The Federal Government on Thursday honoured Miss Nafisa Abdullahi Aminu, a 17-year-old student from Yobe State, for emerging as the World’s Best in English Language Skills at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals held in London, United Kingdom. Nafisa Aminu was honoured alongside two students from Yobe State, namely Rukayya Muhammad Fema and Hadiza Kashim Kalli,…
A survivor of the Yelwata attack in Benue State, Msurshima Apeh, has narrated her ordeal before the United States Congress, describing how she lost her five children during the attack. The victim testified on Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Africa, which examined President Donald Trump’s decision to return Nigeria to the Country of Particular…
The Arewa Youth Congress (AYC), a foremost youth platform representing millions of young men and women across Northern Nigeria, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his unwavering support to the Hydropower Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC). In a press conference held at Arewa House, Kaduna, the group applauded the President for reappointing Alhaji…
The kidnapped Catholic priest, Rev. Maurice Livinus, and two other victims whose identities were not disclosed, have regained their freedom. Rev. Fr. Maurice, who is the Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Catholic, Isokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, was abducted last Wednesday alongside two others while they were returning from a hospital…
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said that poverty and economic exclusion are the root causes of insecurity in northern Nigeria, warning that unless they are addressed holistically, the region will continue to face unrest. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, the governor stated, “I came from the trenches. I fought successive governments…
The member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Yala 1 State Constituency, Hon Odey Brian has applauded the Cross River State Governor, Sen Prince Bassey Otu, saying he has changed the narrative in the state. Hon Odey, who is also the chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts stated this during a rally…
Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State has put an end to the five-year-old wedlock between a couple, Ademola and Nosifat on grounds of irresponsibility, disobedience and constant fight by the latter. The court also gave an order restraining Nosifat from threatening and interfering with Ademola’s private life. Ademola, who dragged his wife, Nofisat,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will return to Abuja on Tuesday after ending his vacation ahead of schedule. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced Tinubu’s early return in a statement on Monday. Tinubu left for France on September 4 to spend part of his annual holiday and…
Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo has highlighted three areas where President Bola Tinubu has made progress in managing Nigeria’s economy. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Adebayo said: “It’s obvious that the economy that President Buhari left was a poorly managed economy, and was an emergency room…
Vladimir Putin has staged a show of Russia’s nuclear strength by placing a ballistic missile into its launcher shortly Donald Trump’s re-election. The move hints at a World War 3 warning by the Russian leader, who ordered the hulking Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a silo launcher at Russia’s Kozelsk missile unit in Kaluga. Yars…