The Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday confirmed that no fewer than 19 people were killed and eight others injured in a road crash on Sunday along the Lokoja-Obajana road. Kumar Tsukwam, state sector commander of the corps, confirmed this in Lokoja on Monday. Mr Tsukwam said some of the survivors sustained bruises, cuts, dislocations,…
The Presidency has condemned the consistent negative coverage of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration by a national daily newspaper, Daily Trust, accusing it of lacing its reports on the administration with malicious fictions just to paint the government in bad light and incite ethnic discontent. In a posted on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956, on…
The Federal government has approved imprest limits for Ministers and other members of top management across its Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The new limits set by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, were contained in the 2025 General Imprest Warrant. The warrant is said to be in line…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The President will attend the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit, scheduled to take place on January 27-28, 2025. According to a statement released by Presidential Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, the summit aims to advance…
Hoodlums reportedly attacked Police Divisional Officer’s residence and killed a police officer in Sujata town, Jahun Local Government, Jigawa State.‎ Findings revealed that the attackers raided the residence on Monday midnight and attacked officers on duty, leading to the death of Police Constable, Nura Garba Jahun, while another sustained serious injuries. After the attack, the…
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji yesterday led other party leaders to receive no less than 5000 defectors into the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defection took place during a rally at Aku town in Igbo-Etiti local government area of the state. Nnaji was accompanied by the…
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. This is the single largest asset recovery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, since its inception in 2003. The estate rests on on…
Federal lawmaker from Borno State, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu would have been on the streets protesting had a different government been in power. Ndume stated this in defense of his criticism of the current administration, saying that Tinubu himself had not just criticised but protested on the streets against governments….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, the Chinese firm that got a court injunction to ground three presidential jets belonging to the Federal Government in Europe, has initiated plans to seize other Nigerian assets in the United Kingdom, United States of America and in six other countries. This Nigeria news platform…
The Osun State College Of Education, Ila-Orangun has debunked the news of students being on suspension over violent Students Union Government protest. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, the management disclosed some people have been spreading falsehood to cause unrest in the school community and the state. The management maintained that the college…