GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a 95-year-old Kenyan man married his 90-year-old long-time sweetheart at the weekend, six decades after they first met, local media reported on Monday. Ibrahim Mbogo walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui at a white wedding at a church on Sunday, private media outlet Citizen Digital reported. āWe met and fell…
The Federal Government has disclosed that sales of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries will commence October 1, 2024. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, made the announcement during a meeting with the Implementation Committee on Monday in Abuja. According to a post on the official…
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…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Nigerian High Court has dismissed a motion aimed at restraining Nigerians from participating in #EndBadGovernance protests. The motion, filed by Danladi Goje, Buky Abayomi, Adiza, and 13 other individuals, was dismissed today. Justice Lifu ruled that the protest, which had been a focal point of public discourse, had concluded the…
About two weeks after Nigerians rallied against the āCounter-Submersive Bill,ā which has now been withdrawn, the Nigerian senate has returned another controversial bill. A law to repeal the 2015 Violence Against Persons Protection (VAPP) act originally introduced to end the widespread practice of gender-based violence in Nigeria has scaled its second reading in the Senate….
The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested Omoyele Sowore, the 2019 and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, ACC following his return to Nigeria. The development comes after it was learnt in early September that the DSS had instructed airport security and immigration authorities to intercept and detain Sowore. The directive to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed that it will sustain its Ways and Means Advances to the federal government at a 5 per cent limit for the fiscal years 2024-2025. The latest development is contrary to a bill passed by the National Assembly which raised the maximum borrowing percentage in the Act from…
A French pensioner went on trial on Monday for allowing scores of strangers to rape his wife after drugging her, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty men, whom he recruited online, are also being tried in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee of Franceās power…
Auwal Dankode, an employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), has been praised for his integrity after returning $10,000, approximately N16 million, which he found while cleaning an aircraft at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. According to a post by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makaman, on the X platform on…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu, and the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission Dr Samuel Ogbuku, have called on youths and people of the region to shun the planned August 1 protest against economic hardship. This follows Akpabioās launch of a Youth Internship Scheme initiated…
