The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has boasted that the Labour Party would not only win but take over power in Lagos in 2027. Rhodes-Vivour, who made the boast while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia, Abia state capital, where he attended an extended Stakeholders’ meeting of the…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday dispersed protesters with tear gas in the Maitama area of Abuja. The protesters, who had gathered peacefully to express their grievances, were thrown into disarray as the tear gas canisters sent many scampering for safety. The protest, which is part of a nationwide demonstration spearheaded by the…
The Federal High Court in Lagos State has ruled for the final forfeiture of significant assets belonging to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, directing that a cash sum of $2.045 million and eight prime properties located in Lagos and Delta states be surrendered to the Nigerian government. In a judgment delivered…
The family of Inspector Tunde Olagbaju, a police officer who was allegedly killed in a road accident involving a road safety official in Osogbo, Osun State, has cried out for justice. According to the brother of the deceased, Olagbaju Abraham Ayodele, Inspector Olagbaju was attached to Zone 11 and had worked for AIG Okafor in…
Amid calls on the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to step aside to allow unfettered investigation of the allegation of sexual harassment made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senate on Thursday passed a vote of confidence on his leadership. The resolution of the Senate followed a motion by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Nigeria’s total public debt has risen to N142.3 trillion as of September 30, 2024. This represents an increase of 5.97% (N8.02 trillion) compared to N134.3 trillion in June 2024. The rise is attributed to the combined effects of escalating domestic borrowing and the impact of exchange rate depreciation on external debt…
The Nigerian Army says a female soldier, Cpl. Amina Maidoki is currently under investigation in connection with allegations of conduct inconsistent with the core values of the military. The spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Appolonia Anele, in a statement on Tuesday, said the soldier was in detention in connection with the allegation of theft. Ms Anele said the…
The Federal Government has expressed serious outrage over an incident where a Chinese expatriate ordered a Nigerian security official guarding him to shoot a personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS who was on legitimate assignment at the premises of the Chinese-owned company. Accordingly, the government said it is automating its immigration lists of White,…
Publisher Dele Momodu has criticised what he described as the growing influence of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, suggesting that Nigeria appears to be under dual leadership. Momodu, a former presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this on Wednesday’s edition of Channels Television’s…
Two persons have been reported dead in an auto-crash involving the convoy of Abia Deputy Speaker. Austin Okezie Meregini. Our correspondent gathered the accident, which happened at the Obehie axis of the popular Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, left other occupants of the Deputy Speaker’s convoy badly injured as the driver risks paralysis, except urgent spinal surgery…