The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement, Hon. Comrade Asefon Sunday Dayo has procured 500 UTME forms for 500 Ekiti Students, GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered. In a press release signed by Asefon, the former NANS National President said 50 UTME forms has been procured for Ado Grammar School students, with another 450…
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been in prison detention since December 10, on Thursday, secured fresh N500million bail from a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Maryann Anenih, equally ordered him to provide…
President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on the Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further affirming the partnership for mutual development. The agreement covered legislative and regulatory measures for the gas pipeline, establishment and operation, transit of natural gas, ownership of the gas pipeline, and…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, of plotting to assassinate Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke. At a press briefing on Wednesday at the party’s Secretariat in Osogbo, PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi claimed that Egbetokun intentionally deployed Special Forces to escort “miscreants” into local government…
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be cultists have attacked and injured soldiers guarding an oil company’s pipeline at Okporowo community in Orlukwor clan, Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State. A source, speaking in confidence, revealed that the attack was carried out on Monday by an unnamed notorious gang leader on the watchlist of security agencies….
On Thursday, the ousted speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, presided over the State House of Assembly’s plenary session. Obasa had stormed the house moments after his security details were restored while those of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, were withdrawn in preparation for his return. He, however, made what was described…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead. He died after undergoing surgery in a Lagos hospital. According to Whistler, Ayilara had prostate cancer surgery at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja on Wednesday. However, he died at the early hours of Thursday in the hospital….
Four Nigerians have made strides in international politics, securing various elected positions in the United States and Australia. A statement signed by the spokesperson for the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Sunday disclosed that Dr Oye Owolewa, Segun Adeyina, Adeyemi Mobolade, and Chiaka Barry emerged victorious in recent elections, representing different communities and…
The Vatican on Thursday said Pope Francis injured his right forearm after a fall in his residence but did not suffer any fractures. “This morning, due to a fall at the Santa Marta house, Pope Francis suffered a contusion on his right forearm, without fractures. The arm was immobilised as a precautionary measure,” a statement…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Monday, announced it had banned the celebration of Nigeria’s Independence Day across the South-East region. The pro-Biafran group, however, asked residents of the region and the Diaspora to go about their normal business, reminding them that the ban on such celebrations is still in force. In 2023, IPOB said…