The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has finally opened up after an altercation with an officer of the Nigerian Navy over the ownership of a landed property in Gaduwa area of Abuja. The Minister, in a video shared by Arise News, said he cannot be intimidated by the military for doing his…
The US government will impose a “substantial pickup” in sanctions against Russia as the fighting in Ukraine continues, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent’s comments came just before Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due at the White House, in which he said he hopes to discuss “how to deliver” Trump’s “vision of peace”…
The National Sports Festival, tagged “Gateway Games, Ogun 2024,” has again been postponed. The festival, earlier earlier scheduled for January 12 -28, 2025, will now hold between May 16 and 30, 2025. The Director-General, National Sports Commission, NSC, Bukola Olopade has disclosed that the shift in date of the National Sports Festival to May, was…
The 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, says the opposition coalition floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deceiving Nigerians that it can rescue the country from the cesspool of underdevelopment. “They are deceiving us,” Baba-Ahmed said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday. Baba-Ahmed was…
The Calabar Xmas Festival Is Exactly 20 Years this 2024. It’s heartbreaking that after 20 Years of The Calabar Xmas Festival with billions of Cross River tax payers money spent, much has not been achieved. No Artist from Cross River has hit the national grade from the Calabar Xmas Festival. Hence, making the purpose of…
An undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Damilola Balogun, has died from drowning following a backflip stunt at Eleko Beach in Lagos. The tragic incident was said to have occurred on Friday, September 19, 2025, at the Lagos beach, after Damilola and his friends were said to have gone to Eleko Beach to have…
The Southern Governor’s Forum has commended President Bola Tinubu’s prompt response to recent security threats witnessed in some parts of the country. The Chairman of the forum and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, stated this in his opening remarks at the regional meeting of governors of southern states of Nigeria, in Iperu on Wednesday. Mr…
The Senate has stepped down its first order of the day, a motion to approve the proclamation of a state of Emergency in Rivers state until 3pm, without providing much explanation for the delay. The motion, sponsored by Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, was expected to be debated and voted on during the morning session. However,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the law enforcement authorities in South Africa have detained Chidimma Adetshina’s mother, Anabela Rungo. In a statement, the Department of Home Affairs said its investigators assisted by the South African Police Service detained Rungo in Cape Town on Saturday morning. Home Affairs says it withdrew Rungo’s South African documentation in September…
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has donated a state-of-the-art Islamic school for orphans and vulnerable children in Kaduna State, naming it the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Centre for Islamic Studies. The newly commissioned institution, located in the Danbushiya community of the New Millennium City in Chikun Local…
