During the unveiling of his annual prophecy book, Warnings To The Nations (2025/2026 edition), on Saturday, July 5, 2025, Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, forecast a coming conflict between former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi and ex‑Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. The two are among the leading figures expected to…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a magistrate court in Kuje, Abuja, has granted a N500,000 bail to Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives, following an alleged assault on Stephen Abuwatseya, a Bolt driver. Ikwechegh was arraigned on Wednesday on a three-count charge bordering on assault and threat to life, filed by the Office…
🌙 Happy Mawlid an-Nabi Date: 4th September 2025 Greetings to All Muslims on the Occasion of Mawlid an-Nabawi 2025 All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the world, who honored humanity with the birth of the Best of Creation, our Master Muhammad ﷺ, making him a mercy for all the world, a light…
The Federal Government is reportedly under pressure to halt statutory allocations to Zamfara and Benue States until their Houses of Assembly are fully functional and constitutionally constituted. The pressure is said to be facilitated by the Coalition for Democratic Governance in Africa (CDGA). In a statement signed by its convener, Dr. Paul Barka, the group…
Veteran Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has broken silence on the rumours surrounding his relationship with the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Osawaru. This followed the surprise appearance of 2Baba during a plenary session at the Assembly complex in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday,…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has said that it was committed to the November 15, 2025, national convention of the party as resolved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) at its 101st meeting earlier in July, urging party members to resist all attempts to derail the planned convention by people it called ‘anti-party…
A former lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District and versatile journalist, Babafemi Ojudu, has revealed how he drank his urine to survive in prison, under the military regime of late General Sani Abacha. Ojudu, former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, made the revelation in Ado-Ekiti, during a media interaction with journalists,…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “over the failure to account for the missing or diverted N55.9 billion meant for the purchase of smart card readers, ballot papers, result sheets and other election materials for the 2019 general elections.” The grave allegations are documented…
The naira is one of the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2024. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a report by the World Bank, as of August 2024, the naira had depreciated by 43% year-to-date, placing it among the weakest currencies in the region, alongside the Ethiopian birr and South Sudanese pound….
An angry mob in Dansadau town, Maru local government area of Zamfara State, on Wednesday, attacked a member of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Kabiru Mikailu, over allegations of poor representation and neglect of his constituents. Hon. Mikailu, who represents Maru South Constituency, was reportedly assaulted by irate residents when he accompanied Governor Dauda…
