A 2023 report from the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development stated that more than 80% of mining activities across Zamfara, Niger, and Kaduna states are illegal and that the Nigerian government loses about $2 billion in revenue annually to illegal mining. An investigation carried out by the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and published…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd) have announced their resignations from the party. It was gathered that most of the local government chairmen of the party in Bayelsa joined Eradiri and Nathus to dump the party….
Actor and filmmaker, Femi Adebayo, has revealed that the inspiration behind his latest film, ‘Seven Doors’, came from the life of a king he was close to. Speaking in an encounter with Saturday Beats, he said, “It is extremely important to preserve our culture. Creating content— films— (woven) around the beauty of our culture is…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the forthcoming local government elections in Ogun State have been fixed for Saturday, November 16 2024. The Chairman of Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him and made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Osibodu, according to the statement, said, “Thursday,…
The governorship of the Labour Party (LP) in last Saturday’s governorship election, Olumide Akpata on Monday thumbed down the exercise which he said was characterized by vote-buying allegedly by the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and insisted that he had a good show and was…
The Delta State Police Command has paraded 123 suspected internet fraudsters, commonly known as “Yahoo Boys,” after a successful raid conducted by soldiers from the 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army. The suspects were apprehended at the Army Estate in Effurun and subsequently handed over to the Ekpan Police Divisional Headquarters in Uvwie Local Government…
The crisis in Edo state local government areas continued on Tuesday as two chairmen have been reportedly impeached by their elected councillors in Uhunmwonde and Orhionmwon local government areas. This is their Owan East counterpart; Prince Aminu Okodo-Kadirihas said that his purported impeachment and that of his Vice, Hon Clement Ojebuovbo was unconstitutional and illegal….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reminisced on his time in prison and the incredible efforts his late wife, Stella, made to secure his release. Speaking during the inauguration of the 250-bed Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin, Obasanjo revealed how his late wife travelled extensively, visiting places like Vatican City and France, to plead for his…
The players and officials of the Super Eagles are set to depart from Libya following a tumultuous delay of over 14 hours and alleged mistreatment by the host country on Sunday. This was disclosed by a sports enthusiast, identified as Pooja Media, via his X handle on Monday. He wrote, “Super Eagles players and all…
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization in the 2023 presidential election, has said that politicians are behind insecurity in Nigeria. Bwala stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He was commenting on former Minister of Finance, Okonjo Iweala’s claim that politicians were weaponizing insecurity. Bwala said that…