GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a crash involving a truck and a Golf salon at Gwargwaje community of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Friday claimed 11 lives while four others were injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the golf, carrying 11 people,…
Oyo All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain and Ibadan North FC hopeful, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji has extended warm birthday wishes to Oyo APC elders advisory council, Engineer idreez Adeoye on his 51st birthday. In a statement released earlier today, Omo BAO applauded Engr idreez as “a pillar of support and party loyalist”. He expressed his glorification…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government that there could be dire consequences if their demands of Nigerian youths which led to the ongoing nationwide protests were not met as soon as possible. The former President spoke during a visit to his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by six members…
The Kano State Government has filed fresh charges against the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly diverting N57 billion. Named in the charge sheet alongside Ganduje, who is the immediate past governor of Kano State, is his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two others. Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged…
Oyo State Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, has reacted to the ‘N570bn Hardship Grants’ the federal government claimed to have released to the 36 states across the nation to expand livelihood support to their citizens, following the protest against hunger and hardship in the country. According to Newsbreak reports, Makinde, who reacted through the latest edition of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Take It Back Movement, one of the key organizers of the EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, has scheduled Saturday for a one-million-man protest in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. The National Coordinator of the movement, Mr Sanyaolu Juwon stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja….
The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it successfully dismantled a gun-running syndicate supplying arms and ammunition to terrorist groups operating in the North-West. In a post on its official X handle on Thursday, the Nigerian Army said toops also apprehended a notorious kidnapping syndicate and recovered a substantial cache of arms and ammunition from the…
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Mr Innocent Chukwuma, has announced that the commuting public will soon benefit from cheaper transportation through Compressed Natural Gas, CNG-powered buses. He also urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the Bola Tinubu administration, asking them to “give him time.” “I’ve discussed with him (President Tinubu),…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the commercial sex workers in Kano have appealed to organisers of the nationwide hunger protests to engage the Federal Government in dialogue. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that the protests had crippled social-economic activities, leaving them without customers and struggling to survive. Monica James, who operates…
The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. According to Leadership, the decision was made known in a circular titled, ‘Withdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servants’, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Duties and…