A fresh power struggle is brewing between the Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, and his successor, Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State. Minister Abubakar, appointed by President Tinubu, has been serving as the Defence Minister since August 2023. The development comes on the heels of a similar feud between the Minister of the Federal Capital…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero was apprehended this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while preparing to board a flight to the United Kingdom for an official engagement. Although the specific reasons for his arrest remain…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in 23 newly elected local government chairmen in Rivers State. The exercise held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Sunday, comes a day after the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC) conducted an election at the grassroots. The event…
The Federal Government has barred individuals under the age of 18 years from participating in the National Examinations Council (NECO) and West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this when he appeared on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme on Sunday night. He said the Federal Government has instructed…
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, asked Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja to recuse herself from his trial. Kanu spoke from the dock at the resumed proceeding in the seven-count terrorism charge the FG preferred against him. Injuries, male colleagues’…
Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, Sunday night, a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it…
A 65-year-old man, Olalekan Ogunjobi, has been nabbed by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with the death of a woman found in his apartment. PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman, identified as Serifatu Disu, had left her husband’s house to visit Ogunjobi at his apartment in Fatima Castle, Konigba, located in the Ago-Iwoye…
Vice President Harris called President-elect Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory the night before, a senior Harris aide confirmed to The Hill. The aide said Harris discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans. The vice president is expected to deliver remarks later Wednesday…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Hartford Oseke, is dead. Hon. Oseke was said to have slumped and died during a routine exercise at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State. Reports indicate that he collapsed and was rushed to Apex Hospital Awka in…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has expressed disappointment after a recent encounter with the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a viral video sighted by our correspondent, Portable, known for his controversial remarks, lamented that despite the meeting, Obi did not offer him any monetary support. He stated that…