The Northern Eldersā Forum (NEF), on Saturday, November 23, reaffirmed its rejection of the Tax Reform Bill. NEF described it as a policy āconceived in bad faithā, adding that it threatens national cohesion. The group criticised the manner of its implementation, alleging that key stakeholders, including members of the National Economic Council (NEC), were sidelined…
A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been shot dead and another critically injured after suspected Internet fraudsters, known as Yahoo boys, opened fire on the anti-graft operatives in the Onitsha area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident which occurred on Friday, left some other persons around the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reaffirmed that all versions of the naira, including the old and new designs of the N1000, N500, and N200 notes, as well as the commemorative and previous designs of the N100 note, remain valid legal tender without any expiration date. In a statement released on Friday, Mrs. Hakama…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Dada Yarāadua, mother of former President, Umaru Yarāadua, and former Vice President Shehu Yarāadua, is dead. Our correspondent learnt that she died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening aged 100. Reacting to the news, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commiserated with the YarāAdua family over the passing of Hajiya Dada….
The Edo state police command has arrested a suspect, Joshua Osaigbovo, over the death of Osato Festus Edogiaweria, his girlfriend. In a statement on Monday, Moses Yamu, police spokesperson in Edo, said the investigation began when the deceasedās mother filed a missing person report at Aduwawa police division on April 25. According to Yamu, the…
A 45-year-old man suspected to be involved in the killing of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has reportedly fallen off a moving vehicle and died. This was announced by the spokesman of the NSCDC command, ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani on Saturday in Dutse. The officer was killed by suspected hoodlums at…
Lagos State Police Command says that the five bodies recovered along the Oreta riverbank in the Igbogbo community, Ikorodu Local Government Area, may not be unconnected with cult violence. The state Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed the incident, saying that investigations were ongoing. He also calmed the frayed nerves of the host community and…
A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Action Peopleās Party along the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Monday morning. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday precisely around 1am. The assailants allegedly threw substances believed to be dynamite into the building housing the secretariat…
Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. āIt is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session of the National Assembly, the 2025…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has jailed fifteen Chinese of Cyber-terrorism and Internet fraud. The conviction was secured by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Disclosing the development on X formerly Twitter, EFCC on their official page said the suspects were arraigned on…