GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that one of ENDSARS Organisers, Sarah Ibrahim has disclosed that Lagos state government under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwoolu gave EndSARS victims the sum of N100 Million as compensation. EndSARS was a massive movement of youths that protested against police brutality in October 2020. It however ended unfortunately with the disruption…
A faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the adoption of the party by the coalition of opposition politicians led by former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. The party’s factional national publicity secretary, Musa Isa Matara, in a statement, accused opposition politicians of hijacking the party, saying their party is not a “private…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Ladoja at the coronation ceremony with wives The 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has urged President Bola Tinubu to create Ibadan State before 2027. He made the call in his acceptance speech on Friday during his coronation at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, shortly after receiving the Staff of Office…
The wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, said skewed messages projected by some movies, social media and religious organisations are fueling the get-rich-quick syndrome which is also driving Nigeria’s high rate of trafficking in persons. Tinubu also pledged her support to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday ended plenary without any mention of the state of emergency in Rivers State. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that nembers of the house of representatives are locked in a heated exchange before today’s setting, in expectation of debate on emergency rule in Rivers state. The shouting match began as the legislators…
The National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has condemned the recent wave of defections from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as the ‘worse political sin.’ Kwankwaso, who has himself faced speculation over a possible return…
Nigerian businessman Ikechukwu Ogbonna, known as IVD, has been reportedly arrested at airport. According to blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus, the businessman was arrested at the airport on his way to Qatar on Friday, August 1st. According to insiders, the arrest has to do with a Domestic Violence case against him regarding his late wife, Bimbo,…
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…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has attributed the rising involvement of Nigerian youths in financial crimes to parenting failures and neglect within the family unit. Speaking in Kaduna on Friday, September 19, 2025, at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Olukoyede, represented by the Acting…
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports associating him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027. Adesina was reported to have given a hint that he would be contesting for the presidency in 2027 following a recent interview. However, the AfDB president has denied the media reports, stating…