To improve the quality of grades fro candidates, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a new process to allow senior secondary students resit their WASSCE examinations papers. This disclosure was made by WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi, on Tuesday, December 31, 2025, on a JoyNews’ AM Radio Show in Ghana. Kapi…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement, Hon. Comrade Asefon Sunday Dayo has procured 500 UTME forms for 500 Ekiti Students, GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered. In a press release signed by Asefon, the former NANS National President said 50 UTME forms has been procured for Ado Grammar School students, with another 450…
Tensions flared at the onset of the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye, rivals for the position of National Secretary, clashed. The PDP, currently grappling with multiple crises, convened the meeting at its National Headquarters on Wednesday. The meeting was underway with Ambassador Iliya…
The Presidency has debunked the widely circulated reports claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had sacked three Ministers, describing the story as a fabrication with no basis in fact. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, in a post on his verified X handle, @aonanuga, on Tuesday night, expressed deep…
Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, must follow due process if he wishes to return to the ruling party. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday,…
A horrific and chilling act of violence unfolded in Irele, Ondo State, on May 5, 2025, when 41-year-old Odunayo Olomolatan, the son of a local landlord, allegedly hacked his 22-year-old tenant, Joy Tale, to death during a heated argument. Sources reveal that the brutal altercation escalated quickly, resulting in the young woman’s untimely death in…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of students in public secondary schools in Ondo due to debts owed to the examination body by the state government. On Tuesday, students from the state waiting to apply to tertiary institutions could not access their academic results on the WAEC website. A student in…
The estimated landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, in Nigeria has seen a decline of ₦36, dropping to ₦900.28 per litre as of Thursday. This marks a 3.62% decrease from the previous week’s landing cost of ₦936.75 per litre, according to data released by the Major Energy Marketers Association of…
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 26-year-old housewife and her 30-year-old accomplice for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and extorting N2.5 million from her husband. The command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. Adebisi said the command received a distress call on 24…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Nigerian street-hop star, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has received an award from the Mayor of Brampton during his visit to the Canadian government house on Tuesday. The singer shared his excitement on his Instagram page, posting photos and videos of the special moment at Brampton’s mayoral office, where…
