The lead counsel for TikToker-turned-activist Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as SeaKing, Inibehe Effiong, has threatened legal action against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. This comes just hours after the church issued a statement supporting the TikToker’s arrest for allegedly insulting the cleric. SeaKing was apprehended by officers…
Ahead of 2027 Presidential election, strong indications have emerged that there will be political realignment from the North as support groups of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar from the 19 Northern States have dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The National Chairman…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will be jetting our of the country on Sunday for Rome, the capital of Italy. In a press release by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information, Tinubu will be departing Abuja for Rome to attend AQABA Process meeting. STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU DEPARTS…
United States President Donald Trump has officially imposed a 15 percent tariff on Nigeria and other African countries. Other countries affected by the new tariff regime include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar. The modified reciprocal tariff rates were announced by the White House on Thursday. This Executive Order, titled “Further…
Nigerians have often accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of showing more speed and precision in prosecuting internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, compared to bringing politically exposed persons to justice. But EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, dismissed these claims, saying the anti-graft agency applies the same level of commitment to all cases,…
The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has unanimously approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone. When created, the South-East will be at par with the South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-East zones with six states. The South-East is the only geo-political zone with five…
A Nigerian man, Sheidu Bashir, has claimed that the Qur’an didn’t prohibit plate licking (0r@l s*x). Reactions has trailed his post on facebook, while many clarified that though Quran doesn’t state that it’s a sin, but for the fact that Oral s3x could lead to contacting diseases, it’s against the teaching of Islam. “Anal s*x…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has directed the immediate payment of N70,000, the new minimum wage, for all administration staff. The move comes after President Bola Tinubu signed the new Minimum Wage Bill into law in May 2024, following months of negotiation with organized labour. The approval was announced in a statement…
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…
The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Cross River state chapter has rejoiced with All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman of the state, Barrister Alphonsus Ogar Eba. In a birthday message by the Cross River PMAN Governor, Hon. Prince Emmanuel Effiom “Rebreed”, he described the APC scribe as an exemplary leader whose leadership is propagating the…
