The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. According to Leadership, the decision was made known in a circular titled, ‘Withdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servants’, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Duties and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to expand the use of its digital currency, eNaira, to facilitate payments into government accounts and allow Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to initiate vendor and beneficiary payments. This is according to the CBN’s newly released Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade, and Exchange Policy Guidelines for Fiscal Years 2024-2025…
The national leadership of the Emerging Leaders Forum of Nigeria (ELFON), has called for protest against NNPC Chairman, Mele Kyari over increment in fuel pump price. ELFON, an umbrella body for Leaders of Youth Professional bodies, Ethnic youth organisations and young business owners directed all her 36 state chapters to mobilize 100 Nigerian Youth each…
In a shocking tale of dating app deception, Mr. Obinna Ezenwa has come forward to share his h@rrowing experience of being sc@mmed by an American woman he met online. This revelation follows the alleged efforts of the woman to intimidate and t@rnish Obinna’s name and reputation. He met Kymberly Stalvey Ann Shepard on a dating…
The Kogi State Police Command has paraded four suspects in connection with the killing of Damilola Olowoyo, a 19-year-old 100-level student at the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State. The four suspects paraded are Jeremiah Paul, Emmanuel Otitoju, Banabas Olugbenga, and Ajayi Basit Ayomide. Parading the suspects at the Police headquarters in Lokoja on Friday, the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps has said that its operatives arrested seven suspected miscreants during last Thursday’s fuel hike protest by commercial vehicle operators in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The suspects, according to a statement issued on Saturday by the Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in Kwara command, Ayoola Michael, were allegedly involved…
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…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The development was contained in a press statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity. Professor Usman appointment is coming amid probing…
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the union’s General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, are scheduled to appear before the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Department (NPF-FID) on 24 September in Abuja over alleged criminal intimidation and other offences. The labour leaders who were initially billed to meet with the police on Thursday,…
Prisoners have escaped from the custodial facility in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, due to severe flooding that has ravaged the city. The facility, which houses some of the state’s most dangerous inmates, has been damaged, allowing an unconfirmed number of prisoners to escape. It can be recalled that residents of the state woke…
