The United Kingdom has commended President Bola Tinubu’s economic and trade reforms, describing them as bold, necessary, and capable of unlocking new opportunities for Nigeria’s growth. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja on Monday. Montgomery…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, during a routine patrol along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway, on Saturday, intercepted a commercial vehicle conveying 942 explosives hidden in a sack from Nasarawa heading to Zamfara State. A statement by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday also disclosed the arrest of a 30-year-old suspect over the…
The Lagos State Government has sealed an undisclosed number of public toilets in the Lagos Island area of the state over offensive odour. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said the Sunday action followed complaints received from the public over the environmental infractions. “The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office on Sunday…
Panic has gripped the Federal Civil Service following the abduction of six Directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence by suspected gunmen along the Kaba–Lokoja highway. It was gathered that they abducted on Monday, November 10, 2025. The senior officers, who were travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a Directorate-level promotion examination, were intercepted by…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The meeting is taking at the Presidential Villa, State House Abuja. Our correspondent could not immediately verify the agenda of the meeting, but it might not be unconnected with ongoing efforts to strengthen the Country’s security architecture. The…
The Delta State Police Command has said it arrested officers who appeared in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba. The video, which circulated on social media, showed the officers handling the money from their parked vehicle, raising widespread suspicion that the cash could have been proceeds…
The Nigerian Women Crusade for Good Governance (NWCGG) representing 100 women groups has tendered an unreserved apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate over the allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The apology was tendered during a briefing in Abuja on March 11, 2025. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Dr. Mrs Cecilia Ikechukwu…
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…
A United States District Court in Sherman, Texas, has sentenced five Nigerian nationals to nearly 160 years in jail over their involvement in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that obtained from at least 100 individual victims, companies, and government entities from across the world. The announcement was made by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged Nigerians not to resort to insult in expressing their grievances to their leaders. “It is good to always tell our leaders when there is problem but in doing so, we should avoid abusive words. “If you insult your leader, how can you ask him to…