GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a minor fire outbreak occurred on Friday morning at the Federal Ministry of Works headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja. The fire, triggered by a faulty circuit breaker in the electrical control room, was swiftly brought under control with no significant damage or casualties reported. Mohammed A. Ahmed, Director of Press and Public…
Chijioke Ihunwo, chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area (LGA), has removed former Governor Nyesom Wike’s name from the administrative block of the council secretariat. The development comes amidst the supremacy battle between Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The two leaders have been at odds over the control of the political structures in the state….
A new bill aimed at banning the use of foreign currencies, including the US Dollar and British Pound Sterling, for domestic transactions in Nigeria has passed its first reading in the Senate. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, No. 7, to Prohibit the Use…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the leaders of the nationwide protest against bad governance held in Katsina State. According to local reports, Kabir Shehu Yandaki and Habibu Ruma, the two leaders of the “Struggle for Good Governance” protest, were invited to the DSS office in Katsina and subsequently detained. Similarly, Mujittapha Usman,…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday hosted a closed-door meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, alongside a delegation of Ogoni leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which brought together key stakeholders, appeared cordial, as photos shared by the Special Assistant to…
Following the abduction and murder of Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa, the late Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa District, his son has alleged that a sitting member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Boza, was involved in the plot. According to the son, the bandits who abducted and killed his father revealed that Boza…
Israeli police said Monday that a “powerful” explosion the night before in Tel Aviv was a “terror attack” that wounded one person and prompted heightened alert. “This was a terror attack involving the explosion of a powerful explosive,” the force said in a statement. On Sunday authorities reported that the blast in the commercial hub…
Many passengers were injured and scampered for safety when a LagFerry boat, Igbega Eko,” suddenly exploded and burst into flames while en route to Victoria Island. Confirming the fire incident on Thursday morning, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said that its officers were on the ground to ensure that the fire does not escalate….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Monday, said strikes from its fighter jets killed several terrorists planning to disrupt the repair being carried out on the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line. The terrorists had destroyed the transmission line, a major conduit supplying electricity to the North. The attack on this infrastructure has plunged…
President Bola Tinubu says that Africa has what it takes to develop itself and should look inward to improve intra-African trade in the interest of the people and the continent. The President said this on his official X account on Monday, adding that he had successful conversations with the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the…