Nigeria’s private sector recorded its strongest expansion in over a year and a half, as the Stanbic IBTC Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 54.2 in August, up from 54.0 in July, marking a 19-month high in new order growth and a four-month high in output. The PMI reading, which has remained above the…
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo’s aide-de-camp collapsed, disrupting the State of Nation address in the parliament on Friday. The ADC, identified by Ghana Web as Colonel Isaac Amponsah, fell midway into Mr Akufo-Addo’s address before the Ghana parliament in a viral video. Before collapsing, Mr Amposah showed discomfort but could not help himself from falling to…
Music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc, Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr popularly known as Irv Gotti is dead, the Hollywood Reporters confirmed. He died at the age of 54. The cause of his death has not been announced. He has however suffered a minor stroke and also battled diabetes related issues before his death. He…
The Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe, has charged the political class and those in leadership positions to put public interest above personal and individualistic interest if Nigeria as a country must grow beyond its current position. In his goodwill, message, yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book,’Bold Leap’ authored…
Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a second term. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the organisation made the disclosure in a post on X on Friday. WTO said the reappointment will take effect on September 1, 2025. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the…
The Arewa Youth Congress (AYC) has expressed strong support for the nomination of Dr. Bernard Mohammed Doro by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as Honourable Minister representing Plateau State, describing the decision as a victory for merit, character, and compassion in national leadership. Speaking in Kaduna, the Speaker of the Arewa Youth Congress (AYC), Amb….
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has revealed how he warned Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) about the consequences of not paying attention to his advice before the election. In a statement signed Tuesday by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele stated the opposition parties in…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has sacked Nura Sani Kangiwa as Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR). Sani Kangiwa was appointed NIHOTOUR DG in September 2020 by former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Though no official reason was provided for the dismissal, it is possible that his tenure had come to…
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday. The rescued and dead passengers, who were found off the Kerkennah Islands, aimed to reach Europe and were all from sub-Saharan African countries, said Zied Sdiri, head of civil…
Fertility-challenged couples without any diagnosed problems desiring to have their babies in this new year should have sex two to three times a week, a fertility expert, Dr Abayomi Ajayi has said. Ajayi, who is the Medical Director of Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, said frequent sex could help the couples achieve a pregnancy. According to…