The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Saturday said there has been no system collapse in 2025. The TCN in a statement posted on its official X handle on Saturday made this known in reaction to reports that the national grid had collapsed twice in 2025. On 12 February, electricity distribution companies announced that a…
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has called on President Bola Tinubu to reduce the price of premium motor spirit (PMS) also known as petrol to N300 per litre between December and January. He said this would enable Nigerians to have a joyous and merry Christmas. GISTSMATE MEDIA…
Prominent civil rights activist Aisha Yesufu has formally entered partisan politics, declaring her membership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in a strong show of support for Peter Obi, whom she described as her leader and symbol of a new political struggle in Nigeria. Yesufu made the declaration on Wednesday in Enugu during the official…
The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has threatened legal action against online news platform Peoples Gazette over its report suggesting his involvement in the alleged abduction and forced resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Bayo Ojulari. In a statement released…
The Chairman of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa on Thursday, has told Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that some communities in the council are still under the control of bandits. Receiving the minister at the local government secretariat, he said the bandits led by Kachalla Bello Turji,…
Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after the ouster of autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina, officials told AFP Saturday. An interim government is struggling to restore law and order with police going on strike after Hasina’s sudden resignation and flight abroad after 15 years in…
Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has alleged that the outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, has fled Nigeria through the land borders. Okpebholo is expected to be sworn into office on Tuesday, meaning that Obaseki will lose his immunity. Obaseki last week said he heard that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 pro-life individuals convicted by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for praying inside or demonstrating at abortion clinics. “Twenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people — they should not have been prosecuted,” Trump said on Thursday. “This is a great honor…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has asked the Federal Government to revoke the airstrip licence given to the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, founded by Bishop David Oyedepo. The council’s call is contained in a communique issued at the end of the 10th meeting of the Expanded General Purpose…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Chinese national in connection with the recent improvised explosive device (IED) explosion that occurred inside a CCTV camera dealer’s shop on Kodesho Street, Ikeja. According to a counter insurgency reporter, Zagazola Makama, the detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, arrested the suspect, identified as…
