Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State said he is supporting President Bola Tinubu because of the President’s bold steps on the economy and structural reforms. Soludo made the remarks while speaking to journalists after meeting with President Tinubu on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He urged political parties that identify as progressive to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday said four lives were lost in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ikeji-Arakeji, a town along the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Osun State. Also, 20 other commuters were said to have been injured in the accidents which involved three vehicles. In a 2-minute 5-second video recorded at the scene…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike. The universities union also grant the Federal Government a one-month window to address its demands. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made this known in an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Piwuna,…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) have rescinded their decision to demand the resignation of Farouk Ahmed, the CEO of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Earlier, the leadership of the two student associations accused Ahmed of mismanaging public funds, racketeering in jobs…
The bodies of 27 victims, including women and children, killed in last Tuesday’s deadly attack on a community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, are being transported from the hospital morgue back to the community for mass burial. The victims, who sustained fatal injuries during the night assault by unidentified gunmen, had been…
The Bola Tinubu-led federal government has come under scrutiny for failing to provide transparency in its 2025 fiscal activities, as key public records on federal spending have become largely inaccessible. A review by SaharaReporters shows that critical budget performance and expenditure reporting systems, historically used to track federal government spending, have not been updated for…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, says Nigeria would have been like the United States of America if it had produced two presidents with the leadership qualities of incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking on Wednesday during a campaign in Esan Central for the forthcoming Edo Central by-election, Okpebholo hailed Tinubu’s leadership style and economic reforms,…
Another member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives, Amos Gwamna Magazine has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji, who represents Java/Zango Kataf Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, said he was leaving the PDP as a result of unresolved crisis in the party right from the national to…
A court in Madagascar has sentenced a man to surgical castration for the rape of a child in 2024, a judicial official said, in the first such measure on the Indian Ocean island. The case arose from the rape and attempted murder of a six-year-old girl in Imerintsiatosika, a municipality 30 km west of the…
Al Nassr struggled in Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence on Monday, when the Saudi club kicked off the revamped Asian Champions League with a 1-1 draw against Al Shorta in Iraq. Al Nassr captain Ronaldo did not travel with the squad for the match in Baghdad, with the club issuing a statement a day before stating that…