No fewer than 250,000 registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District yesterday submitted a recall petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The total number of registered voters in the district is 580,000. The petition was received by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Rose Oriaran-Anthony, at the agency’s head…
Dino Melaye, former senator for Kogi west, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been taken over by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is no longer a viable opposition. The former Kogi governorship candidate spoke on Friday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. Melaye, who recently defected to the African…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the law enforcement authorities in South Africa have detained Chidimma Adetshina’s mother, Anabela Rungo. In a statement, the Department of Home Affairs said its investigators assisted by the South African Police Service detained Rungo in Cape Town on Saturday morning. Home Affairs says it withdrew Rungo’s South African documentation in September…
In the history of Oyo State, leadership has often been a subject of debate, with governors coming and going, leaving behind promises that barely scratched the surface of real progress. However, since Governor Seyi Makinde assumed office in May 2019, the narrative has changed dramatically. Today, the people of Oyo State can proudly say they…
The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed Dr. Bernard Doro as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, bringing to a close President Bola Tinubu’s latest cabinet reshuffle aimed at strengthening social welfare and inclusion programmes. Doro’s screening, which lasted less than 30 minutes, saw lawmakers expressing confidence in his experience and leadership capacity. The Plateau State-born…
Many Nigerians are reportedly being hired as prison officers in the United Kingdom, UK as the British government seeks to address staffing shortages in overcrowded prisons. According to The Telegraph, the UK prison service is now sponsoring skilled worker visas for the first time, as a result of a rule change that allows them to…
Ahead of the 2024 Olusegun Okanlawon Foundation Sports Competition, the non governmental organisation has kicked off registration for the fifth edition of her annual marathon race. In a press release made available on Thursday, Comrade Adedokun Sunday Harshasha, the Media and Publicity Assistant to Engr. (Dr) David Olusegun Okanlawon said registration starts today, December 12th…
Emmanuel Adeyemi, career ambassadorial nominee of President Bola Tinubu, stumbled during senate screening on Wednesday after he failed to name one of the three senators representing Ekiti state. Adeyemi, a deputy director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, impressed the Senate committee on foreign affairs with his academic and diplomatic credentials before faltering during questioning….
A Nigerian clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, has been elected as the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) president-elect. According to a statement ofmn the Association’s website, Dr. Ogunyemi, a practicing medical dermatologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and a visiting specialist in Labrador City since 2018, won the election…
Garba Shehu, a former aide to the late ex-president Muhammadu Buhari has given insight into why his principal was “hated” by Olusegun Obasanjo. Reacting to a recent remark by ex-president Obasanjo over Buhari’s administration, Shehu said the former never liked his boss. Also referring to his book, ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential…
