Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, former Chief of Staff to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has implicated his former principal in a confessional statement related to an ongoing money laundering case against him. It will be recalled that the Chief Magistrate Court in Rigasa remanded Sa’idu at the Kaduna Correctional Centre following his arrest and arraignment by security…
Former Chief Whip and current Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has blamed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and the Senate for the tagging of Nigeria by the United States President, Donald Trump, as ‘Country of Particular Concern’. Ndume, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, accused both the executive and legislative arms of…
The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jaret Tenebe, has declared that the party’s loyalty to the state governor [Governor Monday Okpebholo] is absolute, stating, “we have no sense” of our own and will follow the governor’s directives without question. Tenebe made the controversial remarks in a video from the “Edo State…
The Arewa Youth Congress (AYC), a foremost youth platform representing millions of young men and women across Northern Nigeria, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his unwavering support to the Hydropower Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC). In a press conference held at Arewa House, Kaduna, the group applauded the President for reappointing Alhaji…
United States President Donald Trump has reportedly recalled the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, and other career diplomats from their ambassadorial posts. According to Politico, the move is part of an effort to align US diplomatic representation abroad with President Trump’s “America First” priorities. A State Department official confirmed to the news platform…
A federal capital territory high court in Gwarinpa has granted bail to Chris Ngige, former minister of labour and employment. Maryam Hassan, presiding judge, ordered that Ngige should continue on the administrative bail earlier granted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court however ordered that Ngige must present a surety who…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the forthcoming local government elections in Ogun State have been fixed for Saturday, November 16 2024. The Chairman of Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him and made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Osibodu, according to the statement, said, “Thursday,…
A shocking incident unfolded this morning along New Airport Road near Poultry Farm in Calabar, where a man was found dead after being electrocuted by high-tension power lines. The bizarre nature of the incident has left the community divided, with some claiming supernatural involvement while authorities suspect criminal activity. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the victim’s body…
An Economist, Daramola Omoyele, has advised the government to include religious institutions in the new tax net in Nigeria, while emphasising the need to tackle corruption in tax administration. On Wednesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Omoyele said that the new tax reform, though well-intentioned, would fail if it exempts…
Embattled Nigerian monarch, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cash and high-value property to the United States government following his conviction on several fraud-related charges in $4.2 million COVID-19 relief scam, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The latest blow to Mr Oloyede, who was the Apetu…
