The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days of moderate-heavy rainfall in 14 States across the country. The States predicted to experience the heavy downpour are: Bayelsa, Rivers, parts of parts of Delta, Ondo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, Abia, Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi and Niger. The forecast period, according to…
Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has failed in his bid to retain his seat on the FIFA Council following elections held today at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt. Pinnick’s fate, along with that of several other candidates, rested on…
President Bola Tinubu has visited surviving victims of last Friday’s brutal attack in Yelewata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu visited the North-Central state following the attack which left over 59 people dead and several others injured. The President went straight to the hospital after arriving at the Tactical Air…
Armed men, on Wednesday, attacked and killed 17 returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Tse Ajogo village, Wukari local government area of Taraba State. Eyewitnesses, who narrowly escaped death, told Tribune Online that eight people were also injured in the attack, many others are still missing, and seven houses were burnt down. Tribune Online reports…
If 23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, a 300-level philosophy student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, had known the far-reaching implications of killing a fellow human being, he would have opted to remain poor. The lanky black complexioned young man who resides with his parents in Ikorodu in Lagos is now cooling his head inside the cell of…
Pro-Igbo groups in diaspora including the American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID); Rising Sun Charities Organization; and Ambassadors for Self-Determination have petitioned President Donald Trump of the United States of America, seeking US sanctions against five Nigerian jurists and a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in Mohammad’s Buhari administration, over…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. President Bola Tinubu had delegated Nigeria’s number two man to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming meeting. But in a statement on Thursday night, the presidency announced that Shettima’s trip had been cancelled, explaining that a foreign object hit…
Personal Assistant to President on Constituency Affairs, Hon. Khadijat Kareem Omotayo has assured Nigerians that the country will overcome hardship and insecurity. Speaking in one of her recent outings, Hon. Khadijat revealed that the challenges facing Nigerians has led to recent protests tagged #EndBadGovernance. She highlighted a range of issues plaguing the nation, including economic…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The security meeting is taking place less than 24 hours after the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, resigned his appointment. The security heads are led by the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS General Olufemi Oluyede….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Oyo State Government has approved a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for the State workforce. In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Technical Committee set up by the State Government recommended and got approval from Governor Seyi Makinde for the implementation of the…
