GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has appointed Nze Fidelis Ozichukwu Chukwu as its new President General. His appointment is temporary, filling the remaining term of the late Ambassador Professor George Obiozor until January 10, 2025. The appointment follows a series of unfortunate events, including the deaths of Obiozor in 2022 and Chief Emmanuel…
President Bola Tinubu has said he is aware of the harsh economic situation of the country, and he begged Nigerians to endure what he described as “unintentional hardship”. Also, President Tinubu noted that he does not take pleasure in inflicting pains on Nigerians. He assured that there was light at the end of the…
A former football star has become the President of Georgia as the ruling party consolidates its grip on power. Ex-Premier League and Manchester City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, easily won the vote given the Georgian Dream party’s control of a 300-seat electoral college that replaced direct presidential elections in 2017. Georgian Dream retained control of…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has revealed why President Bola Tinubu appointed former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as the minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to Akpabio, Wike’s performance as a local government chairman, Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government, Minister and two-term governor gave him the job. The Senate leader…
Dear Constituents and Friends Worldwide, it has been an eventful couple of weeks from my side to the glory of God and benefit of Mankind. In pursuant of knowledge and all we still need to know about governance, legislation etc (remember one needs to learn, unlearn and relearn), On Monday and Tuesday, December 9th &…
A total sum of ₦1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by FAAC Director of…
The leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, says she is Yoruba and identifies less as a ‘Nigerian’ because she has nothing in common with people in northern Nigeria, which is a haven for Islamism and Boko Haram. “I find it interesting that everybody defines me as being Nigerian. I identify less with the…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, vacated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from releasing monthly statutory allocations to Rivers State. A three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court, in a split decision of two-to-one, held that the Federal High Court in Abuja lacked the requisite…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to the tune of N500 million with two sureties in the like sum. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the sureties must be…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has named a new boss for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Tinubu announced the appointment of Nwakuche Ndidi as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The appointment of the Controller-General for the service follows the expiration of the tenure of the current CG, Haliru Nababa. Nababa…