GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has relieved the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, Dr Chioma Ejikeme of her duties 13 months after reappointment for another four years in office. In a statement issued on Monday by the Head, Corporate Communications Unit of PTAD, Olugbenga Ajayi, the President announced that Tolulope Odunaiya has…
A French band delighted attendees at a state dinner in Paris on Thursday by performing P-Square’s hit song “Testimony (Taste the Money)” in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The dinner, hosted at the Palais de l’Élysée during Tinubu’s three-day state visit to France to foster closer diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In…
A tragic incident has claimed the lives of five children in the Agyaragu community in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday. The children, aged between six and ten years, died of suffocation inside an old car parked in a residential compound in the area. A resident of the community and Publicity…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regrets fielding former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Senate Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro has said. He described the move as an error that cost the party dearly. Moro, who spoke in a televised interview, revealed that the party’s National Executive Committee…
The Federal Government is reportedly under pressure to halt statutory allocations to Zamfara and Benue States until their Houses of Assembly are fully functional and constitutionally constituted. The pressure is said to be facilitated by the Coalition for Democratic Governance in Africa (CDGA). In a statement signed by its convener, Dr. Paul Barka, the group…
Political observers appear united in reaching a consensus that the coalition is largely motivated by widespread discontent with President Bola Tinubu’s handling of national affairs. On their part, promoters of the coalition argue that the administration has failed to address pressing national issues, including security of lives and property. According to them, the essence of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a woman in Kaduna State, identified as Zaliha Shuaibu of Malari Village in Soba Local Government Area, has been taken into custody by the state police command in connection with the death of her co-wife’s three-month-old son. According to the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, the incident occurred…
Five members of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM) including its National Chairman, Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu Daudu, have been arrested by the police in Kano State. SaharaReporters learnt that the activists were arrested and detained after honouring an invitation by the state police commissioner, CP Salman Dogo Garba, for a meeting at 2 pm on…
The people and government of Angola recently bestowed an award of honour and recognition on Nigeria’s late former Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed. The award event which held over the weekend in the Country’s capital – Luanda, was part of activities marking the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary. The awards event which also had two…
The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government to adopt the Conservatives’ proposed deportation bill as a measure to reduce immigration. In a video shared on her official X account on Saturday, Kemi Badenoch issued a stark warning about rising immigration levels, claiming that without…
