GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives, has raised an alarm that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in secret talks with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ugochinyere, who represents Ideato Federal Constituency in the green chambers, made this known in a post on X….
The Lagos State Taskforce has declared the habitual conduct of blocking roads for parties or religious events as illegal, warning those involved will face the full weight of the law. The agency in a statement on Tuesday signed by its Director, Press & Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, condemned āthis practice entirelyā, an act it said…
The Federal Government has announced a new national skills programme aimed at connecting 20 million young Nigerians to jobs, training, and entrepreneurship opportunities by 2030, with at least 60 per cent of beneficiaries expected to be women. ā āThis is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima has assumed the chairmanship position of the reactivated Board…
US President-elect Donald Trump, has been sentenced by a judge to an unconditional discharge on Friday. He was sentenced for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-electās last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House. āThis court has determined that the only lawful sentence that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration against the indiscriminate arrest of labour leaders, activists, protesters and innocent citizens; because such arrests could throw the nation into chaos. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, gave the words of caution while reacting to the…
Police authorities in Ogun State have intercepted a group of young persons with dangerous weapons including daggers. They were on a truck. The spokesperson of the Ogun Police Command Omolola Odutola says they were intercepted on Saturday by a team led by the commissioner of police Lanre Ogunlowo āalong Eledumare, Bamboo 1 & 2, Fidiwo…
The Forum of State Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change on Saturday distanced itself from the recent visit of a few of its members to the Abuja residence of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. It described the visit as the personal decision of a few individuals, stressing that it did not represent the…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported another sharp rise in kerosene prices. According to the latest report published on the bureauās website, the per litre and per gallon costs of Household Kerosene (HHK) have increased significantly, both on a monthly and yearly basis. =NBS revealed that the average retail price per litre of…
A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Babatunde Francis Ayeni, has been sentenced to 10 years in a U.S. federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cyber fraud conspiracy. The scheme, which targeted over 400 individuals across the United States, resulted in a collective loss of nearly $20 million. The U.S. Attorneyās office in a statement said…
Popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, will be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja for interrogation regarding allegations of bribery and corruption. Bobrisky was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos by EFCC officials on Thursday night. Bobrisky, according to…