Senator Abba Moro (Benue South) has stated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could have won the 2023 presidential election if it had not picked Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. During an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night, Moro described the decision to pick Okowa,…
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the South South zonal Secretary and caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, George Turnah, has insisted that the party will support President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), even if the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, does not. The PDP Zonal leader…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the request of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to use the 2023 dividends due to the federation to pay for petrol subsidy, according to TheCable. The president also approved the suspension of the payment of 2024 interim dividends to the federation in order to augment the oil firm’s…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised the Nigerian government following the international seizure of three jets belonging to the Presidential fleet. Describing the incident as an international embarrassment, Obi, in a statement via X on Thursday, condemned the federal government’s handling of the situation,…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said the level of corruption in the power sector would make people cry. He put it this way: “As we speak, we are grappling with electricity. If you see some of the investigations we are carrying out within the power sector,…
Boko Haram jihadists killed over 17 fishermen and farmers in Malam Karanti village near Baga, Kukawa Local Government, Borno State, ‘for supporting Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP’. The terrorists kidnapped many more, sources say, with the death toll expected to rise. It was just the latest attack on civilians in the region’s long-running insurgency….
The Ibadan North Federal Constituency hopeful and Oyo APC chieftain, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji has Congratulated Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, former Governor Rashidi Ladoja, on his recent elevation as a beaded crown-wearing Oba. Omo BAO congratulatory message was contained in a statement made available from his media office at Ibadan on Monday titled, ‘Omo BAO Congratulates Chief…
The Rivers Assembly has disagreed with claims by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he was blocked from entering the House to re-present his 2025 Appropriation Bill. The House said it never received any official communication from the Governor indicating interest to bring his appropriation bill to the floor of the House. The spokesperson of the House…
The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has proposed that universities should require newly admitted students to undergo mandatory drug tests as part of their admission process. She explained that this would serve as a preventive measure while offering early intervention and counselling for those already…
Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will not participate in another televised debate with his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the Republican candidate wrote on his Truth Social platform, including in his tally the earlier debate with US President Joe Biden in…