The governorship of the Labour Party (LP) in last Saturday’s governorship election, Olumide Akpata on Monday thumbed down the exercise which he said was characterized by vote-buying allegedly by the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and insisted that he had a good show and was…
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos on Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities…
A young Nigerian known as “Geh Geh” has captured the hearts of thousands online after his TikTok live session on Thursday drew an astonishing 177,000 viewers and reportedly earned him gifts worth over $30,000. The social media personality, who refers to his online platform as the “University of Wisdom and Understanding,” has been making waves…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has suspended the six-month emergency rule he imposed on Rivers State. He has, therefore, restored Siminalayi Fubara and Ngozi Odu as the governor and deputy governor of the state, respectively. The president also announced that all suspended House of Assembly members in the state would return to their…
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. The gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, and injuring a security guard, Ali Shehu. He sustained gunshot…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, on Thursday, said Nigerians expecting his ministry to provide jobs would be disappointed because it is not part of their mandate. The minister made the clarification at the annual conference of the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja. While highlighting…
President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate, seeking the amendment of the Federal High Court Act to increase the statutory number of justices of the Federal High Court from 70 to 90. Tinubu has also written, requesting the amendment of the Court of Appeal Act to increase the number of Appeal Court judges from 70…
The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, described Obasanjo as the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the former president said “Democracy is not about power…
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, has passed away at the age of 100, as confirmed by the Carter Center, an organisation he founded to promote democracy and human rights globally. Carter, a former peanut farmer, made history by living longer than any other US president, and had celebrated his 100th birthday…
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has directed his newly appointed commissioners and top government officials to always wear the ‘Asiwaju Mandate Cap’ as a show of loyalty to President Bola Tinubu, warning that any commissioner who fails to comply will face sanctions. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of commissioners, agency board members, and commission…
