Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s interim leader, has dismissed the notion that democracy is a prerequisite to development. Traoré said it is difficult to pinpoint a country whose development is attributable to democracy as a system of government. According to him, it is false to believe any country has developed under a democratic system. The…
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has claimed he saw the mass revocation of visas and green cards by the President Donald Trump administration coming. He stated this in an interview published by BBC News Pidgin on Facebook on Wednesday. Recall that Soyinka’s visa was recently revoked by the US. But the respected writer and author…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that dormer Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Solomon Ewuga, has died at the age of 70. Ewuga, who was also Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and a senator who represented Nasarawa North in the 7th National Assembly, died on Tuesday. His demise was announced by family sources, and…
Enugu State-owned commercial airline, Enugu Air, which launched operations on Monday, July 7, has sparked online attention after a passenger was forcibly removed from one of its flights. A video circulating on social media shows officials dragging a male passenger off the aircraft. In the footage, a voice is heard saying, “Yes, yes, go down,”…
Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have arrested a suspected Nigerian transnational drug trafficker at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. The suspect was identified as Joseph Okparaejesi, alias Alen, in a report on Thursday. Citing intelligence sources, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake…
Following a recent ruling by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board against the Libya Football Federation (LFF), tensions have heightened within Libyan media, with several platforms calling for punitive measures against Nigerian workers in the country. The CAF Disciplinary Board penalized the LFF with a $50,000 fine and awarded a 3-0 forfeit…
The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Amadein Tibiebi, has been arrested by men of Zone 16 of the Nigeria Police for alleged illegal possession of firearms. PUNCH Metro gathered that Tibiebi, an ex-militant, who is currently undergoing interrogation, is being held at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bayelsa…
National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu inherited an extremely poor security situation but is working relentlessly to restore peace across the country. Speaking during a security meeting with stakeholders at the Benue State Government House in Makurdi, Ribadu commiserated with the people over the spate…
Fresh controversy has trailed the recent incarceration of popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, as a traditional ruler in Lagos has accused officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service of aiding the socialite’s alleged bribery scheme to secure VIP treatment during his stay in prison. The Baale of Kirikiri Town, Chief Babalola Shabi, popularly…
The Kano State Police Command has recovered a Toyota Hilux vehicle stolen from the Office of the Deputy Governor and arrested a suspect linked to the theft. According to a police report, the vehicle was traced and recovered in the early hours of Wednesday following a swift and coordinated operation by security operatives. The suspect,…