Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won the presidential election in Rivers State. Speaking on Saturday during an X Space discussion, the former Rivers State governor said, “I can agree with you to some extent that Obi won Rivers State, but I don’t know how…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic diplomacy drive has received a boost as the Minister of Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, hosted high-level envoys from the Netherlands, Russia, Mexico, and China in Abuja. In a statement on the Presidency’s official X handle, the meeting was described as a strategic step in advancing Nigeria’s global economic integration,…
Former Governor Senator Gbenga Daniel on Saturday raised the alarm that Governor Dapo Abiodun – led State Government has marked Asoludero Court, his private residence built in 2004 in Sagamu for demolition for allegedly contravening building regulations. Daniel, who represents Ogun East in the 10th National Assembly, also named Conference Hotel Sagamu built in 2013…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, is dead. He was 78. Ogbeh, who also served as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2001 to 2005, died peacefully, his family announced in a statement on Saturday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reiterated the call for collaboration and a shift in the nation’s political culture, particularly if the opposition intends to wrest power from the incumbent and ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi made the assertion on Friday during an official…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned party leaders to desist from engaging in anti-party activities or face sanctions. The party’s leadership said it reached the resolution after it reviewed the anti-party activities of certain members of the party “particularly those endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in 2027.” The PDP national publicity secretary,…
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria. Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday. According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea,…
Former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, a slot of Coordinating Minister of the Economy, if he withdraws from the 2027 race to support him. Kachikwu made the claim at a press conference in Abuja on Friday….
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said his principal’s achievements in the past two years have exceeded what the Peoples Democratic Party recorded during its first eight years in power between 1999 and 2007. In a post via his X handle on Friday, Bwala argued that Tinubu assumed office…
The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s economy is on a steady growth path, driven by ongoing reforms and increasing investor confidence, despite the United States’ decision to impose a 15 per cent tariff on Nigerian exports. Speaking during an interview on CNN on Thursday, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, said the country…