The son of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Abba Atiku Abubakar, has joined the All Progressives Congress. Atiku also pledged to mobilize support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. He was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin and the National Vice Chairman of the APC, North East, Mustafa…
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said on Friday that Boko Haram insurgents once nominated former President Muhammadu Buhari to represent them in negotiations with the federal government when his administration explored dialogue as a non-combatant approach to ending the group’s activities. Jonathan made the disclosure at the public presentation of SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and The…
A political activist, Usman Bugaje, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s leadership style, claiming the President is detached from the suffering of ordinary Nigerians because he is surrounded by sycophants. Bugaje spoke on Thursday during Channels Television’s special Democracy Day programme titled ‘Nigeria’s Democratic Journey: An Inter-Generational Conversation on Building a Better Nation,’ commemorating 26 years…
The Federal Government and the World Bank have entered a fresh partnership towards tackling poverty and boosting the living standards of Nigeria’s vulnerable populations. This was as the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) described the stance of former Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ndume, on World Bank loans secured by the President Bola Tinubu administration…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the official release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. According to the Board, the results of 39,834 candidates out of the over 1.9 million applicants that sat for the exam were being withheld due to suspected examination malpractices. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede,…
Experts, in a new study, had said that daily marijuana use is linked to a 44 per cent higher risk of acquiring asthma. Additionally, the study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine declared that it can also increase the likelihood of getting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by 27 per cent. The researchers at…
The Senate has suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months over her dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that the Senate Committee on Ethics on Thursday recommended suspending Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months over the controversy surrounding her sexual harassment allegation against SP Akpabio. The committee also advised that the Kogi…
Nigeria’s controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been rushed to the Police Hospital at Falomo, Lagos, after complaining of pain in his ‘breasts’. According to a source, Bobrisky expressed discomfort, after spending hours in the police cell at Alagbon, Lagos State. A police source disclosed that he was taken to the hospital…
Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported….
At least 19 people have died and more than 100 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka. Footage of the scene at Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and a thick plume of smoke. The armed…
