President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received Denmark’s richest man and Chief Executive Officer of Bestseller, Anders Holch Povlsen, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting, disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, via his official X (formerly Twitter) account, is part of ongoing efforts to attract foreign…
The house of representatives has resolved to probe the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over alleged misuse of $25 million grants received from the global and continental soccer ruling bodies. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during Tuesday’s plenary following the adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Adedayo Adesola and Nwaeke Uche. Moving the motion,…
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Internal Security, Garba Muhammad, on Tuesday disclosed that the National Assembly has received threats from terrorists to bomb the complex and called for urgent fortification of the edifice as a proactive measure. Garba disclosed this in Abuja at a public hearing on a bill seeking to…
The Dangote refinery has re-employed the engineers sacked last month during the crisis between it and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. Our correspondent reliably gathered that the engineers were now being posted to Borno, Zamfara, Benue and others. The engineers, some of whom were still graduate trainees during their sack,…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday announced that the United States of America has revoked his visa, making his entry into the country impossible for now. Soyinka disclosed this during a media parley held at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island, saying he was unaware of any wrongdoing that could have warranted the…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned the public against harmful food in circulation that is endangering millions of lives across the country. The commission sounded the warning at a one-day sensitisation campaign in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Speaking at the programme, the Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Olatunji Bello,…
The estranged wife of Abuja-based businessman and oil magnate, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar, has made a public appeal for justice, alleging abandonment and emotional hardship after having a set of twins for him. In a detailed statement titled “A Demand for Justice: My Ordeal in the Hands of an Oil Mogul,” Mrs. Suheir Aliyu Abubakar, recounted…
General Overseer of the Living Word Conquerors Global Assembly, Bishop David Abioye, has lambasted Nigerian leaders for denying the alleged Christian genocide in the country. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that there has been a serious debate regarding the claim of Christian massacre in Nigeria. Some lawmakers and religious freedom fighters in the United States have alleged…
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The meeting is taking at the Presidential Villa, State House Abuja. Our correspondent could not immediately verify the agenda of the meeting, but it might not be unconnected with ongoing efforts to strengthen the Country’s security architecture. The…