Seriake Dickson, senator representing Bayelsa west, says he led a walkout from the upper legislative chamber before the senate approved President Bola Tinubu’s emergency rule in Rivers state. The senate approved the president’s request through a voice vote on March 20 — shunning the constitutionally required two-thirds required for a subject of that magnitude. The…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, restored Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, vacated the concurrent verdicts of the Federal High Court and Court of Appeal in Enugu, which sacked him from office. In the lead judgement…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central in the upper legislative chamber, has alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio repeatedly threw suggestive and lewd comments her way. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended from the senate on March 6 for “gross misconduct and unruly behaviour” over her seating arrangement altercation with the senate president. Her suspension came a day…
The police command in Lagos has arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Lagos. Mr Hundeyin said the incident happened on Wednesday at Oke-Ira, Ilogbo Eremi, Badagry. He said detectives from the Morogbo Division were informed about the incident and…
Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd), the Sole Administrator of Rivers State has warned troublemakers in the state to reconsider any action that would be inimical to the peace, progress and economic stability of the state. Ibas said that his acceptance to become the administrator of Rivers state was not born out of personal ambition but…
A 16-year-old student of Delta Secondary School, Okere Urhobo in Warri, Delta was reportedly abducted, gang raped and stabbed to death by unknown assailants. The body of the student was discovered in an uncompleted building at Erhirhowevrhe Street, off Ejemudarho, in Okumagba Layout, Warri on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Details of the incident are still…
Suspended governor of Rivers State, Sir Similanayi Fubara, has responded to some of the allegations made by President Bola Tinubu in the broadcast where State of Emergency was declared in the state. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Tinubu suspended Fubara and members of Rivers House of Assembly for six months and appointed a sole administrator…
The minister of education, Tunji Alausa, has announced that all full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates will now be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The resolution of the long-standing issue regarding their mobilisation is contained in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday by the director of press and…
Pelumi Olajengbesi, an Abuja-based lawyer, has condemned calls for President Bola Tinubu to impose emergency rule in Osun state. Ajibola Basiru, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had urged the president to extend emergency rule to Osun, citing Ademola Adeleke, the governor’s refusal to reinstate APC-backed council chairpersons despite a court order. Basiru…
Nigeria secured the 105th spot out of 147 nations in the 2025 World Happiness Report, unveiled on Thursday, March 20. The report was compiled by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford in collaboration with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an independent editorial board. Finland retained its title as the…