The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has warned Corps members against negative usage of the social media. The Director General of the Scheme, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, gave the warning while addressing the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Corps members at the NYSC Delta State Orientation Camp, Issele-Uku. Nafiu, who said negative social media post by any…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is considering the sale of Nigeria’s refineries, the group chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, Bayo Ojulari has said. Ojulari, in an interview with Bloomberg, said revamping state-owned refineries is becoming more complicated than expected. Recall that the NNPCL had in November 2024, announced that the Port…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Friday notified its customers on an impending 16-days outage. It attributed the outage to power interruption owing to FCDA relocating the 33KV DC Airport Feeder and 132KV Kukwaba-Apo Transmission Line Towers along the Outer Southern Expressway. According to the management in the “important announcement, “Please be informed that…
Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has again honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds. It was gathered from sources close to the EFCC that he went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday and not with the current Governor of Kogi State, Usman…
In a dramatic turn of events, President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered the recall of top executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), reversing management changes that had unsettled Africa’s largest TV network. The President directed the immediate return of Mr. Salihu Abdullahi Dembos as Director-General of the NTA. Dembos, who was first appointed in…
Twenty people are said to have died after a wooden cargo boat identified ‘Godbless Dickson’ burst into flames in Ezetu 1 community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The boat laden with cargo and over 64 passengers and crew members sank after it exploded in Bayelsa waterways. Confirming the mishap, the spokesperson…
Senator Gbenga Daniel, representing Ogun East and a former governor of Ogun State, has announced a shift in the state creation agenda pursued by the Remo people. Speaking on Sunday at the 4th edition of the Asiwaju of Remo Christians Choir Festival in Sagamu, Daniel disclosed that Remo indigenes have resolved to pursue the creation…
A house wife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue. The complainant told the court that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded with the court to dissolve their marriage, saying that she was tired of their relationship. ‘It’s been so hard,’…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a shocking incident occurred in South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, on July 29, resulting in the death of 60-year-old Asgim Irianto. According to Assistant Police Commissioner Maria Marpaung, Irianto was allegedly killed by his 45-year-old neighbour, Parlindungan Siregar. The motive behind the attack was reportedly Siregar’s growing frustration with Irianto’s repeated…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Nigerian constitution does not expressly confer power on the President to assume or temporarily displace executive or legislative institutions of a state. Falana made this known on Tuesday in an interview on Arise Television. He was reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, which reaffirmed that the President holds…