A large near-Earth asteroid, 2025 FA22, is set to make a close but safe flyby of Earth on Thursday, September 18, astronomers have confirmed. According to a report by Forbes on Tuesday, the asteroid, roughly 120–280 meters in diameter — about the length of two football fields — will pass at a distance of 523,000…
The Ministry of Youth Development is developing a new training program similar to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). This announcement was made by the Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr. Olawande Wisdom, during the opening of the BEMORE OYO 2024 Summer Bootcamp in Ibadan…
A peace agreement has been reached between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and independent oil marketers, following a mediation led by the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi. The agreement will see NNPCL allow the loading of products to cover the N15 billion owed to the marketers. Chinedu…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared industrial action in Oyo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 13 other states, effective Monday, December 2, 2024, following the failure of these states to implement the new national minimum wage. This decision follows resolutions made by the National Executive Council (NEC) in Port Harcourt on November 8 and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria after private visits to France, UK. The President had left the country, on April 2, for France on a short working visit. Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has earlier revealed that…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Tony Elumelu, founder and group chair of Heirs Holdings, to its advisory council on entrepreneurship and growth, convened by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director. The entrepreneur’s appointment was announced in a statement on Friday. The IMF advisory council comprises global business leaders, policymakers, and academics, dedicated to identifying…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday praised some of Nigeria’s top industrialists, describing them as “wise men”. The president made the remark during the commissioning of the access road to the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos, lauding the project as “a great phenomenon of our time”. “I landed here with four wise men: Jim Ovia…
Delta State government has sacked workers while others were demoted for extorting money from pregnant women and children under five for drugs. Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, disclosed this on Saturday, at Ashaka, Ndokwa East local government area, during the flag-off of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation and Initiatives (MAMII) Project Action…
United States’ law enforcement agencies have insisted Nigerians “have no right” to unfiltered access to past records of President Bola Tinubu. The position was stated in a memorandum filed by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Administration before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Aribemchukwu, the daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, has been killed. She was reportedly murdered at her residence in Parkview Estate, located in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Aribemchukwu, a doctor who had recently married, was the daughter of Soboma Ajumogobia, the younger brother of former Minister of State for Petroleum…