GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday said nobody can accuse him of corruption as a public holder. Speaking during the Michael Okpara leadership lecture and award 2024 at the Musa Yar’ Adua Centre in Abuja, the governor advised public office holders to live within their legitimate means and desist…
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, says the main opposition party would continue to lose elections in the state because of its weak grassroots structure. Adediran, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recently, said this after casting his vote during…
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls nearly all closed across the United States early Wednesday — but results still coming in. US media have thus far projected that Trump has won in 24 states, including big prizes Texas and Ohio,…
Authorities in Makeni, Sierra Leone have expressed concern after one of the newly installed Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras set up to fight crime in the city was stolen by unknown individuals believed to be professional thieves. The missing camera was located at the busy Koidu/Plaza Junction, an area notorious for criminal activity, including assaults and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination internal results. The NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Thursday, September 19. He said 1,376,423 registered for the examination, out of which 1,367,736 eventually sat for it. Professor Wushishi, who officially released the results at…
Oseloka Obaze, a key ally of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has resigned his membership of the party. Mr Obaze disclosed this in a letter addressed to the LP chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru Local Government in Awka on Sunday. The politician, a former United…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced Okeke Chinedu Christian from Anambra State as the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with an impressive 375 out of 400. The announcement was made by the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the 2025 Policy Meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday….
Tragedy struck in Cross Rivers on Thursday as Mr Morrison Ogbonna, the Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for the state was found dead. He was found dead in a hotel in Calabar. Ogbonna was found dead by his officers who had gone to the hotel to pick him up for a…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye on New Year Day in her mansion at Okota area of Lagos following the interception of a truckload illicit drug consignment from her staff same day. A statement signed by…
The Libyan Football Federation (Libyan FF) has addressed the concerns over the recent diversion of the Nigerian national team’s flight ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya. In an official statement, the Federation expressed regret for any inconvenience caused but firmly denied any foul play or intentional mishandling of the situation. “Such…