Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oguduokwor Ward, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has suspended the party’s National Vice Chairman for the South East zone, Ali Odefa. The suspension, effective immediately, was announced on Friday in Abuja following a meeting of the Ward Executive Committee. During a briefing with journalists in Abuja, the…
The Rivers State Police Command has announced its withdrawal from the upcoming local government election, slated for October 5. This decision follows a Federal High Court judgment, which barred the police and other security agencies from participating in the polls. The court’s ruling, delivered on September 30, 2024, is the latest development in a series…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara has told the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun that he would have to shoot him if he tries to stop the local government election coming up in the state on Saturday. Fubara who spoke angrily in the early hours of today noted that…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he will be the greatest loser in the forthcoming local government elections, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not be participating in the polls in the state. He made the remarks while addressing Rivers political stakeholders, who gathered at the Government House in Port Harcourt on…
Hon. Kelvin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor extended warm birthday wishes to Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the former Governor of Ondo State, in celebration of his birthday. In his heartfelt message, the SSA on Student Affairs expressed profound admiration for Dr. Mimiko’s outstanding contributions to the development…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina has reportedly passed away. According to Leadership Newspaper, the politician died on Wednesday, October 2, at the age of 70 in Abuja. Zwingina previously served as the Director-General of the MKO Abiola Campaign Organization during the June 12, 1993 presidential election. While his family has…
A high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons to Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state. In the summons issued on Thursday, Maryanne Anenih, presiding judge, ordered Bello to appear before the court on October 24 to be arraigned on a 16-count charge preferred against him by…
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted and killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Bako Bala. According to a post on the official Facebook page of the Special Adviser to the Kebbi Governor on Television and Radio, Alhaji Zaidu Bala Kofa Sabuwa, the armed men…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tibubu has written to the National Assembly seeking lawmakers’ consideration for the quick passage of four tax bills. The president in his letter which was read on the floor of the plenary by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, said that the proposed tax bills have been designed in…