In a renewed push to improve the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in Oyo State, the lawmaker representing Ibadan North I State Constituency, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Olajide, has led a motion on the floor of the Oyo State House of Assembly to amend the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Response Agency and Referral Centre…
The African Democratic Congress 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, said the faction of the party led by former Senate President David Mark was deliberately structured to produce former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the 2027 presidential flag bearer. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Kachikwu said the group told him during their meeting that…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says his children have the right to own lands in Nigeria. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Wike defended the rights of his children as Nigerian citizens to own land, provided due process is followed. “Assuming, though not conceding, my children applied for…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday donated N1 billion to victims of violent attacks in Plateau State, declaring that her commitment to the country is driven by love, not politics. Speaking at the Government House in Rayfield, Jos, the First Lady said the funds were raised through her Renewed Hope Initiative and not…
Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad has described reports that former President Muhammadu Buhari is ill and has been admitted in an intensive Care Unit at an hospital in London as exaggerated. Some reports had indicated that the former president has been admitted into ICU at a London hospital due to severe illness. However, Ahmad who…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described Dele Momodu as a ‘boy’, saying he does not even know his name. Wike spoke on Thursday during a media chat with some select media houses. Wike said that he does not remember the name of Dele Momodu, one of the most popular journalists…
A former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhar, Garba Shehu has revealed the position of his principal on the push to remove President Bola Tinubu in 2027. As the talk of coalition of political leaders gains attention in the country, GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential…
Seven members of the House of Representatives from Akwa Ibom State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressive Party (YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing unresolved internal crises in their former parties. Their letters of defection, led by the leader of the Akwa Ibom caucus in the House,…
Let it be on record that Hon. Dr. Temitope Oladimeji, fondly known as Dr. OTOPE, has remained a dedicated and compassionate advocate for the people of Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo State since 2021. His political journey has never been about titles, it has always been about service to humanity. In 2021, through the OTOPE…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared the newly formed opposition coalition a failure, citing his exclusion as a primary indication of its impending collapse. Wike, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) currently serving under the APC-led federal government, made the comments during a televised media chat on Thursday….