The Tajudeen Baruwa -led faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged President Tinubu to prevail on Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as ‘MC Oluomo’, to vacate the national office of the union in Abuja. Mr. Tolu Babaleye, the Counsel to the Baruwa faction made the appeal at a press conference in…
President Bola Tinubu said his administration’s economic and institutional reforms are designed to equip Nigerian youths with globally competitive skills to secure their future. “Our goal is to use education to drive down poverty,” Tinubu said when he received the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Special Adviser to…
Residents of Borno State have been thrown into confusion following the commissioning of 3,000 electric bikes by President Bola Tinubu, amidst the ongoing ban on the use of motobikes across the state. The President, during a state visit on Saturday, commissioned electric vehicles comprising 3,000 bikes, 500 tricycles, 100 cars and 20 42-seater buses. Speaking…
Operatives of Zone 16 of the Nigerian Police have arrested a girl identified as Kadi from the Federal University in Otuoke (FUO), for allegedly assaulting and stripping a girl naked. The suspect, alongside other girls were seen in a viral video assaulting the victim, and stripping her naked for allegedly insulting her grandmother. The viral…
Five worshippers have been confirmed dead, while others are on admission at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after they took part in a feast known in Yoruba parlance as ipese organised by an Ibadan-based white-garment church. However, as of the time of filing this report on Saturday, about 50 of…
A fatal auto crash along the Gombe–Yola Federal Highway has claimed the lives of eight persons, including a senior police officer, following a high-speed accident at Kaluwa village in Kaltungo Local Government Area. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday at about 3:00 p.m., involving a Hummer bus driven by 67-year-old Usman Ibrahim of Damilu, from…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Dangote Cement has officially launched its operations in Attingué, some 30 kilometres from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. According to a statement by the group on Sunday, the announcement was made on Wednesday by the Managing Director of Dangote Cement, Ivory Coast, Serge Gbotta, at the Novotel Abidjan-Marcory. Covering an area of 50…
Convener of the #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore has been arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had honoured the invitation of the police on Monday, January 27, 2025, when he was questioned at the Force Criminal Investigation Department. He was subsequently…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria to urgently redirect national focus toward critical areas of development, particularly health, education, and poverty alleviation. Obi made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday via X, warning that the country’s worsening poverty levels were a…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the widespread circulation of an explicit and compromising video featuring a young woman on various social media platforms. The individual in question, identified as Godgift Bai, a 24-year-old resident of Ogbolomabiri in Nembe Local Government Area, was taken into custody by law enforcement…
