The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has disclosed that he received the approval of LP’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, before defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking in an interview yesterday, Rhodes-Vivour insisted that Lagos cannot be “pocketed by one man.” When asked directly…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the University of Calabar. The conferment was done today, Saturday March 22nd, by the university’s Chancellor, Emir Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered. Wike’s Honorary Doctorate degree was announced in a video shared by his…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Kwara governor, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, was reported dead on Wednesday at the age of 84. Born on February 24, 1941, the former governor was reported dead in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following an old age-related illness. The passing of the former governor, announced by one of his…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Supreme Court has nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a seven-member of the apex court, held that the National Assembly lacked the powers to legislate on issues relating to lottery and games of chance. The court held that such…
Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, Britain’s Press Association news agency reported Sunday. Hatton was found dead at his home in Hyde, northwest England. Greater Manchester Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious. A police spokesperson said: “Officers were called by a member of the public to attend…
The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has announced the death of his mother, Maryam Namadi-Umar. The governor’s spokesperson, Hamisu Gumel, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, 25th of December. Mr Gumel said she died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. Read the full statement below: GOVERNOR MALLAM UMAR…
A former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the 2023 presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress. Okupe, a former spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Okupe stated, “If Peter Obi (2023 LP…
A deadly clash between the factions of Boko Haram the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunna lid-Da‘wa wa’l-Jihād (JAS) and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has resulted in the reported death of more than 50 fighters at Toumbun Gini, an island community in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources told a counter…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday asked President Bola Tinubu to either seek help or resign, as Nigeria faces renewed attacks and kidnapping of school children across some states in the north Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, noted that the recent abductions of students in Kebbi,…
Few days after nearly 100 persons lost their lives in tanker accident in Niger State, some youths trooped out to the scene of a tanker accident in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, on Wednesday. According to witnesses, the youths were scooping fuel from the faulty truck when security operatives arrived at the scene. Men of the…