Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, on Tuesday, asked workers in the state to thank President Bola Tinubu and not him for enabling the state to pay the new minimum wage to its workforce. Oyebanji stated this when hundreds of civil servants stormed his office in Ado-Ekiti, dancing and singing in appreciation of the payment of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former President United States President, Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer. A statement from his personal office on Sunday, May 18, 2025 confirmed it. The office also disclosed that the cancer has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a…
Nigerian radio personality, Chinedu Emmanuel, popularly known as Nedu Wazobia has stepped down from The Honest Bunch Podcast amid growing controversy involving social commentator, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as Verydarkman. The controversy begun after reality star Deeone who appeared on the Honest Bunch Podcast alleged that Verydarkman had an interest in men. However, instead…
A total sum of ₦1.424 trillion, being December 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the January 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has insisted that he is still a member of the People Democratic Party (PDP) despite the defection of 16 lawmakers of the Rivers Assembly who are his loyalists from the party to the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC). The 16 lawmakers, including the Speaker,…
A five-year-old boy on Monday reportedly set a duplex building on fire while playing with match sticks in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The incident happened at Abiodun Adebiyi close, off Yidi Road, Irewole area Ilorin in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. One of the rooms in the duplex was completely burnt…
The United Kingdom aviation authorities have finally granted Air Peace the approval to fly directly to Heathrow Airport. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo confirmed the development on Saturday evening. There had been controversy over the refusal of the aviation authorities in the UK to grant Air Peace permit to fly to Heathrow….
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faces fresh internal turmoil as the committee led by former Senate President Bukola Saraki, established to revive the party, is already being confronted by threats and internal divisions that could derail its mission. The Saraki-led panel, inaugurated after an expanded meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum and other stakeholders in…
U.S. authorities said they have commenced the deportation of foreigners, including Nigerians, who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, who was shot dead at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. U.S. secretary of secretary Marco Rubio disclosed this in a post on X on Monday, sharing a video in which he addressed the…
The joint security services in Benue State has announced the arrest of suspects linked to recent attack in the Yelwata area of the state where several persons were killed. The Commissioner of Police in Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, announced the arrest at a press briefing on Sunday but didn’t disclose the identity of the suspects….
