Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, has installed Sheikh Habeeb Ayilara, as Chief Imam of the palace. The appointment made by the League of Imams and Alfas of Ogbomoso and other Muslim leaders, was approved by the Soun of Ogbomoso, on Friday. Sheikh Habeeb Ayilara, who has been the choice of the Ayilara family whose…
Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned PDP governors supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he will “put fire in their states”. He said, “Not while we live will anybody take the PDP structure from us. I hear that some governors claim they will take the structure and give it to somebody. I pity those…
Chief Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that the biggest challenge the party currently faces is Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers state is a PDP chieftain but serves in the Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration….
The Senate has warned the public against what it described as “vicious attempts” to tarnish its image and that of its leadership. The Senate’s position was contained in a statement on Friday by the Senate Leader’s Directorate of Media and Public Affairs. The statement titled “Senate frowns at false claims against Bamidele, mulls stiffer action,”…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, has said that he is not concerned about the politics of the 2027 elections. Atiku spoke through his media adviser, Paul Ibe, in a statement on Thursday night. Ibe said the former Vice President is preoccupied with recent happenings,…
Members of the now-defunct All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Campaign Council have expressed their frustration and disappointment with President Bola Tinubu over what they describe as a glaring lack of appointments for women in key government positions. The women, who played a critical role in mobilizing support for the APC during the 2023 election campaigns,…
The All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in the upcoming local Government election in Jigawa State for Kirikasamma local Government Yahuza Umar Labbo is dead. His death was confirmed by the state party chairman Aminu Gumel. He died at the age of 55 after a brief illness, he is survived by three wives and fifteen children…
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization in the 2023 presidential election, has said that politicians are behind insecurity in Nigeria. Bwala stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He was commenting on former Minister of Finance, Okonjo Iweala’s claim that politicians were weaponizing insecurity. Bwala said that…
A former spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign, Daniel Bwala, says journalists who are allegedly involved in any crime don’t have immunity and can be arrested by security agents. He argued that the administration of President Bola Tinubu respects the rights of the Nigerian people including the right to free speech. The lawyer,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Member representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, Hon. Adamu Hashimu Ranga, was almost mobbed by irate youths who attacked his car in Ningi on Sunday. The Federal Lawmaker, who was elected in 2023 under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had joined prominent sons of the Ningi…