Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, son of former Governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, is dead. A family source who did not want to be mentioned confirmed his death to our correspondent, saying the deceased was involved in an accident. Daily Trust gathered that the accident happened along Kaduna-Zaria highway on Saturday evening. “The accident…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, August 19, embark on a trip to France, departing from Abuja, the nation’s capital. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu travels to France on Monday.’ Although the Presidency did not state…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, says lifting of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery will moderate foreign exchange demand pressures. Cardoso who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communique from the apex bank’s 297th Monetary Policy Committee meeting, said that it would also moderate transportation cost,…
A Nigerian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested and charged in Australia over allegations of human trafficking and debt bondage involving 15 Papua New Guinea (PNG) nationals. The 56-year-old dual Nigerian-Australian citizen was taken into custody by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) at Brisbane Airport on Tuesday, June 11, 2025, after arriving on a flight…
In a shocking incident that has sent ripples through the community, Fatimah Ibrahim, a 40-year-old resident of Tashan Jama’are, has been accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in Azare. The incident was reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Azare on March 1, 2025, by a concerned citizen from Katagum Local Government Area….
A horrific and chilling act of violence unfolded in Irele, Ondo State, on May 5, 2025, when 41-year-old Odunayo Olomolatan, the son of a local landlord, allegedly hacked his 22-year-old tenant, Joy Tale, to death during a heated argument. Sources reveal that the brutal altercation escalated quickly, resulting in the young woman’s untimely death in…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been released from custody on bail. The development was confirmed by the Omoyele Sowore, the .presidential candidate of the African Action Congress party in a post on social media platform X. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on…
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who fell sick in Ondo and was brought to one of…
The President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has been appointed as a National Patron of the Tinubu House-to-House Network just as he projected over 75 percent Northern votes for the President in 2027 election. The appointment, according to a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, was confirmed on Wednesday…
No fewer than 17 federal government agencies have been ranked completely inefficient by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in its latest Business Facilitation Act (BFA) Performance Report which rates how ministries, departments and agencies are enabling the ease of doing business in Nigeria through implementation of reforms, policies and public service delivery. The…
