The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restored the full statutory rights of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, abolishing the new traditional councils in Edo South created by the last administration. He also backed the Federal Government’s Gazette, which gave the ownership of the returned artefact to the Oba’s palace, which was looted…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to present the 2025 appropriation bill. The President is expected to present N47.96 trillion budget for the 2025 fiscal year to federal lawmakers as earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Tinubu arrived the House of Representatives chambers, venue for the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Gyaza, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) for Kankia LGA, was reportedly killed during the raid, along with his wife. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the residence of Alhaji Sanusi Ango Gyaza, an aide to the Katsina State Governor, in Gyaza, in the Kankia Local…
A Ghanaian woman, has confessed on how she plotted her husband’s death by rubbing poison all over her nipples and other sensitive parts of her body just before having sex and watched him die afterwards. In a statement to her friend David Bondze-Mbir via Facebook on Sunday, the woman, who refused revealing her identity, said…
The crisis rocking the Labour Party has taken a different turn with the factional national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, disclosing how the Obi-Datti 2023 presidential election campaign was funded. Abure who spoke during an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party on Monday, September 9, said the funding of the 2023 presidential…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Lagos State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Michael Ogbogu, for allegedly blackmailing a teenager using her nude pictures and videos. According to the police, Ogbogu was arrested on September 11, 2024, after the victim’s family reported the incident. The Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that Ogbogu,…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP), led by Julius Abure, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to investigate the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, activist Aisha Yesufu, Pastor Itua Ighodalo, and leaders of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, for the alleged…
Hon. Chief Mrs. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, the Member Representing Ibadan North Constituency 1, at the Oyo State House of Assembly has congratulated the quintessential and astutely brilliant Hon. Kamil Ademola Omotosho, the Oyo State Housing Corporation Chairman on the occasion of his birthday. Her birthday message read: “Happy Birthday to the distinguished and visionary leader,…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday ruled out the return of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) famously known as petrol. During a broadcast to over 200 million Nigerians after three days of unbroken nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests economic hardship, the President said the removal of subsidy on petrol was a painful but necessary decision he took…
Dada Olusegun, Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, criticized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as ineffective for the country. Commenting on a viral video showing PDP stalwarts fighting, Dada stated that the PDP is not useful as either an opposition or ruling party. It should be noted that chaos erupted at the…