GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Dada Yar’adua, mother of former President, Umaru Yar’adua, and former Vice President Shehu Yar’adua, is dead. Our correspondent learnt that she died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening aged 100. Reacting to the news, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the passing of Hajiya Dada….
Nigeria’s bid to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has received a potential boost following fresh developments surrounding DR Congo’s eligibility in the playoff stage of the qualifiers. DR Congo defeated the Super Eagles on penalties in November to secure Africa’s slot in the Intercontinental Playoffs. However, reports have since emerged suggesting that the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regrets fielding former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Senate Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro has said. He described the move as an error that cost the party dearly. Moro, who spoke in a televised interview, revealed that the party’s National Executive Committee…
A truck said to have lost control on Friday rammed into some students of Seico Secondary School, Ikangba, Ijebu Ode killing a female student said to be writing the ongoing West Africa Examination for Senior Secondary Examination while one other student was critically injured. The incident reportedly occurred on the newly rehabilitated Ikangba/Agoro road when…
Nigerian actress and singer Tonto Dikeh has recounted how her ex-husband, businessman and philanthropist Olakunle Churchill, released their son King Andre’s passport after withholding it for a decade. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that Dikeh on Saturday announced her reconciliation with Mr Churchill on social media, describing the reunion as a “divine restoration” after years of public…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that one of the pilgrims from Kano State, Shu’aibu Jibrin, has been confirmed dead in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, just 24 hours to the initiation of the 2025 Hajj rites. This was confirmed by the Kano State Pilgrim Welfare Board’s spokesperson, Malam Suleiman Dederi, who informed that Jibrin passed away on Tuesday after…
The Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is the only political party that can salvage Nigeria from its current economic and security woes. He was speaking during the inauguration of the Taraba State office of the ADC in Jalingo, the state capital. According to the former vice president,…
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been photographed at his official residence in the United Kingdom, amidst an ongoing fuel crisis back home in Nigeria. Buhari, who served as President from 2015 to 2023, handed over power to his successor, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, 2023. Meanwhile, back in Nigeria, the pump price of petrol…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has assured that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will lift the state of emergency in Rivers State once stability is restored. In an interview with Nation, Idris emphasized the President’s commitment to reinstating democratic governance in the state at the earliest opportunity. “As soon as he assesses…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the National…
