Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. This is the single largest asset recovery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, since its inception in 2003. The estate rests on on…
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday received his Ghanaian counterpart, John Mahama, at the State House, Abuja. Mahama’s visit to the Presidential Villa is said to be his first official coming since his inauguration on January 7, 2025. Mahama said he was in Nigeria to update Tinubu on diplomatic efforts with the military junta…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Thursday depart Abuja for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the President’s special adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, explaining that Tinubu will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before proceeding to Japan. In Japan, the statement…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment. The lawmaker who has dominated the headlines over her spat with the senate president made the claim on ARISE TV, on Friday. GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported how the Kogi Senator had a heated argument with Akpabio after discovering that her…
A large crowd of activists flooded Abuja’s Three Arms Zone, yesterday, demanding sweeping reforms in the oil sector. Organised by the APC Solidarity and Development Forum and comprising youth and civil society organisations, the protesters expressed frustration over soaring fuel prices, persistent fuel scarcity, and the intensifying economic hardship affecting Nigerians. Speaking to journalists during…
A soldier was killed and a Chinese expatriate abducted in the early hours of Monday when suspected kidnappers attacked a construction site in Ogaminana, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Sources in the area revealed that the assailants, who were said to be in large numbers, stormed the site where a Chinese construction company…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Tuesday, moved to the ancient Palace in Oyo town, nine months after his installation as the new traditional ruler. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin, Bode Durojaiye, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that…
Twenty nine suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The suspects were arrested by the operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of EFCC on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity, EFCC said in…
A 90-year-old woman has pleaded with former First Lady Patience Jonathan to help secure the release of her daughter, Deborah Erema, who she says has been held in custody for over five years. In a video published by SaharaTV on Friday, the frail nonagenarian cried out, saying she was starving and had no one else…
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to down tools nationwide in the event that the Nigeria Police detains its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The union handed down the threat on Tuesday morning at its headquarters, shortly after holding an emergency National Executive Council meeting to discuss the invitation of the NLC…
