Elon Musk achieved yet another major milestone Wednesday, becoming the first ever person worth $500 billion. The richest person on the planet is now worth $500 billion, as of 3:30 pm Eastern, per Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. Musk, who became the first person ever worth $400 billion or more in December, is $150 billion ahead…
The Chairman of Oyo State House Committee on Women Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has felicitated Oyo Businesswoman and philanthropist, Princess Folashade Abeo Nurudeen on her birthday. In a message made available via her Media Unit, The Lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 at the Oyo State House of Assembly pens a…
Iran condemned Israel’s attack on a state TV building in Tehran on Monday as a “war crime”, and called on the UN Security Council to take action. The strike on the offices of IRIB during a live broadcast was a “wicked act” and a “war crime”, said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei. “The UNSC must…
A leading figure of Afe Babalola’s law firm has sued Dele Farotimi for N500 million over his alleged defamatory book in a legal effort that also seeks to stop the distribution of the fast-selling book. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and managing partner at Afe Babalola & Co., alleged in his suit that…
Former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared unwavering commitment to wife, Margaret Brownson. The former Anambra Governor, on the Honest Bunch Podcast, spoke passionately about the depth of their bond, describing it as an unbreakable resolve that goes beyond vows. Obi emphasised that his love and dedication to Margaret would never falter,…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the Peoples Democratic Party is dead in the country. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration of a renovated party office in Katsina State, Kwankwaso said he and his followers left the PDP because “it is dead”. “I wish to remind you…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, in Benue State, Wilfred Anagbe, has appealed to President Donald Trump of the United States to match its renewed designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, with concrete action. Bishop Anagbe made this call on Thursday, while testifying before the US House of Representatives…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Osun State Government has reportedly approved the sum of N75,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued and signed by the state NLC chairman, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo and made available to the newsmen in Osogbo on Tuesday. The statement…
The Nigerian Senate, during its executive session on Wednesday, upheld the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Last Thursday, the Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months for allegedly violating the Senate Standing Rules. Her suspension came after she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment. The Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions had recommended…
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, explained on Tuesday that he shunned an invitation by the US embassy for a visa re-interview in September because he was not comfortable with the September 11 date fixed for the exercise. September 11 became a symbolic date in the US after the September 11, 2001, devastating terror attack on…