The Federal Ministry of Education says it has not issued any directive for schools across the country to shut down on November 24, 2025. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry described a report circulating on social media alleging a nationwide shutdown as false and misleading. It noted that it did not originate from the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara has told the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun that he would have to shoot him if he tries to stop the local government election coming up in the state on Saturday. Fubara who spoke angrily in the early hours of today noted that…
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin, endorsing a regional intervention aimed at restoring stability after an attempted coup in the neighbouring country. The decision followed deliberations in the Senate Committee of the Whole, during which lawmakers considered the President’s appeal in accordance with…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, clarified its stance on the ongoing crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly, attributing its silence to conflicting court judgments on the matter. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting with media executives at INEC headquarters in Abuja, INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu addressed calls for the commission…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Bernard Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, to the president, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that the president has forwarded a letter to the Senate seeking Doro’s confirmation. Doro’s nomination followed the election of Nentawe Yilwatda…
The police have arrested two suspects in connection with the brutal murder and burning of a young woman on Saturday in the ‘Gangare’ area near the canal behind Mile 12 Market, Lagos. The Lagos command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Hundeyin said the victim, originally from Nasarawa, was attacked…
Human rights activist and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday, blasted the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over his present ordeal with the Police, declaring that there was no justification for his arrest and detention. The activist spoke from his detention when the police led…
The Federal Government has planned to exempt tax on baby products, locally manufactured sanitary towels, pads, and tampons. A bill to that effect has been initiated by the government. It is titled “A Bill for an Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi has ordered the auction of seized petrol in Adamawa at N630 per litre. At a press conference on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, represented by the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs (DCG) Aliyu Alajogun,…
A 300 level student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Idowu Christianah has been allegedly murdered by her friend who kidnapped her after he initially demanded for N3 million ransom from her family. Giving details, an X user simply identified as Man of Letter disclosed that on 19th of August 2024, Christiannah was declared…
