For the third time in recent weeks, the Senate has maintained that there was no court pronouncement mandating the Red Chamber to recall the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, stated this in a statement on Sunday. Adaramodu’s declaration followed Senator…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the state Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has announced a cash reward of N310 million to the leadership of Akwa Ibom youths across the 31 local government areas of the state for boycotting the recent #EndBadGovernance protest. The governor had promised in a meeting with stakeholders on the eve…
The naira is one of the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2024. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a report by the World Bank, as of August 2024, the naira had depreciated by 43% year-to-date, placing it among the weakest currencies in the region, alongside the Ethiopian birr and South Sudanese pound….
The Police Service Commission has ordered the immediate retirement of all senior police officers who have either exceeded 35 years in service or are above the age of 60. The directive follows controversy over the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun after he clocked 60 years. The Police and the Attorney General…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Lagos State Government has declared Wednesday, August 20, 2025, a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s Isese Day celebration. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved the work-free day for all public servants across the state, according to a circular issued by the Head of Service, Huiel Bode Agoro, with reference number…
Parents and guardians found complicit in examination malpractices will henceforth be prosecuted, the federal government has warned. This came as the government directed all schools to immediately report any threats or breaches of exam conduct to law enforcement and the relevant educational authorities. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunde Alausa, who said this in…
The Ibarapa All Progressive Congress, APC fora has extolled Barrister Ajibola Muraina as he celebrate his 61st birthday today, 1st of September. Dr Muraina Ajibola, a former federal lawmaker representing Ibarapa North and Central Federal Constituency, who serve the constituency for three consecutive times with a meritorious achievements. Celebrating the former lawmaker, the group said…
The Police have summoned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), President, Joe Ajaero, and the General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, to appear at the Force Headquarters on September 5, 2024 The fresh summons is coming less than 24 hours after Ajaero honoured the police’s invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime. According…
Nigerian cleric and former presidential aspirant, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has declared that Nigeria is not a broken state but one fundamentally “designed to fail”, calling for a radical overhaul through what he described as a “revolution of values”. Delivering a sermon on Sunday at The Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Bakare said the nation…
Women in Rivers State have called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, his 27 loyalists in the State’s House of Assembly to sheathe their sword and embrace peace. The hundreds of women from the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State, including non-indigenes, who converged in Port Harcourt, Saturday, for a…
