South Korean police on Friday arrested six US nationals attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice and Bibles to North Korea, the head of the investigation team said. Local police said the six were trying to send thousands of plastic bottles, filled with rice, one-dollar bills and Bibles, into the sea off Ganghwa Island…
The end is now in sight over the political crisis in Rivers State as the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, says he and the suspended governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, have “agreed to work together”. Wike, who spoke after a meeting with Fubara, President Bola Tinubu, and suspended members of the Rivers Assembly, said that…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law four tax reform bills on key areas of Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. The bills passed by the National Assembly were signed during a ceremony held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The government has announced that the implementation of the new tax laws will commence…
Suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has met with the suspended Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule and other aggrieved state lawmakers. Multiple sources confirmed on Thursday evening the meeting held and ended with Fubara holding the hands of Amaewhule as they shared jokes and laughter. It was gathered that the meeting, which was…
The claim that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, allocated 2,082 hectares of land to one of his sons in Maitama and Asokoro, has been described as “another falsehood from the vault of those whose main job is to malign the FCT Minister.” Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications…
Former President of National Association of Akoko North-East Students, Comrade Oloruntoba Olaitan politically known as ‘Lord Lugard’ has been appointed as Special Assistant on Media to Executive Chairman of Akoko North East Local Government, Alh. Mohammed Mutiu Olawale. In a press statement sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Oloruntoba was appointed along two others namely, Ogedegbe Sunday…
President Bola Tinubu has on Thursday signed the four tax reform bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law. Tinubu gave the presidential assent to the bills during a short ceremony at the Presidential Villa, attended by the leadership of the National Assembly and some legislators, governors, ministers, and aides of the President. The…
In a heartfelt message, the Honourable Member representing Ibadan North Constituency I and Chairperson of the Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, has celebrated the South-West PDP Woman Leader, Yeyeluwa Chief (Mrs.) Abosede Adedibu. Hon. Comforter described her as “a fearless matriarch, political warrior, and…
Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, says he will do whatever President Bola Tinubu asks of him in 2027. Barau spoke on Wednesday at a press briefing ahead of the zonal public hearings of the senate committee on constitution review. Responding to questions on growing calls for him to be Tinubu’s running mate in the next…
President Bola Tinubu will, on Thursday, sign into law four tax reform bills that will “transform Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework,” the Presidency has revealed. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement he signed Wednesday evening titled, ‘President Tinubu signs four tax bills into law tomorrow.’…