Veteran Nollywood actor and lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo, has launched a fresh wave of criticism against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing the president of deliberately sidelining the Southeast region. Speaking during an interview on Symfoni TV, Okonkwo questioned the loyalty of any Igbo person who supports Tinubu, insisting that the president’s actions and comments since the…
As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, chairmen and councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State had resumed in about 14 LGA secretariats in the state. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that the chairmen and councillors, accompanied by many APC members, have resumed at Ila, Ede South, Ife Central, Ife…
The United States has issued a stern warning to Nigerians overstaying their visas, declaring that violators could face a permanent travel ban and possible criminal prosecution. In a message released via its official X handle on Monday, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria left no room for doubt, stressing that consular officers have full access to…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian government has banned singer Eedris Abdulkareem’s new protest song, ‘Tell Your Papa.’ Announcing the ban on Thursday evening, the Federal Government, through the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, stated that the song is inappropriate and offensive. In a memo signed by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, NBC…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the dismissal of the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, and officials of the commission at all levels as part of a reform of the electoral process in Nigeria. Mr Obasanjo made the call in a paper he presented at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, in the…
Dr Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says plans are on to begin domestic production of HIV commodities before the end of 2025. Ilori made the disclosure on Friday in Ilorin while inaugurating the Kwara Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Paediatrics ART Acceleration Committee….
A 26-year-old man, David Isaiah, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court for the murder of a commercial sex worker, Comfort James. Isaiah was found guilty on a three-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder. The case was presided over by Justice Olalekan Olatawura. Delivering judgment on Monday, the…
Fidelity Bank is scrambling to stave off a looming insolvency after a Supreme Court panel found the top lender liable in a years-long tort dispute with a little-known general services venture operating out of Ibadan, Peoples Gazette heard from people familiar with the situation. The Lagos-based banking group has opened talks with lawyers representing Sagecom…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has deliberated on the move to ban housing agents in Calabar and other parts of the state for their alleged role in arbitrarily inflating rent prices and worsening the cost of living for residents. The lawmakers reached the resolution during plenary on Tuesday following a motion raised by…
A man, Sura, has approached Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, praying that it put an end to the wedlock between him and his wife, Adiun, on the accounts of irresponsibility, constant fight and threat to his life. Sura, in his divorce suit, claimed that Adiun showed him no love or care, and…