Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, must follow due process if he wishes to return to the ruling party. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday,…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to stand his ground and fight for his principles, amidst an internal crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party. The former Rivers State governor made the bold statement during a media parley held on Wednesday to mark his first anniversary as the FCT minister. Wike’s…
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended Private Bara’u Tajuddeen, a soldier with service number 22NA/82/3441, over alleged theft of military ammunition and anti-aircraft rounds. Tajuddeen, assigned to the 19 Special Force Brigade in Maiduguri, was detained at the Maiduguri motor park en route to Kano, reportedly attempting to sell the stolen weapons to bandits. According…
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has explained why he declined to set up a seven-member panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, amid ongoing impeachment proceedings. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, Amadi…
Andy Byron, the chief executive of New York-based tech company Astronomer, has resigned from his role after he was spotted embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert, according to a LinkedIn post from the company on Saturday. Astronomer’s board of directors accepted Byron’s resignation, according to the LinkedIn post, and will begin searching for the…
The Ogun State Police Command has said an investigation is ongoing as the controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, on Wednesday, turned himself in to the authorities. The Lagos State Police Command through its spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed in a statement that the singer surrendered himself at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, in the…
Russia needs migrants in order to develop because of its dwindling domestic workforce, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Friday. “Migrants are a necessity,” he told state news agency RIA Novosti. “We have a tense demographic situation. We live in the largest country in the world but there aren’t that many…
Transgender woman jailed for lying about gender to sleep with man A transgender woman who deceived a man about being biologically female before performing sex acts on him has been jailed for 21 months. Durham Crown Court heard that 21-year-old Ciara Watkin, from Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, misled her victim into believing she was female. The man…
Uche Nwokwu, Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, says men with large breasts are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer. Mr Nwokwu revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. He said that men undergoing hormone therapy…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Oba Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at the age of 83. The coronation event took place today (Saturday) at Oliveth Baptist High School in Oyo, where Governor Seyi Makinde led…
