With joy and admiration, Oyo lawmaker, Hon. (Mrs.) Olufunke Comforter Olajide has warmly celebrated an outstanding leader, Rt. Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Stanley Olajide (Oddiomo), on the occasion of his birthday anniversary. Hon. Comforter described Rt. Hon. Oddiomo, Member of the House of Representatives representing Ibadan North-West/South-West Federal Constituency, as a visionary politician and a grassroots…
A British-Nigerian politician, Florence Eshalomi, has been appointed as the United Kingdom’s trade envoy to Nigeria. Her appointment makes Eshalomi the second Nigerian to hold the position. Confirming her appointment on X on Tuesday, she wrote: “It is an honour to have been appointed as the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria. “I’m looking forward…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Nigeria’s most difficult days are behind it, assuring citizens that the country is on the path to sustained progress. Tinubu made the declaration on Tuesday during a one-day working visit to Imo State, where he commissioned Governor Hope Uzodimma’s legacy projects, including the Owerri-Umuahia Road, Assumpta Flyover, and…
One of the suspected promoters of the cryptocurrency trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange, Adefowora Abiodun, who was recently declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, voluntarily surrendered himself to the anti-graft agency on Monday. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a ruling on Thursday last week, approved the…
A Nigerian software engineer, Ridwan Akinfenwa, has narrated how he lost an international job that required him to work as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with a remuneration of over $260,000 per year, despite signing an agreement. Akinfenwa, while sharing the bitter experience in a post on his LinkedIn profile recently, said the contract was…
The Coordinator of the Tinubu presidential legal team, Babatunde Ogala, SAN, has debunked the claim that the newly appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, was part of the legal team that defended President Bola Tinubu at the election tribunal. Ogala made this clarification in a statement on Friday, stating…
The former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed reports linking him with the All Progressive Congress, noting that he is not a member of the ruling party nor intending to be a member. Reacting to a report circulating on social media where he alleged that his name was mentioned in an APC gathering…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old America-trained Nollywood filmmaker, Mbadiwe Emeka, to five years imprisonment for trafficking in 17. 30 kilograms of Canada Loud, Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, LSD, and heroin. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, handed down the jail term after Emeka pleaded guilty to…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Oyo state axis has called on securities to urgently probe a viral petition by Comrade Ojo Olabisi Yusuff (Astute Valuer), a self acclaimed Chief Press Secretary of the association. In a petition sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Comrade Ojo called on the management of The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki (TOPS) to…
Popular American conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have been seen with a newborn baby, sparking speculation about their family life. The sisters, who gained fame in the 1990s and later starred in a TLC reality series, were spotted on Thursday carrying the infant in a car seat before placing the child into the back…
