GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the wife of the General Overseer, Victory Life Bible Church (VLBC) Rev. Pastor Fola Achudume is dead. VLBC Assistant General Overseer, Pastor Adeoye Adeyanju, broke the news of the sudden death during Sunday service in Abeokuta. I See Myself As Beautiful And Well Dressed, I Don’t Look At The Mirror…
The Nigerian passport has recorded its highest ranking in five years, rising to 88th place out of 199 in the latest Henley Passport Index released on July 18. The index is updated regularly based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and expert analysis on the latest shifts in passport power. Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu has revealed the difficulty and delay in appointing Nigerian ambassadors. Tinubu said he can’t appoint just anybody, hence the difficulty in releasing the list. Stressing that he still has some ambassadorial slots, Tinubu appreciated Nigerians for their patience. In a video, the president said he needs to cure the state economy and…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has dismissed allegations that President Bola Tinubu is using the Commission to target members of opposition parties. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Olukoyede described the claims as a ploy to distract the President from “the good work…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has threatened legal action against institutions found to be engaging in deceptive practices within the student loan scheme. The threat is coming on the heels of recent findings that some institutions, after receiving student loan disbursements directly into their accounts, failed to notify the affected students or reflect the…
The Anambra State Government has banned the practice of writing assignments inside textbooks, describing it as wasteful and unsustainable. It was gathered that the ban was aimed at making textbooks reusable, especially for younger siblings of pupils who would need them when they advance to the next class. According to a statement released by the…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is set to engage at least 21,000 unskilled Nigerians in the second phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI), which will now run fully digitally, according to the agency’s leadership. Director General of the NDE, Mr. Silas Agara, disclosed this in Abuja during a one-day strategic implementation meeting…
There is currently tension in the South-South division of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a fierce power struggle is currently ongoing between the region’s governors in the party and former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, along with South-South PDP National Vice Chairman, Dan Orbih. At the centre of the crisis is the controversial PDP…
President Bola Tinubu said yesterday the Federal Government hopes to bring down the price of food and promote local manufacturing of essential drugs and other medical supplies through the establishment of a National Credit Guarantee Company in the new year. Tinubu, who disclosed this in his New Year nationwide broadcast to the nation, also asked…
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell plc, says it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the HI offshore gas project in the country. The decision, taken in partnership with Sunlink Energies and Resources Limited, saw the injection of $2 billion in the shallow offshore HI field in…