The United States will send an additional 200 troops to supplement the “small team” initially deployed to Nigeria, Wall Street Journal is reporting. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that the US had sent a small team to assist Nigerian troops in the fight against terrorism. The deployment, according to Reuters, was announced by Dagvin Anderson, head of…
The Federal Government has ordered the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to immediately halt all enforcement actions regarding the ban on sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottle products. The offices of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, and National Security Adviser, ONSA, in a joint intervention, cited…
Some Republican legislators in the United States House of Representatives have introduced bill that seeks to designate Fulani ethnic militias as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) over “religious violence” in Nigeria. Riley Moore introduced the ‘Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026’, which was co-sponsored by Chris Smith and other Republican lawmakers. The bill…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North-East), Operation HADIN KAI, say they killed 16 ISWAP terrorists and rescued 11 kidnapped victims in a series of coordinated counter-offensives across Borno. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday. It said the operation followed a failed midnight attack by ISWAP fighters on the forward operating base, Auno,…
A member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North, Hon Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has reaffirmed his commitment to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He declared that he will not act against the party’s interests despite political differences involving his father. Bello, who is the son of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai,…
A driver and a passenger were burnt to death, and others were injured in an accident involving a minibus along the Ballet inward corridor to Mile 2, Okota, Isolo, Lagos State, on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement, said the minibus was trying to avoid another vehicle…
Nigeria has again been ranked among the world’s most corrupt countries, placing 36th on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, a global anti-graft coalition monitoring corruption trends worldwide. According to the 2025 CPI report, Nigeria was ranked 142nd out of 182 countries, with a score of 26 out of 100, where…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said the old Port Harcourt Refinery has been rehabilitated to about 90 per cent and could resume operations within one week if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) approves its restart. The PENGASSAN President, Mr Festus Osifo, disclosed this on Tuesday…
An overturned boat floating in the water, Many Nigerians are feared dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, with at least 53 people reportedly unaccounted for. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) confirmed the incident in a statement published on its website on Monday. The organisation said…
As Oyo State gradually moves toward the 2027 governorship election, the political atmosphere is becoming clearer, louder, and more consequential. Across Ibadan, Oke-Ogun, Ogbomoso, Ibarapa, and Oyo zones, conversations are shifting from speculation to substance. The central question is no longer who wants to govern, but who is truly prepared to lead Oyo State forward….
