GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the State Government of Yobe has dispelled rumors swirling online about the approval of a new N70,000 minimum wage, branding the claims as categorically false and misleading. In a statement issued from Damaturu on Thursday, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General of Press and Media Affairs for Governor Mai Mala Buni, emphasized…
The Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, has unveiled plans to establish an inclusive interim government, following the exit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Following consultations with all major political parties, a consensus has been reached to form a transitional government. General Waker-Uz-Zaman will now hold talks with President Mohammed Shahabuddin to finalize the…
A 400 level student of the Department of Animal Production Oluwaseyi David Adebayo has died hiking in Minna. Oluwaseyi Adebayo was said to have gone on the hiking expedition with some of his colleagues on August 10 when the incident happened. It was gathered that the deceased slipped from a hill and landed in a…
Recent documents have revealed that Sayyu Dantata, the half-brother of billionaire Aliko Dangote, is among the marketers importing fuel into Nigeria from Malta. Dantata, who owns MRS Oil & Gas Co. Limited, has been implicated in the ongoing controversy surrounding fuel imports from the European country. The revelations come after similar findings about Matrix Energy…
The Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Service’s Chairman, Dr. Dikko Salami, has stated that just as the interest of the masses is prioritized by Governor Makinde, his interest is undiluted satisfaction and quality service delivery for the PTS’s passengers across Oyo State. Hon Dikko disclosed this on Wednesday during a media meeting with newsmen in commemoration…
A lawyer, Chief Adekunle Funmilayo, has threatened to sue the University of Lagos, UNILAG, if it does not halt a plan to send some students to Russia for one year. He also urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene. The lawyer said the university insists on sending 17 second-year Russian language students to the country…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that His Royal Highness, the Odeyani Ebira of Lokoja, Kogi State, Alhaji Audu Mayaki Otonoku, has passed away. A child of the late ruler, Mal .Abubakar Audu, informed The Reporters correspondent in Lokoja on Sunday while breaking the The sad news in an interview. According to him the traditional ruler, who died…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to expand the use of its digital currency, eNaira, to facilitate payments into government accounts and allow Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to initiate vendor and beneficiary payments. This is according to the CBN’s newly released Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade, and Exchange Policy Guidelines for Fiscal Years 2024-2025…
Four Nigerians have been jailed after forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates to help people live in the United Kingdom illegally. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Tuesday. The Home Office said the four…
Human remains believed to be of a missing man was found inside a crocodile in north-eastern Australia, police said on Tuesday. The 40-year-old man had gone missing in a suspected crocodile attack near the Annan River Bridge in Far North Queensland on Saturday afternoon. “A formal identification process is underway however it is believed that…
