Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said corrupt politicians cannot provide good governance. He spoke virtually at the memorial lecture of Denis Joseph Slattery on “the imperative for moral rectitude in governance”, held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Dinosaurs Spine at Hang Dong, Ta Xua, Son La seen from above The memorial lecture, organised…
The June 12, 1993 presidential election is remembered as Nigeria’s fairest and most unifying vote. It featured Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC), in what many hoped would mark the country’s return to civilian rule after years of military governance. Abiola,…
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended Private Bara’u Tajuddeen, a soldier with service number 22NA/82/3441, over alleged theft of military ammunition and anti-aircraft rounds. Tajuddeen, assigned to the 19 Special Force Brigade in Maiduguri, was detained at the Maiduguri motor park en route to Kano, reportedly attempting to sell the stolen weapons to bandits. According…
Former Governor of Abia State and the lawmaker representing Abia North in the Senate, Orji Kalu, has revealed that he earns N14 million monthly as a member of the National Assembly. The former Senate Chief Whip made the revelation during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. Kalu argued that the N14 million…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other members of Nigeria’s official delegation have arrived in Vatican City for the funeral of Pope Francis, set to take place on Saturday. Akpabio is heading a five-member high-level delegation appointed by President Bola Tinubu to represent Nigeria at the funeral rites of the late pontiff, who served as the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the national grid has collapsed again, making it second time in three days. Announcing the latest development, National Grid on their X said “BREAKING: Another Grid Setback Experienced”. According to Ikeja Disco, the outage occurred today, Thursday November 7, at exactly 11:29hrs. The latest power outage will throw millions of households…
Ekiti State has recorded a surge in the number of pregnant women patronising government health facilities across the 16 Local Government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani made the disclosure during a One-Day Dissemination Event from Data to Policy to Action in Ado-Ekiti. Dr Filani said that…
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday announced the dismissal of a naval rating, Seaman Haruna Abbas, from service for disobeying orders. Abbas’s wife, Hussaina Iliya, had gone on a popular radio station in Abuja to accuse the military of unjustly detaining her husband since 2018. She specifically accused a senior military officer, Brigadier General A.S. Adamu,…
An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Kolawole Muyiwa, a former part-time lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (now Lagos State University of Education), to life imprisonment over rape. Justice Rahman Oshodi ruled that the prosecution had proven the case of defilement beyond a reasonable doubt. The crime was committed on…
A U.S. federal court has convicted a Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, for his role in an international inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million. The conviction was announced on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice following Akhimie’s guilty plea on June 17. Akhimie faces…