The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, says the SDP is not making any plan for merger or collaboration with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, or any party ahead of the 2027 elections. Adebayo stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a meeting…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. According to him, the action betrays the spirit of federalism, adding that such a declaration mirrored how the Constitution put too much power in the hands of the president. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Tinubu, on Tuesday,…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara made his first public appearance on Sunday since the president declared state of emergency in Rivers State. The embattled governor attended a special prayer, worship and thanksgiving service at Salvation Ministries Headquarters, GRA, Port Harcourt. The Governor was accompanied by top politicians, major stakeholders, elders and leaders of the State, and associates…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari, mother of Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, is dead. An impeccable family source confirmed that she passed on in the early hours of Sunday, after a brief illness. A close associate of the family who spoke with our Correspondent described Hajiya Safara’u as, “a pillar of…
Osun Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has advised youths in the state to resist being used as tools in communal clashes. In a recent address, Adeleke advised young people to question those inciting violence, asking them to involve their own children if their intentions are genuine. In a video on Saturday, March 22, the Governor emphasised the…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), once advised Akinwumi Ambode, former Lagos governor, to reject godfatherism in his state. In a September 2018 interview on The Osasu Show, Wike, who was then Rivers governor, advised Ambode to prioritise Lagos’ interests over those of President Bola Tinubu, widely seen as Lagos’ political godfather….
National Vice-Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, says the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is working for Nigerians and not for All Progressives Congress (APC). Orbih in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja on Saturday said having sought permission through the relevant organs of the party, PDP permitted Wike…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that no country can succeed when government officials abuse power and act as in a dictatorship. He argued that the crisis in Rivers State reflects wider governance challenges in Nigeria, where key figures in the executive, legislature and judiciary are failing to uphold justice and the rule of law….
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike hailed the unwavering commitment of President Bola Tinubu, to the advancement of higher education in the country. Wike said Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has injected new life into the university system through landmark Interventions that are transforming the landscape of tertiary education. The Minister, who…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the University of Calabar. The conferment was done today, Saturday March 22nd, by the university’s Chancellor, Emir Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered. Wike’s Honorary Doctorate degree was announced in a video shared by his…