The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr. Ibrahim Bello, on Friday passed on at the age of 71 after a protracted illness in Abuja. The 16th Emir succeeded his father who died on March 16, 2015. Bello, a civil servant who rose to the highest position of Permanent Secretary during his service in old…
Olu Verheijen, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on energy, says the federal government is open to selling the refineries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. Verheijen spoke in an interview with Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday. The presidential…
Aliko Dangote, the President of the Dangote Group, has accused former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, of demolishing his cement plant twice during his administration. Dangote made the allegation during his meeting with the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday, March 17, 2025. A statement by the Ogun State Government stated that…
The Labour Party (LP) has accused former presidential candidate Peter Obi of operating outside party structures during the 2023 elections, alleging financial secrecy and a lack of transparency in campaign spending. Speaking on Channels Television, LP Publicity Secretary Abayomi Arambri criticised Obi for what he described as a unilateral approach to party finances and election…
The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has threatened legal action against online news platform Peoples Gazette over its report suggesting his involvement in the alleged abduction and forced resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Bayo Ojulari. In a statement released…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that in a surprising display of solidarity, police officers handed out water to protesters on Tuesday. A video shared by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on X.com, showed police officers distributing packs of plastic water to the demonstrators. Our correspondent has earlier reported that the protesters had converged at…
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has stated that security agencies have identified a senator as one of those sponsoring the anti-government protests. Wike made this revelation shortly after an emergency FCT Security Council meeting on Thursday night in Abuja. He explained that it was discovered that the senator had contacted some…
The Presidency has defended the inclusion of former INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu; ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode; and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recently submitted ambassadorial nominees, citing a combination of loyalty, national service, and strategic competence. Demola Oshodi, Senior Special Assistant (Protocol) to the President, spoke on Arise News The…
The British Government has turned down a request by Nigeria to deport former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison term in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking, The Guardian UK reports on Monday. Ekweremadu, 63, was jailed for nine years and eight months in 2023 after a UK court found him,…
Younger people calling on Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and prominent rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to lead mass protests against the situation in Nigeria are driven by complete lack of any sense of history, the Nigerian Human Rights Community, (NHRC) said at the weekend. A coalition of civil society and community-based organisations in…