President Bola Tinubu has sent condolence message to the management of Federal University Lokoja over tragic road accident that claimed lives of five students. Asefon Sunday Dayo, the Senior Special Assistant to President on Students Engagement disclosed Mr President condolence message in a press release sighted by our correspondent. Asefon said Mr President is grieving…
Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Kabiru Turaki has denied having sexual relations with Hadiza Baffa, whom he claimed to be his former protégé, let alone collect the foetuses of the eight abortions, Ms Baffa said he forced her to have. In August 2024, Ms Baffa made serious allegations against the former minister,…
Corporate Economics graduate, Nancy Nwabueze, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO, a PUNCH correspondent how her fears as a young woman in search of a job eventually turned into a blessing after embracing a different path to make ends meet You are a graduate yet went into business. When did you first realise you wanted to tow this…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi and the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State have kick-started a movement aimed at ending President Bola Tinubu’s rule come 2027. This was confirmed by Atiku who read the text of a Press Conference addressed…
Jude Idimogu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has advised Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, against yielding to calls to contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Idimogu, a former lawmaker and deputy leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, gave the advice during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Senate has passed the Tax Reform Bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. The bills, which were presented by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, were passed after a closed-door session that lasted over an hour. The Tax Reform Bills are aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system to drive revenue generation, simplify…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria has said that the price war between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Dangote Petroleum is affecting its members. The Chairman, IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, stated this during an interview with journalists in Awka, Anambra State, on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that His Royal Highness, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammad Danyaya (OON), the Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, has passed away. The monarch died early Sunday morning in Kano, where he had been receiving medical care for age-related health issues. His passing marks the end of an era for the Ningi Emirate, where he…
The National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) has requested for fact-finding visit over alleged siphoning of palliatives from Directors General of Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. In a letter sighted by our correspondent, the students movements demand to unravel…
A 400-level student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Adéọlá Adeyemo, has been arrested for allegedly injuring the right eye of Alao Idera, an 11-year-old pupil of Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in Obada Oko, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered on Monday from the Ogun State Police Command that Adeyemo had been arrested…