The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Checks reveal that INEC has updated its website to reflect these names. The commission also listed Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim as the…
The Labour Party presidential candidate during the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has replied Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other critics who accused him of demarketing Nigeria, insisting that he is only telling the truth about the country’s situation. Obi, who had his recent engagement at Johns Hopkins University in the United States of…
The Imo State Police Command has demoted a sergeant, Anayo Ekezie over an incident of assault. A video of some policemen assaulting a man along the Owerri-Aba road had gone viral recently. The spokesman of the police in the state, Henry Okoye, Wednesday night, confirmed that the cops had been identified and subjected to…
The factional president of NANS, Atiku Isah, has retracted a series of allegations against President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, which he describes as untrue and instigated. This follows Isah’s claim that Seyi Tinubu and the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, offered him a N100 million bribe in Lagos to promote the president, an…
Three members of the house of representatives from Katsina state have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The notices of defection were read by Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, during plenary on Thursday. All three lawmakers attributed their defections to the internal crisis in the opposition party….
Popular Nigerian social critic VeryDarkMan has revealed the reason for his recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that VeryDarkMan was arrested on Friday, 2nd May, following a visit to a GTBank branch in Abuja. His detention sparked widespread reactions across the country, as fans and celebrities staged protests…
Two co-wives residing in Dakwa community, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have reportedly been hospitalised after they drank an herbal mixture with the intent to sexually arouse their husband, who is said to have taken a third wife, recently. According to African Journals Online, the herb, popularly called ‘kayan mata’ in…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday warned against the creation of a one-party state, saying any nation that must practice it must do so carefully and with a well-planned process and projected outcome. He stated this in Abuja while paying tribute to the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of…
The federal ministry of health and social welfare has cautioned Nigerians against excess intake of salt. The caution follows a viral video where Chris Oyakhilome, the president and founder of Loveworld Incorporated, better known as Christ Embassy, was advising his congregation to eat more salt. In the video, the clergy noted that Africans were deliberately…
The founder of Love World Assembly, popularly known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, stirred up another controversy after he told his members to ignore advice from medical doctors against consumption of salt. Oyakhilome who gave the instruction while preaching a sermon in his Lagos church on Sunday, told his congregation that instead of staying…