The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday invited factional leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into a meeting at its headquarters in Abuja. Tanimu Turaki-led members of his faction, while the duo of Abdulrahman Mohammed and Senator Sam Anyanwu led members of their caretaker committee. The main opposition party has been polarised into…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Kwara governor, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, was reported dead on Wednesday at the age of 84. Born on February 24, 1941, the former governor was reported dead in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following an old age-related illness. The passing of the former governor, announced by one of his…
A public debate has erupted online as Nigerians challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to take action against Chief Government Ekpemupolo, widely known as Tompolo, over an alleged case of naira abuse. The controversy was ignited by a viral video posted on X.com on Sunday by Harrison A who tweets as #harreceipts with the…
Edo Speaker Blessing Agbebaku (Owan West constituency) and Deputy Maria Edeko (Esan Northeast II) on Monday survived the leadership change in the Assembly. The Speaker and Deputy are of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is now in the majority. The representative of Egor constituency in the…
Amid uproar over the crashing of a popular cryptocurrency and forex trading platform, CBEX, angry individuals have reportedly looted the platform’s office at Oke Ado, Ibadan, Oyo state capital. GISTSMATE MEDIA earlier reported that users were left in panic following reports that the company has emptied the accounts of hundreds of investors without prior notice….
The Federal Government has begun implementing key welfare components of its renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, in a directive issued to Vice-Chancellors of federal universities on Monday, announced a 40 per cent increase in the Consolidated Academic Allowance (CAA) for ASUU members, effective…
Lagos-based property developer and CEO of Sujimoto Construction, Olasijibomi Ogundele, has denied allegations of fraud after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared him wanted over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering. In a notice signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, and posted on its official X handle on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLC Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in Lagos on…
The family of a Lagos-based hairstylist identified simply as Fatima has raised the alarm after her yet-to-be-identified lover brutalised her, resulting in the loss of her six teeth. According to PUNCH, the incident occurred on Saturday, July 12. It was gathered that the lovers who reside on Ibadan Street in the Ebutte Meta area of…
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has made startling revelations about the constitutional crisis that engulfed Nigeria during the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s prolonged illness, alleging that a top presidential aide deliberately withheld a crucial handover letter from the National Assembly. In an interview with Rainbow Book Club, trending on Saturday, Jonathan disclosed that Yar’Adua had written…
