Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has alleged that the outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, has fled Nigeria through the land borders. Okpebholo is expected to be sworn into office on Tuesday, meaning that Obaseki will lose his immunity. Obaseki last week said he heard that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he is open to being Nigeria’s Vice President in the future. The former Anambra State Governor has however set some conditions to be met before taking such a decision. He made the disclosure in a recent interview on New Central TV which was…
US-based Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Joseph Oloyede, 61, of Medina, Ohio and Edward Oluwasanmi, 61, of Willoughby, Ohio, were charged in court on 13 counts, including conspiracy to commit…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, has visited Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Lagos House, Marina. Drogba’s Team alongside the Representatives of E1 Racing Team, paid a courtesy visit to Sanwo-Olu on Monday. The visit was made known via a video shared by the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media,…
Better days are here for Nigerians treating ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and others that require constant use of medication. The prices of medicines, which skyrocketed as a result of naira devaluation, are about to be driven down and made more affordable. An approval yesterday by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), has extended warm wishes to Nigerian Muslims as they celebrate this year’s Eid al-Adha festivities. In a statement issued by the Fayemi Media Office, the former Ekiti governor described the celebration as a period of spiritual…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has criticised the tax reform bills, saying it will drag the northern part of the country backward. The bills, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in September, have faced stiff opposition, especially from the north, with stakeholders calling for its withdrawal. Daily Trust had…
The Lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has sung the praises of a political Icon of Ibadan North Local Government and Oyo State at large, Chief Ismaila Ashipa on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Hon. Comforter, who is The Chairman of Oyo…
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has explained why the agency suspended its foreign scholarship programme for lecturers in public tertiary institutions. Echono said the scholarship programme for lecturers was discontinued because it had become financially unsustainable, citing high foreign exchange rates and the growing number of beneficiaries who…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Aliyu Wadada, has raised serious alarm over discrepancies involving trillions of naira in the audited financial statements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), describing the revelations as mind-boggling and worrisome. During the investigative session on Wednesday, where the Chief Financial Officer, Dapo Segun, appeared before…