Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has approved N12bn for payment of salaries and pensions for the month of January. This is in accordance with the newly approved N80,000 minimum wage. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade dropped the hint in a statement made available to the newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The President will attend the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit, scheduled to take place on January 27-28, 2025. According to a statement released by Presidential Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, the summit aims to advance…
A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has pleaded guilty in a Florida district court to defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million through a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. According to the US Department of Justice, the 36-year-old and his accomplices deceived victims by sending fraudulent letters claiming to be representatives of…
President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 pro-life individuals convicted by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for praying inside or demonstrating at abortion clinics. “Twenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people — they should not have been prosecuted,” Trump said on Thursday. “This is a great honor…
The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has faulted his removal by lawmakers. Obasa, who spoke on his removal for the first time on Saturday, said it was important for the lawmakers to “follow constitutional procedure” to remove him as speaker. The former speaker also debunked the allegations of corruption…
A Magistrate Court in Ilesa, Osun State, has ordered Rhoda Adu to pay N150,000 to her boyfriend, Olapitan Sola. She collected N3,000 as transport fare but failed to visit him as promised. The incident began when Olapitan Sola transferred the transport fare to Rhoda, who subsequently switched off her phone and failed to show up….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that four female Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been handed to the Red Cross by Hamas. Hamas gunmen and crowds gathered in Palestine Square in Gaza City ahead of the release. All four hostages are Israeli soldiers. This is the second group of hostages freed by Hamas since a ceasefire…
A woman has been left terrified to step outside her home after a bizarre man wearing a devil mask was captured knocking on her door by a Ring doorbell camera. The masked figure was seen wearing a red ‘goat’ attire holding a disturbing cardboard sign which read Revelation 20: 1-15, which alludes to the biblical…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that fifteen new subjects have been added to Nigeria’s basic education curriculum, the Federal Government has announced. This is disclosed in a press statement released by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday, January 24, 2025. NOA said the new trade subjects were added to the curriculum to boost students’ practical skills…
A US man who allegedly said President Donald Trump “needs to be assassinated” and posed on TikTok holding a rifle has been arrested, authorities said. Douglas Thrams, 23, posted multiple videos on Tiktok between Monday, when Trump was inaugurated, and Wednesday threatening anti-government violence, according to a criminal complaint Thursday. “Every US government building needs…