President Bola Tinubu has called on West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent elections, which he described as a model of democratic maturity and national unity. A statement on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu praised Ghana for its peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections held…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano State Command, has condemned in strong terms the brutal stabbing to death of a volunteer of the Corps, Abdurrauf Sheriff, by suspected hoodlums in Kano. The condemnation was contained in a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abdullahi, a copy of which was made…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his administration has been taking hard decisions aimed at making life easier for Nigerians, vowing that his policies will soon bring relief to Nigerians. The President also promised to continue promoting the rule of law, adhere to the principles of separation of powers, and tolerate dissenting views within the ambit…
Former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been whisked away from the precincts of the Federal High Court in Abuja by armed policemen, shortly after he made appearance for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore, who is a frontline agitator for Kanu’s release from detention, was on…
Eniola Ojajuni, the national president of the Afenifere Youth Council has been kidnapped by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. It was gathered that Ojajuni was shot in his buttocks twice and subsequently kidnapped in Abuja on Monday, February 17, 2025. A statement by the national secretary of the council, Abiodun Aderohunmu said the youth president’s abductors are…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has released a list of 203 tertiary institutions that failed to upload their students’ data for the 2024/2025 student loan application exercise. It also announced the reopening of the portal for 48 hours to allow institutions yet to comply to do so. The Guardian reports that institutions are required…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has asked the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, to answer a petition before the Committee over the refusal of some top officials of the service to leave the service after their due retirement dates. While issuing the summons, the House noted that the CG…
The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) Police units had in a coordinated action in 21 countries between April and July 2024 arrested over 300 people with links to Nigerian criminal group Black Axe and other affiliated groups. Interpol said Operation Jackal III was a “major blow” to Black Axe – described as a secretive criminal…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the kidnapped senior Anglican cleric, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has been freed. Archbishop Okpala was released alongside his driver. Okpala, a retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi was abducted while on his way to Umuchu, a community in Anambra State, for a burial ceremony. Details of…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised three terrorist suicide bombers during an intelligence-led operation along the Guduf–Pulka axis in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the operation was conducted following credible intelligence and involved close collaboration between troops and local volunteer forces, leading to…
