Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday appointed his brother Tene Birahima Ouattara as vice prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle. The junior Ouattara, who is the incumbent Ivory Coast defence minister, now occupies two positions in his elder brother’s government. The development came a few months after the octogenarian president won a controversial reelection…
A 25-year-old nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has been deregistered and struck off the nursing register after she was found guilty of professional misconduct for repeatedly sleeping while on duty during night shifts at an aged care facility in western Sydney. The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of Okembunachi’s…
Former presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has attributed Nigeria’s perennial national grid collapse and worsening electricity crisis to persistent leadership failures. Obi made the remarks in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, referencing the latest grid collapse. He pointed out that the problem has been recurring,…
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for Northern Nigeria, Reverend Joseph John Hayab, recently expressed his disappointment in how the news of the kidnapping of 177 worshippers in Kurmin Wali in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, by bandits, was handled by Nigerian authorities. In this interview by SAM NWAOKO, Hayab…
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of Georgia, a state in the United States. Kanu is currently serving a life prison sentence at the Sokoto Prison after he was convicted on terrorism charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. Kanu was declared an ‘Honorary Georgia…
The house of representatives minority caucus says it has discovered “illegal” alterations in the gazetted copies of the tax reform laws. In a statement issued on Friday, Afam Ogene, chairman of the seven-member committee set up by the caucus to probe the alleged alterations, said a review of the Acts showed that different versions are…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and the need to safeguard the broader interest of the people of Kano State. This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin…
The Zamfara State Government has approved enhanced monthly allowances for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state, with Medical Corps members to receive ₦150,000, while other health professionals will be paid ₦50,000. Governor Dauda Lawal disclosed this during the swearing-in ceremony of 2026 Batch A, Stream I corps members deployed to Zamfara…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, of laying the groundwork to manipulate the 2027 general elections by delaying amendments to the Electoral Act 2022. In a statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday, Atiku said flaws in the current Electoral Act contributed significantly to…
Nigeria’s electricity grid has recorded its first collapse of 2026 with generation recording 20 megawatts as at 1 pm on Friday 23. Following the collapse, power load allocation to the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) dropped to 20 MW as of Friday afternoon. According to details of power load allocation released by the Nigeria…
