GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the federal government has launched a free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service in Abuja to ease transportation costs for Nigerians. The CNG buses began operations on December 2, 2024, as shown in a video shared by the Presidential CNG Initiative on its X (formerly Twitter) page. The buses, according to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed that it will sustain its Ways and Means Advances to the federal government at a 5 per cent limit for the fiscal years 2024-2025. The latest development is contrary to a bill passed by the National Assembly which raised the maximum borrowing percentage in the Act from…
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has confirmed the arrest of social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), over multiple petitions. The EFCC, speaking through its spokesperson Dele Oyewale, told BBC News Pidgin on Monday that the activist was taken into custody following complaints from several petitioners….
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, accusing him of “serious amnesia” over his denial of past comments allegedly made against President Bola Tinubu. Ribadu had, through his lawyer, Dr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), demanded a public apology and retraction from a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Naja’atu Muhammad, who…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday approved 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025 academic session. The decision was reached during the board’s annual policy meeting on admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. According to JAMB, the minimum benchmark…
Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has responded defiantly after the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons declared him wanted for alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. In a video shared online via YouTube on Monday, following the agency’s declaration, the controversial musician insisted he had committed no…
Kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ifon Ward 5, Ose Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi. The police confirmed that the gunmen abducted the politician on Monday evening at the entrance of his farm along the Ifon-Owo road. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the kidnappers reached out…
Pep Guardiola may have a new ‘hateful eight’ after details of Manchester City’s legal battle with the Premier League were released. Following the conclusion of the hearing into Associated Party Transaction rules – regulations introduced in late 2021 following Newcastle United’s takeover and tightened in 2023 – the report has named clubs that submitted evidence…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that more than 94 per cent of the cash in circulation in the country is outside the control of deposit banks, marking a significant year-on-year increase of N1.59 trillion in the amount of currency held outside banks. Data from the CBN’s money and credit statistics shows that a…
The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday remanded a 43-year-old man, Ifeanyi Paul, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 16-year-old physically challenged daughter. The chief magistrate, L.A Owolabi, who did not take Mr Paul’s plea, ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)…