The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has suspended the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma and his Housing and Urban Development counterpart, Francis Ori. Our correspondent gathered they were suspended on Monday during the State Executive Council meeting in Abakaliki, the state capital. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State has commenced crude oil processing. According to the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigeria National Petroluem Company Limited (NNPCL) Femi Soneye, the refinery will operate at 60 percent capacity. Soneye said that the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude. He…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile. The statement was titled, ‘Governor Sanwo-Olu suspends aide.’ Ajetunmobi’s suspension “comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of…
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims thrives under President Bola Tinubu’s…
Tragedy struck during the “Christ the King Sunday” procession at Christ the King Catholic (CKC) Church in Aba, Abia State, as two elderly women lost their lives and several others sustained injuries amidst an overflow of worshippers. The annual procession, celebrated in the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, marks the messianic kingship and sovereign rule…
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria will launch four satellites within the timeline of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Mr Tinubu said this on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 25th anniversary of Nigeria in space in Abuja. The anniversary celebration was organised by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in collaboration with…
Parents of teenager, sentenced to death by Osun High Court, for stealing a fowl and eggs, have appealed to Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke for pardon Segun Olowookere, who was 17 years old when he was condemned, is detained at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos State, awaiting the hangman’s noose. He was said to have…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, signalling improved labour market conditions. According to the latest report released on Monday, by the National Bureau of Statistics, this marked a decrease from the 5.3 per cent recorded in Q1 2024 and reflected a gradual recovery from the 5.0 per…
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding a bye-election to replace 27 Rivers State lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter dated November 13, 2024, Damagun urged INEC to conduct fresh elections in the 27…
Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has launched a scathing attack on Daniel Bwala, the Presidential Spokesman, following Bwala’s recent claims of being the target of a conspiracy by television guests and anchors. In an X post on Sunday, Bwala accused some media figures of pushing an agenda against him, a…