Pathfinder Ogunmolawa Matthew, the NYCN Ondo State Chapter Chairman yesterday 24th December 2024 joined, his Daddy, Chief Isaac Agboola Ogunmolawa the Former General Manager, Ondo State Capital and Urban Development Authority (CUDA) to celebrate Christmas Eve in a grand style. Chief Ogunmolawa served Ondo State in different capacities as a Civil Servant before his retirement…
The passing of Pope Francis at 88 sets in motion the centuries-old process of electing a new Pope. The election of a new pope is a rigorous process involving several stages and rituals. Here is how it works: The College of Cardinals, comprising ordained bishops and Vatican officials, gather in Rome to elect a new…
The naira is one of the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2024. According to the latest edition of Africaās Pulse, a report by the World Bank, as of August 2024, the naira had depreciated by 43% year-to-date, placing it among the weakest currencies in the region, alongside the Ethiopian birr and South Sudanese pound….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the federal government has launched a free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service in Abuja to ease transportation costs for Nigerians. The CNG buses began operations on December 2, 2024, as shown in a video shared by the Presidential CNG Initiative on its X (formerly Twitter) page. The buses, according to…
The UK government has announced plans to issue 45,000 seasonal worker visas in 2025. This initiative aims to support the nationās food production by ensuring sufficient workforce availability during peak demand periods hereby addressing labour shortages in its agricultural and poultry sectors, The seasonal worker visa scheme is intended to provide a temporary labour force…
Most of us will be able to think of times we’ve engaged in problematic behaviours because it benefitted us and our social relationships in the short term. Perhaps you smoked a cigarette because your friend was having one, stayed for that one extra drink even though you should probably have gone home, or lounged on…
To restore tranquility and safeguard the reputation of FIBSA, the Special Assistant to the Governor of Oyo State on Students’ Affairs, in conjunction with distinguished personalities in the region, have issued a directive ordering the extrajudicially inaugurated FIBSAEC to desist from masquerading as the authentic FIBSAEC. The FIBSA President’s term in office and the secretive…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has given his assent to bills establishing two new federal universities. The institutions are the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State. The announcement was made by Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, following the…
A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the Minister of Education before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, seeking redress for what he described as the gross violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerian students during the conduct of the 2025 West African…
Despite growing complaints from marketers over revenue losses, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) declared on Monday that the stations would remain closed. For about four years, over 400 filling stations owned by independent oil marketers in Nigeriaās border communities have remained shut following the Nigerian governmentās directive to curb petrol smuggling into neighbouring countries. Despite…