GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, has said that he is not concerned about the politics of the 2027 elections. Atiku spoke through his media adviser, Paul Ibe, in a statement on Thursday night. Ibe said the former Vice President is preoccupied with recent happenings,…
The Lagos State Government has disclosed its plans to raise ₦200 billion yearly from about two million people through digital economy sector tax. To achieve this, the southwest state will add remote workers and digital influencers to its current income tax base, and enhance its revenue collection process with digital solutions. Per the excerpt document…
Former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has finally honoured invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to his media office, which announced the development in a statement on Wednesday, the decision was made after consultations with his family, legal team and political allies. In April, the EFCC had declared Bello wanted…
Chairman of Argungu LGA of Kebbi State, Alhaji Bello Layya, alongside 1,500 party supporters, have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Nasir Idris formally received the decampees at the flagg-off of APC Zonal Campaign Rally in Argungu on Monday. Among those who joined the chairman are all the LG Ward Chairmen, Youth Leader, Women…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared any governor of leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to come on national television and call him a mole. He said this in an interview on a Channels Television Political Programme, Politics Today, in Abuja, late on Friday. The FCT minister…
President Bola Tinubu says the removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, is designed to free up budgetary resources for critical investments. Tinubu spoke on Tuesday during the 17th annual Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) banking and finance conference in Abuja. He was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima….
More facts are emerging on possible reasons the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The NLC President was picked up by DSS operatives on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on his way outside the country for an…
Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled to India following weeks of deadly protests in the country. Reports of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigning were confirmed by the army, as well as Bangladesh High Commission Officials in Delhi. According to the country’s leading national paper, she and her sister took a military helicopter to India….
Indigenes of Zamfara state resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja while protesting about Bad Governance have calked on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare state of emergency in Zamfara state following perceived state sponsored banditry and terrorism activities in the state. The Youths under the Aegis of Zamfara Youth Alliance, FCT chapter called on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Chinese firm on a confiscation blitz of Nigerian assets has finalised repossession of a luxury jet owned by the West African country in Canada. According to Peoples Gazette, Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd recently received a change of custodian paperwork for the Bombardier 6000 type BD-700-1A10 aircraft from Canadian authorities…
