Vice President Kashim Shettima has lauded the donation of N1 billion to the federal government’s Food Support Programme and 4,600 units of digital devices for distribution to schools by telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria. He said the gesture by the telecommunications outfit towards the government’s efforts in addressing hardship in the country is worthy of emulation…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has relieved the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, Dr Chioma Ejikeme of her duties 13 months after reappointment for another four years in office. In a statement issued on Monday by the Head, Corporate Communications Unit of PTAD, Olugbenga Ajayi, the President announced that Tolulope Odunaiya has…
The Philippines’ Ambassador to Nigeria, Mersole Mellejor, said bilateral trade between the two countries surged from $47 million in 2023 to $221 million in 2024, an increase of about 370 per cent. Mr Mellejor said this in an interview on the sidelines of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA)…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has said tax collection in Nigeria is low. Gates stated this at a Pan-African youth dialogue on nutrition in Abuja, on Tuesday. The American business magnate is currently in Nigeria for a series of events. Speaking at the event, Gates said…
A case of alleged police brutality has sparked public outrage after a woman identified as #torty_mercy on X.com shared an account of her brother being assaulted by a police officer near Wuse Market in Abuja. According to her post, the victim was returning from church on Sunday when a police officer reportedly attacked. In the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his two-nation trips to Japan and Brazil. The presidential jet landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 1:20 a.m. local time. President Bola Tinubu having a handshake with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike President departed Brasília, Brazil at about 12:57 (pm) local time on Wednesday, for…
A protest has erupted in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, following the reported killing of Emmanuella Ahenjir, a 23-year-old final-year student of the Federal University, Wukari, by police personnel. Emmanuella was allegedly shot dead last Friday morning by unidentified police officers at the Wurukum roundabout while riding in a vehicle coming from the Gyado Villa…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Federal Government of orchestrating a plot to destabilise the growing opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement on Monday, the party alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is using intimidation and coercion tactics to undermine the ADC’s growing momentum as a…
Nigerians have on Monday stormed Abuja in protest against fuel scarcity. The protests led by the Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria, was initiated to create awareness and push the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act in response to the scarcity of fuel in the country. Convener of the…
The Israeli military said Monday that Iran’s retaliatory attack on US military bases proved that the country was a threat to “the entire world”. “I want to say that this is further proof of hostility and violence and of the fact that Iran is a terrorist state, which threatens not only Israel, but the entire…