Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has withdrawn the counter subversion bill. The bill prescribes a 10-year jail term, N5 million fine or both for those who refuse to recite the national anthem and pledge. The legislation has since elicited outrage from the public. In a statement on Wednesday, Musa Krishi, spokesperson of…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced measures to curb the growing misuse of honorary doctorate degrees in the country, including a decisive ban on the award of such degrees to serving public officials. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, stated this in Abuja on Friday while receiving report from a committee…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in 23 newly elected local government chairmen in Rivers State. The exercise held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Sunday, comes a day after the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC) conducted an election at the grassroots. The event…
Some gunmen have killed 54-year-old Prophet Yomi Adetula of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Adetula, who was also the Commander of Ogun State Internal Security Agency, was brutally shot dead on Sunday when the assailants invaded the church’s Eagle Parish along Baggage Road, Odo Eran,…
The Presidency has revealed how the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government is utilising Nigeria’s revenue for various projects across the country, describing it as a Renewed Hope strategic spending. The Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the President, Sunday Dare, gave a breakdown of the spending in a post via his personal X…
The Federal Government has announced plans to regularise electricity tariffs in a bid to address disparities in the current billing system as well as encourage investment in the power sector. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, made this known at the ongoing public presentation of the National Integrated Electricity Policy and Nigeria Integrated Resource Plan…
A female passenger of Ibom Air, identified as Comfort Emmanson, has cried out in pain and frustration after a viral video allegedly exposing her body circulated widely on the internet. In a tearful lament, Comfort said that since her release from detention, she has been unable to go out freely because of the shame and…
The immediate former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing on alleged N110 billion fraud preferred against him. Bello was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in April 2024. He reported at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that an unidentified lady has been rescued from suspected ritualist at an undisclosed hotel in Abuja. According to a viral video on social media, the screaming of the lady in the night attracted the attention of the hotel staff who forcefully opened the door. The man in question had already stripped the…
Gunmen have killed two police operatives in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, south-east Nigeria. The attack occurred at about 6 a.m. on Thursday at Umuluole Junction along the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The attackers, said to be 25 in number, opened fire on the police operatives who were on patrol, killing two…
