The Federal Government has set up a 10-member Inter-Ministerial Committee to ensure the enforcement of the Supreme Court’s recent judgement granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. This committee was inaugurated by Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on August 20. The Supreme Court, on July 11, 2024,…
Gunmen have beheaded a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. Jacob Udo and his wife, Comfort, were attacked and beheaded by the hoodlums in their residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Tuesday night in Isiala Community in the local government area. The hoodlums were said to have dismembered…
Singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, is in the news again after he was reportedly attacked on his way to his Zazu Bitters office. In a video sighted online by GISTSMATE MEDIA correspondent, the controversial artiste narrated how the man pointed a gun at him. While the man denied it, Portable asked him who…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the reduction of deductions in aviation agencies’ internally generated revenue (IGR) from 50 percent to 20 percent. Gbenga Saka, special adviser to Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, announced on his X page on Thursday. Details later… Please don’t forget to “Allow the notification”…
A Zimbabwean woman has been arrested for allegedly k!lling her two children following suspicions that her husband was cheating on her. The 25-year-old suspect, Blessing Chiromonyo, was detained on charges of murder after the tragic incident occurred on January 8, 2025, at a water canal in Section 4 of Triangle, Masvingo. According to a statement…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a short trip to France on a brief work visit. The President, who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the early hours of Friday, left for France on Monday. President Tinubu is scheduled to swear in the new Chief Justice of…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially presented the Staff and certificate of appointment to the 46th Alaafin-elect, Prince Akeem Abimbola Owoade, marking the formal ascension of the new monarch to the revered throne of Alaafin of Oyo. The brief ceremony, held on Monday, January 13 at the state government house, Agodi,Ibadan. The event which…
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended an Islamic cleric named Oluwafemi Idris, who was discovered with a gruesome collection of human parts in Ondo State. Authorities, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid at Idris’s residence in the Akoko area, unearthing a chilling assortment: severed human hands, three kidneys, three hearts, a spine, and even…
A member of the House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, who assaulted an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him has tendered a public apology. Ikwechegh admitted that his behaviour did not meet the standards expected of a public official. He issued the public apology on Monday, saying, “As a public servant,…
Five members of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM) including its National Chairman, Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu Daudu, have been arrested by the police in Kano State. SaharaReporters learnt that the activists were arrested and detained after honouring an invitation by the state police commissioner, CP Salman Dogo Garba, for a meeting at 2 pm on…