ACCEPTANCE/APPRECIATION MESSAGEACCEPTANCE SPEECH Amiable Comrades, esteemed guests, and fellow Niger Deltans, I, Comrade Busari Hussein, humbly accept the mandate as the Elected Chairman of the Niger Delta Youth Council of Nigeria (NDYCN), Ondo State Chapter. MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE I thank: 1. The Almighty God for His guidance. 2. Our National Leaders for their trust and…
No fewer than 16 persons have been roasted to death in an accident at Ajue community along the Ore-Ondo highway. They were said to have been burnt beyond recognition. The accident, which occurred around 8pm on Monday, involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck. Witnesses said dangerous overtaking led to head on collision and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new operational guidelines for agent banking across the country, capping daily cumulative transactions per agent at N1.2 million. The revised framework, released on Monday, also mandates all financial institutions to submit monthly reports on the activities of their Point-of-Sale agents to enhance oversight and service quality. The Circular…
The Sokoto State Government has banned all forms of “signing-out” celebrations by graduating secondary school students across the state. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof Ahmad Ladan Ala, announced the ban on Thursday, citing rising incidents of student misconduct, vandalism, and public disturbances associated with such events. The directive affects both public and…
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has again given the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, till November 7, 2025, to defend the terrorism charges brought against him by the federal government or waive his right to do so. This is as Kanu stood his…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the CFA franc to be captured on Nigeria export proceeds (NXP) form for the repatriation of export proceeds. Nonye Ayeni, executive director of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), spoke on Friday while addressing newsmen on the non-oil export performance for 2024 in Abuja. Nigeria’s export proceeds…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Leo Emmanuel Oladokun has been elected as the 12th President of LEO District 404B2, Nigeria. In an acceptance speech received by our correspondent, LEO Oladokun appreciated his predecessors, fellow LEOs and promise to keenly pursue the Lion Service Year theme tagged “Innovative leadership, Service beyond self”. The District President-elect’s acceptance speech…
A middle-aged man, simply identified as Alfa Ahmed, has reportedly slaughtered his grandfather and uncle in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for an alleged money ritual. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that the incident happened at the back of a popular market in Apete, in the Ido Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday…
The Anambra State Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Ibadin Judith-Chukwu, has said human trafficking in the state is assuming an increasingly alarming dimension. Judith-Chukwu also expressed worry over a disturbing trend in the state, where young people are now cohabiting by mutual consent solely to produce babies for…
At 56, Angela Peters, an Australian mum of five and grandma of 12, has defied expectations and given birth to twin girls, Khorus and Knowyn, after a whirlwind romance and IVF journey with her 39-year-old Nigerian husband, Bright. “I may have been 56 years old… but I’d never been happier,” Angela said as quoted by…