Following the consequential adjustment in salary structures by the committee set up by the government to review the new minimum wage, retirees will now receive an increment of N32,000 in their monthly pensions. This was revealed in a memo by the National Salaries, Wages, and Income Commission, sighted on Monday by The PUNCH. According to…
The Association of Southern Nigerian Students (ASONIS) National Body Elect is proud to commend the Nigerian Senate for the successful passage of the groundbreaking bill establishing the Southwest Development Commission. This visionary legislative achievement, championed under the astute leadership of Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, and supported by all senators representing the Southwest senatorial…
Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has claimed his team will not win the Premier League if they fail to find consistency. Maresca was speaking to journalists ahead of this fixture against Aston Villa this weekend. The Blues go into the game seven points behind Unai Emery’s men, who occupy third spot. Chelsea have not picked up…
Gregg Musgrove, a former California highway patrol officer, has discovered a collection of unreleased songs by Michael Jackson, the late pop singer. The 56-year-old stay-at-home dad unexpectedly came across the trove of Jackson’s tapes when he purchased an abandoned storage unit in the San Fernando Valley. The storage unit was said to have once belonged…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the former Minister of Defence, and also of Internal Affairs, Major General (Rtd) Godwin Osagie Abbe is dead. Abbe who also served as Governor of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States during his military career died on Saturday night in Abuja after a protracted illness. Family sources confirmed the passage. He was…
The Katsina Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public schools across the state due to rising security concerns. The directive was issued on Friday by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, prompting thousands of boarding students to return home shortly after the announcement. The ministry urged parents, caregivers, teachers, and the public…
Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, Senior Special Assistant Students Affairs Ondo State Governor, received a delegation from the Young Medical Laboratory Scientists’ Forum (YMLSF) Southwest in a solidarity visit at his office. The visit aimed to congratulate the SSA on his recent appointment and explore areas of collaboration that will benefit both the youth, students and…
The FCT Police Command on Saturday debunked reports alleging that its operatives killed a teenager during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest in Abuja. Reports alleged that police operatives killed a yet-to-be identified teenager in Kubwa while protesting on August 3rd. But the Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, issued a statement, saying its operatives are not responsible for…
Police in Delhi have arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian man accused of duping more than 100 women across India by posing as a UK-based Korean businessman on a language exchange app. The suspect, identified as Stephane but known online as Dominic or Duck Young, was picked up from his rented flat in Tilak Nagar, west Delhi,…
Hon. Chief Mrs. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, the Lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 has joined plethora of well-wishers to celebrate the birthday of her friend and political ally, Hon. Olusoji Alade SOJ. In her statement captured below, Olutunu De described Hon. SOJ, who is a PDP Giant in Ibadan North Local Government and also the…
