Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, has explained why Nigerian athlete, Ese Ukpeseraye, had to ‘borrow’ a bicycle from the German team to compete at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Ukpeseraye had on Thursday via X revealed that due to short notice, she could not get a bicycle and was almost at the risk of…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. “From now on women’s sports will be only for women,” Trump said before he signed the order at the White House, surrounded by dozens…
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to stop condemning, cursing or speaking evil about their country. Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made the call during a stakeholders’ engagement on National Anthem, Identity Project, Values Charter and the Renewed Hope Agenda President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Osogbo. Issa-Onilu said that…
A review of Public Payments platform Open Treasury portal has shown that the President Bola Tinubu-led Presidency under the “State House” spent the sum of N9.2billion on motor vehicles between March and May 2024. The review shows that in March 2024, the sum of N1.904billion was recorded as used to purchase motor vehicles. In May,…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency and removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. In a statement on Tuesday, NBA President, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) said the President does not have the constitutional power to remove an elected governor under a state of emergency….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Franklin Nwadialo, a newly elected chairman of Ogbaru LGA in Anambra state, has been arrested in Texas, United States (US), for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. The US department of justice said in a statement that Nwadialo is facing a 14-count charge and risks a 20-year sentence if found…
Four persons have been jailed in the United Kingdom over a street brawl in Leicester City centre. The men used knives, a baseball bat, and a crutch as weapons during the fight that took place at about 03:00 GMT on 4 November 2021. They are Destiny Ojo, Joshua Davies-Ero, Ridwanulahi Raheem, and Habib Lawal. All…