemn violent killings by suspected herdsmen. Mostly elderly, the women marched through the streets to express their distress over the frequent killings, kidnapping and destruction of their…
Reports emerged on Wednesday indicating that a French court has granted an order for the seizure of three presidential jets linked to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The court’s decision comes as part of a lawsuit filed by Zhongshan, a Chinese company, to ensure the payment of a $74.5 million compensation award. According to Premium…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy. In a document sighted by PUNCH correspondent on Wednesday, the…
Suspected cybercriminals have launched a brazen attack against GTBank, one of Nigeria’s banking giants, hijacking its website and threatening the security of countless customers. Late Wednesday night, investigations by Peoples Gazette revealed that the bank’s official domain, gtbank.com, had inexplicably gone dark. This alarming incident came just a day after the domain name was secured…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has said his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu over #Endbadgovernance protest was done in good faith. The governor gave the position before the commencement of the Bauchi State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, on Wednesday. “I spoke constructively as an opposition and somebody who means well for the president,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said the N50 billion given to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), also known as Students Loan, was not a donation as reported by some media organisations. The anti-corruption agency in a statement issued by its Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the fund…