The Lagos State Government has commenced an investigation into a viral video allegedly showing students of Excel College, Ejigbo, smoking and drinking alcohol in a dormitory. According to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, working through the Office of Education Quality Assurance, efforts are underway to verify the video’s authenticity, identify the students involved…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Rivers Assembly led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule has scheduled 10am to begin its post emergency plenary. The sitting came following the lifting of the emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu and the resumption of democratic governance in the state. It was gathered the plenary would be presided over by Amaewhule…
The death toll in the Afriland Towers inferno has risen to 10 after United Capital Plc confirmed on Thursday that six of its staff died in the tragedy. The confirmation comes barely 24 hours after the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) announced the loss of four officials in the fire that gutted the eight-storey building…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have deepened defence cooperation following a high-level meeting in Abuja. PAF’s Director General of Weapons Development, MI Khattak, met with NAF Chief of Air Staff, Hasan Bala Abubakar, to discuss strategies for boosting operational readiness, cutting costs, and advancing indigenous capabilities….
Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has handed over power to Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara following the expiration of his six-month mandate. Ibas announced the development during his final statewide broadcast on Wednesday. “Now as I hand back the reigns of leadership to Sim Fubara, I do so with confidence and respect and I urge all…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has disclosed that the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) demanded an annual subsidy of N1.505 trillion to enable members to match the refinery’s gantry prices at their own depots. The refinery disclosed that although it offers petroleum products to marketers at its gantry price, DAPPMAN insists on taking…
The Federal Government has announced the reintroduction of Nigerian History as a compulsory subject from primary to senior secondary school, 16 years after it was removed from the curriculum in 2009, under the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua administration. The Federal Ministry of Education announced this in a statement posted on its X handle on Wednesday. It…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for lifting the state of emergency in Rivers State, describing the move as a bold step that has restored democratic governance and renewed confidence in leadership. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N2.225 trillion as federation revenue for August 2025 — the highest ever allocation to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients. This marks the second consecutive month that FAAC disbursements have crossed the N2 trillion mark. The revenue, shared at the August 2025 FAAC meeting…
Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, met with the leadership of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, to discuss Nigeria’s pressing challenges and pathways to national unity. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, who also heads a coalition of ethnic nationality groups including PANDEF…