Honourable Asefon Sunday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement has condemned a press conference undermining the just concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) consensus primary election. In a press release sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Asefon said some non-indigenes of the state are behind the purported press release discrediting the election which…
The Presidency has dismissed reports of an alleged coup attempt in Nigeria, reaffirming its confidence in the military’s loyalty to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking on air on TVC News on Tuesday, the Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to the President, Sunday Dare, said there was “no coup attempt” anywhere in the country….
The House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to secure a $2.35 billion loan to help finance the 2025 budget deficit, despite growing concerns over Nigeria’s rising debt profile. The House also granted approval for the issuance of a $500 million sovereign sukuk on the international capital market to support infrastructure development and…
All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that at least four sitting governors from opposition parties are in “advanced talks” to join the ruling party before the end of 2025, a move the party believes will cement its dominance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, APC’s National Vice Chairman (South-East), disclosed this in…
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 Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammadu Sanusi II, has warned ministers and presidential aides against turning themselves into praise singers rather than giving the President honest advice that can save the nation’s economy. Sanusi gave the charge on Monday in Abuja at the Oxford Global Think…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria can only begin to heal and progress when character, truth, and responsibility take their rightful place in governance. Obi stated this while expressing concern over the rising cases of drug abuse and the alleged infiltration of the courier and…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has disclosed that his children can’t get a job in Nigeria due to his name. Disclosing this on Nigeria Info FM 99.3, George said there is hunger in the country. He noted that there is so much anger in Nigeria due to the level of…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has threatened legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he is unable to purchase a nomination form to contest for the party’s chairmanship position at the November 15 National Elective Convention, scheduled to take place in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Lamido arrived at the…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has predicted that Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will lose Lagos and the South-South in the 2027 general election. In a statement on Sunday titled Why Peter Obi Will Lose Lagos and the South-South in 2027, Omokri argued that Obi’s recent statements and political decisions have alienated key…